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Carissa Kussmaul

Milwaukee,WI

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Production Coordinator

Kohls’ Corporation
08.2021 - Current
  • Own seasonal production timing and action calendar management ensuring deadlines and milestones are consistently met.
  • Maintain all daily vendor communications of product development details and delivery confirmation.
  • Manage all communication between 3-8 internal cross-functional teams (buying, design, sourcing, materials, color, etc.)
  • Collaborate in achieving cost targets with sourcing and materials teams and sharing costs with merchant/ design partners 4 times a year.
  • Assists in sharing style unit projections while managing flex/contingency needs and replenishment.
  • Execute seasonal packaging needs, Buy Plan and Trim Sheet validation, and style tracking maintenance.
  • Manage style-level inputs into product lifecycle systems on 20-30 programs.

Graphic and Textile Designer

American Textile Industries
01.2021 - 07.2021
  • Designed seasonal and holiday embroidery and print illustrations monthly along with their corresponding packaging.
  • Oversaw all sample color approval via tangible lap dip submissions before bulk production.
  • Composed technical specifications of all newly engineered products, textured weaves, and packaging labels digitally to be used by the mill and factory as production reference.
  • Conducted trend research seasonally for all color and illustration relevance via shopping competitor markets.

Director of Design

Fashion Production Association
08.2017 - 12.2020
  • Worked to organize large-scale fashion shows with 20 student-designed collections.
  • Oversaw all student designers to teach and assist through all stages of garment design and construction.
  • Lead weekly meetings to educate members on the design process.
  • Organized logistics of events during weekly executive meetings.

Product Development Intern

Columbus Apparel Studio
09.2019 - 03.2020
  • Assisted to help design quality products that met design aesthetics, target price point, and production feasibility.
  • Focused on client-creator partnerships and helped develop products in a collaborative environment.
  • Supported finalizing client’s concept and creating detailed spec package before bulk production.
  • Assisted in the product development process by managing fabric organization, prepping pattern markers, cutting bulk, executing quality assurance checks, and building technical renderings.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration, Marketing | Fashion & Retail Studies

The Ohio State University | Fisher College of Business
Columbus, OH
12.2020

Skills

  • Detailed-oriented with strong communication skills
  • Experienced with sample tracking, review, and approval
  • Experienced working in and with multiple cross-functional teams
  • Educated in product lifecycle data entry technology
  • Fashion illustrations, tech packs, design flats
  • Strong experience with Adobe Creative Cloud
  • Strong skills in retail, customer service, and sales

Timeline

Production Coordinator

Kohls’ Corporation
08.2021 - Current

Graphic and Textile Designer

American Textile Industries
01.2021 - 07.2021

Product Development Intern

Columbus Apparel Studio
09.2019 - 03.2020

Director of Design

Fashion Production Association
08.2017 - 12.2020

Bachelor of Science - Business Administration, Marketing | Fashion & Retail Studies

The Ohio State University | Fisher College of Business

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