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Apparel Design & Product Management 

SKILLS:

-Expert knowledge of Knit, Sweater and Woven design, fabric construction, fitting and print/washing techniques. 

-Proven track record of designing apparel collections to fit within a target consumer and brand lifestyle including Men’s, Women’s and Kid’s Apparel. 

-Consistent research of apparel trends, lifestyle and color/fabric direction. 

-Expert hand sketching and computer CAD design skills. 

-Textile skills include: creating original allover printed artwork, yarndye pattern layouts and sweater stitch designs.

-Fabric sourcing and development skills

-Excellent time management, presentation and communication skills and management experience.

COMPUTER SKILLS: 

Adobe Illustrator / Adobe Photoshop / CLO 3D / NewArc.ai / PLM / Google Suite / Microsoft Word and Excel

Apparel Design & Product Team Manager

Adjunct Faculty- Fashion Design

-Under the license owned by Velocity Global Brands, we are launching a Workwear/Outdoor Apparel division for Lucky Brand. 
-Design and Manage over all apparel categories: knit, fleece, woven tops, bottoms and outerwear.
-Manage over workflow of Associate Designer, Graphic Designer and freelancers. 
-Product Development and Fabric/trim sourcing.
-Work closely with Technical Designer to develop fit blocks of all product categories for Men & Women. 
-Developing brand book, concept/trend, textile designs, art and color direction seasonally.
-Developed seasonal product calendar, sku plans and merchandise the line to meet licensee partner and company sales goals. 
-Launching collection in Fall 2024 in Boot Barn, Tractor Supply, Club & speciality outdoor retailers.

Design Director - Women’s and Men’s Apparel

Freelance Womens Apparel & Textile Designer

-Designed and Managed over all Men’s Knit Tops, Woven Tops, Fleece and Jackets for the MBX and Michael Brandon brands which sell to department stores. Developing 100-150 skus per season.
-Increased Tops business 10% in 2021.
-Managed over an Assistant Designer. 
-Created original textile designs and label packages seasonally. 
-Created spec sheets and conducted fittings for all tops product. 
-Collaborated with sales team on all product development executing the business needs of the customer + price points.

Senior Men's Designer

-Designed and managed over Men’s fleece, Sweaters, seasonal Jacket categories and the entire Boy’s collection.
-Grew Men’s fleece and sweater business by 10% and Boy’s business by 22% in 2018/2019 season.
-Communicated daily with merchandising, technical design and product development teams regarding design development.

Designer- Men's / Boy's

-Hired to start-up a new Men’s line, which included knit tops, bottoms, outerwear and was presented to the CEO seasonally.
-Designed a capsule collection for the Women’s collection- creating the best selling Alo Soft program.
-Worked closely with the Creative Director and product development team to source performance fabrics / trims and collaborated with the technical design department to create new block fits through in-house sample development.

Designer- Men’s / Women’s Active Apparel

Freelance Designer- Men’s Collection Knits & Sweaters

Freelance Designer- Men's Outerwear

-Designed and managed all Men’s knit and sweater development for Converse One Star brand. Reporting to VP of Design. 

-Traveled domestically for inspirational shopping and to present the collection to the buyers.

-Collaborated effectively with the merchandising team in the selection of designs promoting the Converse brand at a strategic price point. 

-Communicated daily with overseas factories regarding all development and PLM tech packs. 

-Developed original artwork and CADS for garment development using Adobe Illustrator software.

Designer II- Men's

Deborah Bux-Hurwitz is an Apparel Design & Product Management at Ghost Golf in Santa Ana, California.

Deborah Bux-Hurwitz

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