Karen Hiller
Textile Designer
Newfoundland,PA
Summary
Accomplished colorist/jacquard woven designer. Ability in both technical and artistic aspects of woven textile design. Highly creative and self-motivated. Responsive customer interface. Flexible in adapting work style to fit different projects and juggling multiple assignments within tight deadlines. Excellent problem solving skills; proficient at developing solutions. Recognized as creative, dependable and dedicated. Developed organizational ability, good communication skills, strong work ethic.
Overview
29
29
years of professional experience
Work History
Senior Designer
Material Technology & Logistics
09.2004 - Current
- Textile designer for manufacturer of contract and residential upholstery fabric.
- Designed top sellers, #1 or in top ten for customers
- Create original designs for velvet and flat woven looms, both dobby and jacquard, using Ned Graphics Texcelle.
- Assign and create weaves for various constructions.
- Perform all calculations for development and production.
- Direct collaboration with customer for submitted designs through to production. Including; editing artwork, assigning weaves, evaluating first strike off with design, production and quality teams, making revisions as necessary while communicating with customer to realize their concepts and expectations, meeting price points, style color work samples as needed, completion of detailed specification and weaving information for mill production.
- Developed and maintained comprehensive library of design assets for easy access and reuse.
- Collaborate with design studio to select fabrics for multiple collections yearly.
- Update and edit stock yarn color palettes.
Senior Designer
CULP
10.1993 - 09.2004
- Textile designer for manufacturer of upholstery fabric serving High Point Furniture Market.
- Conducted user research to identify customer needs and preferences for customer-centric designs.
- Create new and edit purchased artwork on Sophis textile design system.
- Construction designation, weave assignment, yarns and color selection.
- Collaborated with design team to analyze color blankets to choose final colors for full color lines in upholstery fabric collection to be presented at sales meeting and Showtime twice yearly.
- Attended furniture market twice yearly to visit showrooms to study design and color trends.
Education
Bachelor of Science - Textile Design
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PASkills
- CAD Design
- Design and Development
- Project Scope Evaluation
- Responsive customer interface
- Timeline Management
- Quality Standards
Timeline
Senior Designer
Material Technology & Logistics
09.2004 - Current
Senior Designer
CULP
10.1993 - 09.2004
Bachelor of Science - Textile Design
Thomas Jefferson University
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