Hi, I’m
Ashley Switzer
Overview
7
years of professional experience
Work History
Basic Resources
Assistant Designer
04.2021 - Current
Job overview
- Work with head designer to design and develop men's and women's sock lines for Michael Kors, Cole Haan, Nautica, and Van Heusen. Collections include dress, casual, athletic, and holiday.
- Conduct in-depth trend and color research to create mood boards for upcoming seasons to steer direction of new collections. Translate mood boards into marketable socks designs.
- Create and update PLM tech-packs for all styles, review and make comments on protos and PP samples, maintain organized records of all samples and documents for an efficient work space.
EMCOR
Accounts Payable Specialist
08.2020 - 04.2021
Job overview
- Efficiently and accurately reconciled, processed, and approved a high quantity of invoices through in-house company systems, supported by Excel.
- Liaised between service providers and account teams to ensure all invoices were processed correctly in a timely manner. Spoke directly with service providers to resolve any disputes.
AFRIpads
Apparel Designer
07.2019 - 07.2020
Job overview
- Researched, developed, prototyped, and manufactured underwear to best meet the functions and needs of low-income and refugee African women.
- Established and maintained close relationships with overseas vendors to source fabrics and notions to create durable and comfortable underwear; negotiated lower minimums, and faster shipping times.
- Coordinated and trained tailors in remote Ugandan factory on underwear production line; created sewing and quality control documentation and tools to ensure speed and accuracy.
- Informed marketing team of products key features and functions to ensure success of product. Collaborated on promotional sales documents.
Nanette Nanette Lepore
Design Intern
01.2017 - 12.2019
Job overview
- Assisted design team with all aspects of the design process; created mood boards, color and fabric cards, seasonal line sheets, tech-packs for knits and wovens, and sourced trims and fabrics locally and overseas.
- Maintained a clean, organized, functional work environment and a presentable showroom. Dressed mannequins for buyer meetings and arranged racks. Created and maintained libraries of prints, fabrics, and production documentation.
Mommy Matters
Freelance Designer
03.2019 - 05.2019
Job overview
- Created physical samples of functional, desirable post-partum underwear that was included in Forbes' “12 Items All New Moms Need”.
- Sourced all materials, created prototypes, created tech-pack, and assisted in handover to factory for large scale production.
Alice + Olivia
Print Design Intern
01.2019 - 05.2019
Job overview
- Assisted design team with creation of prints starting from gathering inspiration to recoloring approved prints. Used Photoshop and Illustrator to create florals, geos, abstracts, conversational, ditsy, and non-print prints.
- Designed an abstract floral print chosen to go into production for Fall/Winter 2020.
- Maintained an organized catalogue of previous prints dating back five seasons. Kept orderly records and multiple copies of
current season's color cards and prints for distribution company wide.
Education
Fashion Institute of TechnologyNew York, NY
Bachelor of Arts from Fashion Design
05.2019
Royal Institute of MelbourneMelbourne, AU
Study Abroad from Fashion Design
2018
Skills
Adobe Creative Cloud: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign
Microsoft Suite: Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Outlook, Teams
Slack
Airtable
PLM
Sketching
Technical Illustration
Patternmaking
Draping
Interests
Yoga, Running, Hiking, Volunteering: Fabscrap and New York Cares
Timeline
Assistant Designer
Basic Resources
04.2021 - Current
Accounts Payable Specialist
EMCOR
08.2020 - 04.2021
Apparel Designer
AFRIpads
07.2019 - 07.2020
Freelance Designer
Mommy Matters
03.2019 - 05.2019
Print Design Intern
Alice + Olivia
01.2019 - 05.2019
Design Intern
Nanette Nanette Lepore
01.2017 - 12.2019
Fashion Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Arts from Fashion Design
Royal Institute of Melbourne
Study Abroad from Fashion Design
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