Jeannie Chong

• Team lead overseeing the Design Team, working collaboratively with the creative
director as well as the point of person to help and support everything design related.
• Attending multiple hours of fitting with the fit model (New Spl - TOP fits)
• Reviewing and confirming Bulk fabrics before production starts
• Sending out DP fit - TOP fit comments.
• Researching trends based off sales reports from shows and developing new as well as update styles from bestsellers.
• Curating each season (SS & FW's) entire domestic prints line at Day+Moon with the creative director.
• Overseeing & reviewing associate designer & assistant/interns tech packs, fabric selection as well as color direction.
• Communicating with China efficiently via emails daily.
• Working cross functionally with sales as well as production on a needed basis.
• Delegating tasks and creating meeting schedules when needed in the design team.
• Work collaboratively with the creative director in writing PO's, assisting in style descriptions as well as color direction.
• Keeping the production list (the bible) on google docs updated daily in order to keep track of dates of when samples were received.
• Attend buyer meetings when necessary.
• Sketching and creating detailed TP's for new or updated development styles.

• Create concepts divided into 2 Season Capsules for the year: SP/SU & F/W
• Collectively working together as a team on seasonal mood boards with the concepts, colors & directions in order to present in a meeting to our sales lead as well as CEO
• Develop into seasons within all different categories (wovens, knits, dresses, tops, bottoms, jumpsuits, sets, etc) - Techpack Developments, Spec Sheets, & BOMS.
• Communication daily via email with all vendors/factories and following up with each style & development
• Working closely cross functionally with the production team such as fittings and any issues/decisions needed to make together
• Attending daily fittings with the fit model & production team (each different production lead according to vendors)

• Worked closely with team members to deliver project requirements, develop solutions and meet deadlines.
• Developed Designs from initial detailed tech packs to be sent to China (Minimum developments per week required: 20TP's)
• Meeting with domestic fabric vendors for seasonal prints.
• Contributing weekly to buying target samples for weekly Monday target sample meetings.
• Working closely with the merchandising team for updates on merchandising direction as well as seasonal trend direction from our major accounts (which include: Dillards, Bloomingdales, Stitch Fix, Fame&Partners)
• Trend Research accordingly to season to develop designs
• Worked closely with CEO for each design meeting - reviewing proto samples deciding together which to proceed with and which to drop.
• Working closely with CEO and team to carefully decide seasonal colors as well as quantity per unit/per style.
• Communicating with overseas vendors in China and following up on each style.
• Communicating and working closely together cross functionally with the production lead as well as sales teams.
• Attending daily fittings with production lead and associate designer and calling out comments - preparing all comments to send to china for update revision samples.

• Planned and executed designs according to current trends and develop precisely detailed Tech Packs for send out to our China factories (via email daily)
• Communicated with our China Factory for all design related questions, confirming and directing them
• Traveled overseas to China to maintain vendor relations as well as sourcing fabrics
• Confirmed fit, trim, & fabrication with the China team
• Maintained consistent communication with the China team (via email & often times through WeChat app on phone) for approvals
• Attended fittings - Making proper fit adjustments & ensuring design & fit is executed as desired
• Provided all precise and proper specs for all TP's
• Sourced domestically for fabrications for domestic styles with domestic fabric vendors that is done with our in-house pattern maker & in-house sewers
• Effectively communicated and worked alongside in-house pattern maker for domestic styles to ensure that designs were communicated efficiently
• Sent out artwork for screenprints/printing/graphic work with domestic vendors
• Attended the MAGIC Trade Show (2 times per year - Spring/Summer & Fall/Winter) {February & August} to gain a better understanding of the market & receive feedback from sales analysis
• Traveled overseas to China to source fabrications for season development & maintain vendor relations with our China Factory

• Designed and developed weekly tech packs for Honeypunch Sunday (Bloomingdales Knit Group), Wild Honey (Our newest brand that launched this year - 2018 - young women's trendy fashion forward apparel), & Honey Belle (Contemporary Line) (typically about 18-20 TP's per week)
• Communicated with our China Factory for all design related questions, confirming and directing them
• Attended fittings - Made adjustments for proper fit
• Provided All precise and proper specs for all TP's
• Styled & paired together outfits weekly for the online Honeypunch website (Pairing tops, bottoms, dresses, outerwear, with shoes)
• Sourced domestically for fabrics and trims for domestic styles that is done in-house
• Worked with cross-functional teams such as sales/marketing as well as production to strategize efficient delivery of products and sales
• Sent out artwork for screenprints/printing to domestic vendors
• Attended the MAGIC Trade Show (2 times per year - Spring/Summer & Fall/Winter) {Feb. & Aug} to better understand what's
  selling&how our styles are doing
• Handled PO Orders with proper fabric information and detail sheets to hand off to production
• Worked collaboratively with team members to assemble seasonal lookbooks (Most Recent for Wild Honey, Honeypunch, & Honey Belle SP/SU)

• Communicated with vendors regularly to ensure proper, on-time sampling
• Created technical sketches and CADs to ensure samples are made correctly
• Designed into categories of Dresses, as well as assisting dress designer
• Created CADs for respective category: tops, dresses & jumpsuits
• Created artwork CAD options for prints in each delivery
• Developed and sent tech packs to vendors for development samples
• Sets up SKUs on Momentis (PDM), including merchandising and BOM details
• Worked with designer communicating with vendors overseas for drape, trim and fabric approvals
• Worked closely with merchandising team to make sure that product is trend-right
• Assisted in preparing inspiration, color, fabric and trim boards as well as conducting trend research
• Completed all set ups including bill of materials/BOM
• Sample Management: Picture taking and logging-in all samples
• Worked with designer to stage collection showing
• Attended and created all updates prior to Post Nail It Meetings (creating new SKU's with new fabrication/trim codes / updating sketches to reflect changes made

• Updated line sheets with changes (Updating Sketches, Artwork, Style Numbers)
• Created CAD sketches on Illustrator CS6 (Main Category Focus: Tops & Dresses - Both Knits and Wovens)
• Created seasonal trend overviews along with color stories via Pantone Chips
• Execution of monthly line sheets
• Issued cut tickets and followed up with each sample to coordinate proper flow within cutting to sewing departments
• Organized and prioritized to follow up on all tasks in a timely structural manner to meet deadlines
• Sent out patterns for trim requests and following up with vendors
• Created and maintained PO's from vendors to the in-house marketing department
• Attended and coordinated monthly meetings to be properly prepared with trend packets, the most current up-to-date line sheets, & boards
• Made sure work flow is running smoothly in our in-house cutting & sewing department and prioritizing urgency of samples required
• Created detail pages for designs that require specific artwork

• Designed and provided options for buyer & presenting designs at sketch review
• Updated & created line sheets with any changes (Updating Sketches, Artwork, Style Numbers)
• Created CAD sketches on Illustrator CS6 of tops and dresses
• Working collaboratively with a buyer and communicating to sketch into current collection as per buyers request
• Created tech packs with the proper information for each section (sketches, fabrics, construction, artwork)
• Revised tech packs with corrections/alterations made from each fitting
• Inking in chosen finalized hand drawn designs of designers & using Photoshop & Illustrator to clean up sketch & create tech packs
• Trend researched different seasons for the following upcoming seasons
• Created detail pages for intricate designs that require artwork
• Created and maintained fabric/trim library on system on the server
• Attended fittings from Proto Fits to 1st fit’s to make sure the garment is what was called out on the tech pack originally

• Created/Managed Sample library
• Met with buyer at Forever 21 HQ for weekly buyer meeting
• Measured TOP Samples accordingly
• Designed into buyer requests
• Ordered fabrics from Korea
• Communicated with in-house pattern maker for proper construction and design aesthetics