Marissa Borelli

Visual merchandiser for the #UnlikeAny event in New York City.

Design womens range of activewear and swimwear. Source fabric, trims and factory for Sorche B. Tech pack, BOM and Spec.

360* view CAD design for the US Patent Office. Sourced military grade textiles and notions. Turned a simple product brief into innovative designs complete with tech packs and graphics.

• Grew wholesale accounts to 60 outlets spanning 6 countries. • Brought on high profile accounts including National chains. • Presented/sold Borelli scarves at 100+ trunk shows and pop up shops. • Managed sales reps, independent stylists and a production team. • Layout design and art direction for seasonal photo shoots, lookbooks and website. • Designed weekly CRM emails to increase wholesale/retail sales. • Grassroots marketing campaign via social media outlets; Instagram, Pinterest, Facebook, YouTube.

Tech packs, CADs and spec for: swimwear, woven tops, outerwear, woven/knit bottoms, knit tops.

• Turned a simple product brief into an innovative design complete with tech pack and graphics. • Identified trends to ensure sales growth with new designs. I joined the Mizuno team in March 2012 as a freelance designer for its volleyball and softball lines—the latter of which can be found in Dick’s Sporting Goods stores. Happy with my work I was hired for more projects including; designing Mens and Womens Beach Volleyball gear, Mens Baseball tops and Womens Fast Pitch Softball batting gloves. As seen on: Olympian April Ross, the Mens and Women's USA Indoor Volleyball team.

BORELLI Design and Oakley have entered into a co-branding arrangement on BORELLI drirelease scarves. The high-performance, multi-use wraps that are being marketed by Oakley have both the BORELLI Design and Oakley logos imprinted on them and can be used as a scarf, dress, skirt, blanket, or even a yoga mat carrier. Look for the colorful wraps being proudly worn by Oakley’s stable of world-class athletes at a variety of sporting events.

Post-acquistion product refreshes and ongoing new product design. CAD, tech and spec for mens and womens running tops, bottoms and bras.

• CAD, tech and spec for apparel, prints and graphics. • Conducted fit sessions. • Managed domestic and overseas production. • . Managed current wholesale accounts and expanded sales to international clients. • Sales presentations monthly to the TJ Maxx and Marshalls merchandisers. • Led social media marketing and CRM.

Marissa was the Southern Californian eyes and ears for the Vancouver-based yoga and fitness retailer from 2009-2010. She reported on exercise and apparel trends from the fitness epicenter of Los Angeles. She consulted on customer experience and grass roots marketing. She also led visual merchandising, social media marketing and helmed design meetings.

• Designed and directed an active lifestyle collection with Kerri Walsh, 3 time Olympic gold medalist. • Cold called sales accounts, set up trunk shows and grew wholesale accounts. • Managed production, from sketch, spec, tech pack, sample to production. • Conducted fit sessions with technical designers. • Oversaw manufacturing team comprising of quality control, pattern makers, sample sewers and production sewers. • Managed production timeline. Ensured all orders were delivered on time. • Head of company promotions including designing graphics for marketing materials and website. • Sourced fabric, trims and notions domestically and globally.

Updated tech packs for global production. Filed and recorded all textiles and trims. Conducted trend research and created seasonal theme boards.

Researched and developed knitwear for the 2006 Women's US Open. Liaison between concept designer and in house graphic designers.