Desirre Ramos
Roselle,NJ
Summary
Experienced Senior Technical Designer/Manager with a strong drive for professional growth. Excited to contribute and develop diverse skill set in a positive work environment with collaborative team members who value and support individual achievements. Seeking a dynamic workplace that inspires consistent success, while maintaining an organized and forward-thinking approach aligned with industry trends.
Overview
26
26
years of professional experience
Work History
FREELANCE TECHNICAL DESIGNER
The Children's Place
09.2024 - 11.2024
- Categories - BIG Girls categories
- Lead fit sessions on live model or form, documented comments for changes and sent final corrections to vendors.
- Evaluated Production samples documented comments for changes and sent final corrections to vendors.
- Maintained fit consistency.
FREELANCE TECHNICAL DESIGNER
Centric Brands
07.2024 - 08.2024
- Categories - Children's sleepwear
- Maintained fit consistency across all brand items.
- Worked closely with designers, production staff and merchandising team members during handoffs and final edits.
- Lead fit sessions on form, documented comments for changes and sent final corrections to vendors.
FREELANCE TECHNICAL DESIGNER
FULLBEAUTY Brands
01.2024 - 07.2024
- Categories - Women's & Mens PLUS size
- Created Tech packs for each brand per season.
- Worked closely with designers, production staff and merchandising team members during handoffs and final edits.
- Lead fit sessions with live model or form, documented comments for changes and sent final corrections to vendors.
- Maintained fit consistency across all brand items.
TECHNICAL DESIGN MANAGER
The Children's Place
08.2019 - 10.2023
- Categories - ALL Girls & Boys Childrenswear
- Relaunched the Gymboree brand for TCP starting as a 'Girls' Technical Designer and within a less than a year was Promoted to The Gymboree Technical Design Manager
- Manage all Boys & Girls styles for Gymboree line each season with a team of 3 people
- Create over 100+ initial Development Tech packs in PLM each season and ensuring they are done on time in order to be receive accurate costing
- Collaborated with cross-functional teams to identify and resolve technical problems, resulting in improved garments
- Fit & Evaluate Dev./Fits & PP samples on Forms/Live Models
- Email vendors detailed fit comments within a 87 hr window
- Manage workflow within my team with weekly touch base meetings
- Create detailed Fit tracking charts to manage workflow of Fit samples to be received and fit by team
- Upkeep of 'Block library' for my categories and hold live model fittings to confirm 'Block fits' are still on the designers intent
FREELANCE TECHNICAL DESIGNER
Dress Barn
04.2017 - 01.2019
- Categories - Woman Missy/Petite all categories
- Fit, Spec & evaluate all Master fit, fit, PP & Top samples
- Email vendors Fit comments after fittings within a 87 hr window
- Create initial Tech packs and update them in PLM system
- Review construction of garments and advise on potential issues
- Assist all tech teams in all categories
- Collaborated with CFT to identify & resolve problems, resulting in improved operational efficiency
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
Ralph Lauren Childrenswear
07.2012 - 06.2016
- Categories - Childrens Boys POLOs
- Recreate 300+ Tech packs each season from existing RL styles
- Fit & analyze garments on forms with Technical designer
- Advise team on ways to save money by removing or changing Trims/fabric on the particular garment
- Work with overseas factories for all costing to hit our goal margins
- Update cost log and keep track of Time & Action report
- Approve fabric for color, quality & hand feel with designer
FREELANCE TECHNICAL DESIGNER
Bernard Chaus, Inc.
04.2011 - 06.2012
- Categories - Woman Missy/Petite all categories
- Measure and evaluate all Concept, Proto, fit, & PP samples from Chaus & Gince Camuto lines
- Create and update tech packs on Excel & Web PDM
- Review construction of garments and advise on potential production issues
- Fit and analyze garments on live model with technical design team
IMPORT TECHNICAL DESIGNER
Urban Stitching (Private Label)
04.2003 - 03.2011
- Categories - Woman Missy/Plus/Petite all categories
- Measure, fit and evaluate all fit, PP & TOP samples
- Create tech packs and advise initial specs for sample making
- Check construction of each garment and advise on potential production issues
- Advise fit comments, both internal and from the customer to overseas factories
- Update and keep track of Time & Action report
- Daily communication with overseas factories
- Evaluate and approve fabric for color, quality and hand feel
- Order special trim and keep track of all approvals
ASSISTANT TECHNICAL DESIGNER
Squeeze New York
08.2002 - 04.2003
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Children's Apparel Network
02.2001 - 08.2002
ASSISTANT TECHNICAL DESIGNER
Hanover Direct
06.1998 - 08.2001
Education
Fashion Design - Fashion Design
Bergen County Technical School
Teterboro, NJ06.1998
Skills
- Tech pack creation
- Measuring & Grading
- Garment construction
- Pattern interpretation
- Live Model Fitting experience
- Experience with Missy sizes
- Experience with Women's sizes
- Experience with Petite sizes
- Experience with Juniors sizes
- Experience with Children's sizes
- Experience with ALL fabric categories
- PLM, MS Office, Word, Excel, AI
- Strong communication skills
- Vendor relations
- Industrial sewing machinery operation
- Fluent in Spanish
- Brand consistency
- Supplier communication
References
- Jeffrey Lalonde, VP of Tech Design, The Children's Place, 381887012
- Josephine Castillo, Tech Design Manager, Calvin Klein, 2012902232
- Julia Ramos, Tech Designer, The Children's Place, 2019718830
Timeline
FREELANCE TECHNICAL DESIGNER
The Children's Place
09.2024 - 11.2024
FREELANCE TECHNICAL DESIGNER
Centric Brands
07.2024 - 08.2024
FREELANCE TECHNICAL DESIGNER
FULLBEAUTY Brands
01.2024 - 07.2024
TECHNICAL DESIGN MANAGER
The Children's Place
08.2019 - 10.2023
FREELANCE TECHNICAL DESIGNER
Dress Barn
04.2017 - 01.2019
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
Ralph Lauren Childrenswear
07.2012 - 06.2016
FREELANCE TECHNICAL DESIGNER
Bernard Chaus, Inc.
04.2011 - 06.2012
IMPORT TECHNICAL DESIGNER
Urban Stitching (Private Label)
04.2003 - 03.2011
ASSISTANT TECHNICAL DESIGNER
Squeeze New York
08.2002 - 04.2003
PRODUCTION ASSISTANT
Children's Apparel Network
02.2001 - 08.2002
ASSISTANT TECHNICAL DESIGNER
Hanover Direct
06.1998 - 08.2001
Fashion Design - Fashion Design
Bergen County Technical School
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