Elizabeth Hoiles
Work experience
5.11 Tactical
Senior Apparel Designer for Technical and Lifestyle Apparel | 01/2012 - 04/2025
-Designed some of the highest grossing and longest running Franchise products: eg. Apex Pant - $10mil+/yr sales, 29% of all sales annually
-Developed Proprietary, high performance fabrics.
-Created Plaids, Prints and Patterns for Wovens and Knits.
-Researched Color and Fashion trends to for seasonal design direction.
Arc'teryx Equipment Inc.
Senior Apparel Designer | 01/2005 - 06/2012
Industrial designer of Gore-tex outerwear garments, soft-shells, fleece, sportswear and lifestyle clothing.
-Designed Gore-tex outerwear, mid-layer insulation and fleece jackets for Snow-sports and Outdoor pursuits as well as outdoor lifestyle clothing.
-Designed and developed the first iterations of the Atom Jacket franchise which still runs today.
-Developed innovative garment constructions methods.
-Developed and Tested new fabrics and insulation materials.
Independent
Industrial Designer, Apparel Design | 01/2005 - 01/2012
Designed Technical Outerwear for a few small brands out of Vancouver, BC, L.A., Oregon.
Consulting on color and design for a snowboard brand based in Vancouver.
Second Wave Surf and Snowboard Shop
Soft Goods Buyer | 01/1998 - 01/2004
Purchased men's and woman's clothing, shoes accessories and outerwear.
Developed and Branded our woman's only concept store called "La Nina".
Additional responsibilities included merchandising, sales, developing and manufacturing our branded apparel.
Viento Sports
Sales Representative Assistant | 01/1998 - 01/1999
Customer service and Sales for:
Ride Snowboards
Quiksilver Wetsuits
Dakine
Wake-tech
SMP
etc...