kyle shishido
Men's Club Designer, GAP
Alhambra | United States
Skills
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Interests
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Industries
Fashion
Lifestyle
Outdoor
Streetwear
In my own words
— kyleA creative and multi-tasking fashion designer with the following abilities: ?
Skillful in designing sellable items and collections using trend/idea predictives, feedback from buyers and sales teams, and frequent market shopping ? Strong ability to merchandise monthly samples to ensure cohesive collections are specifically suited for individual customer/account presentations ? Strong ability to oversee a sample room in that all necessary samples are made for monthly lines, along with individual customer needs
Trajectory
Jan 2023 — Now
Men's Club Designer, GAP · Fambrands
Skills Acquired:
? Conceptualize designs, trims, and label packaging for GAP products sold through Sam's
Club and Costco International
? Work with Product development to develop fabrics and trims to meet the standards of GAP brand
? Work with Sales to make sellable styles for the clubs
? Merchandise lines for each buyer presentation
? Create and update fits for each style based on each customer's specifics and feedback
Mar 2021 — Oct 2021
Men's Designer · BJD INC
Skills Acquired:
? Select fabrics and conceptualize silhouettes for each category for each season
? Select color palette for each category for each season
? Select trims and develop label packages for each category
Jul 2017 — Oct 2020
Head Men's Designer / Merchandiser · Men's Apparel
Skills Acquired:
? Develop monthly collections that are saleable for various customers at various price points
? Merchandising items within the monthly assortments that are geared towards specific
customers while aiding the sales team in creating, and editing, their presentations
? Working with the tech team to ensure proper fit and construction. Working with the production team for approvals on fabrics, and trims, and to ensure a workable cost, as
well as a timely delivery
? Developing, and maintaining, a good work relationship with customers to ensure that the styles developed for them will be great sellers for their clientele
? Running the graphics department to make sure that the graphics are fresh, and new, with the use of new techniques, and styling, while occasionally doing graphics to help the team
in times of need
Oct 2016 — Jun 2017
O'neill Men's SMU Designer · La Jolla Group
Skills Acquired:
? Working with sales associates, and men's inline design team, to design, and execute,
styles specific to customer's needs for each season
? Creating new designs, along with updating previous styles, to cater to customer's needs
for each season
? Developing seasonal merchandise for specific customers that can range from graphic tees
to outerwear, to board shorts, based on trends, price points, and customer feedback
Apr 2014 — Oct 2016
Associate Men's Designer · Margaritaville Apparel
Skills Acquired:
? Developing seasonal concepts, color story, graphics, and sample styles that merchandise
well for the season, along with keeping the integrity of the brand
? Working with fit/tech department to ensure that styles have the ideal fit for our target
customer
? Working with the sales team to develop private label styles for customers
Activity
Education history
The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising
Associate of Arts degree | 2008 - 2009
