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Associate Accessory Designer Belts & Small Leather Goods

Creative & Design

Based in Brooklyn, New York.
http://www.santibas.com

BRANDS:DKNY, Van Heusen, Izod, Izod Golf, Stafford, Shaquielle O’neil
- Completed projects with design and development
processes from project brief to final production. This process entailed extensive market and consumer research, competitive product analysis, rapid visualization, conceptual / realistic illustrations, design detailing, prototype fabrication,mood boards, and pricing evaluation before the production phase.
-Generated computer aided drawings to project managers and upper management.
-Worked with development to maintain product timelines for
numerous projects at once.
-Communicated daily with our product development team discussing sampling, materials, revisions of projects and anything else that may needed to be addressed during the development phase of a project.
- Develope hardware with factories overseas for DKNY. Calvin Klein, and Van Heusen
-Travel overseas to work closely with our venders and development team to develop and finalize products.

Responsible for designing and developing trend right, elevated product for the Tumi customer from concept to commercialization. Specific responsibilities include but are not limited to reviewing all designs with designers, assisting in design presentation, creating technical drawings, as well as maintaining technical design from start to production for new collections as well existing collections. Responsible for maintaining specification changes, updating technical drawings as well as reviewing confirmation samples with product development and design.

 Responsibilities:
 
Research market
Create concept boards
Sketch and cad ideas
Create specs and maintain technical design
Create and maintain presentation documents in InDesign
Presenting concepts and samples to Design leads and cross functional partners
Clear communication with all cross functional partners
Follow product through commercialization process, maintaining and communicating and changes

Associate Designer 

- Completed projects with design and development
processes from project brief to final production. This process entailed extensive market and consumer research, competitive product analysis, rapid visualization, conceptual / realistic illustrations, design detailing, prototype fabrication, user analysis, ergonomic assessments, and pricing evaluation before the production phase.
-Generated and presented complex product concepts, refined samples and computer aided drawings to clients, project managers and upper management.
-Worked with development to maintain product timelines for
numerous projects at once.
-Communicated daily with our overseas development team discussing sampling, materials, revisions of projects and anything else that may needed to be addressed during the development phase of a project. -Attended annual North American trade exhibitions and
completed retail auditing with a focus in consumer
electronics, house wares and action sports industries to research new technological developments.


Associate Product Designer

-Produced and presented material that effectively communicates concepts for internal and external audiences.
-Generated spec redlines for both Purple Label and Polo Accessories. 
-Generated specs for belts and hardware : Purple Label.

Assistant Design Intern Collection Handbags

Santiago Baston Pita is an Associate Accessory Designer Belts & Small Leather Goods at PVH Corp in Brooklyn, NY.

Santiago Baston Pita

Santiago Baston Pita

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Savanah College of Art and Design