Katy Schildmeyer

• Developed fit forms in 3d Design programs. Product fit the specs, posture, and esthetic terms defined by Angora group on behalf of Kate Spade.
• Worked with team on shoe creation, and skin creation for branding.
• Created project architecture for hand off to foreign factories to aid in 3d rendering and fit for linesheets and seasonal line productions.

Working with a team of researchers to implement Global 3D standards for fashion, gaming, and metaverse applications.

IEEE is a group of engineers that set ethical foundations for emerging and new technology.

• Accelerated team efficiency by improving processes and workflows within teams, design team as whole and cross-functional teams.
• Led and performed market research to identify product design opportunities and quantify business case for new projects.
• Managed client relationships and expectations for creative projects with varying budgets and objectives.
• Designed & implemented back-end inventory structure, and buy plans. Set up Shopify, designed website, and connected financials and social media platforms.
• Provided upskill training for staff. Training on 3D, Gaming apparel for Roblox, and social media process for click through.
• Carefully prepared design layouts into prepress files for offset, web and digital printing.
• Negotiated with vendors on availability, product specifications, distribution, delivery deadlines and price.
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• Maintained fit consistency across all brand items.
• Created basic blocks patterns and associated specs. The brand never had techpacks and all patterns were paper.
• Attended fittings, documented comments for changes and sent final corrections to vendors.
• Worked closely with clients to establish specifications and system designs. Little Miss Tennis was able to maintain the key design elements they are known for in the merger process of new owner.
• Developed Color charts and programs for the brand. This creates sets of core colors such as pink that always perform well and are associated with branding
• Designed textile prints to mirror color and brand identity within the children's tennis markets.
• Developed Linesheets, look books with automated ordering, and, knit designs for Loudmouth License Collaboration in golf. Designed 3 collections for tennis and 2 small collections for golf annually for the last 5 years.
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• Guest Speaker and student mentor for University of Utah, Fanshawe College, Fashionxt Incubator in Oregon. Innov8te startup accelerator in Queensland. I educate students on the need to learn the old methods of design to be impactful with new technologies.
• Co-writer for Stitchworld Magazine. I was a specialist for 3D design adoption and manufacturing futures.
• 360 Fashion Network Presenter. Subjects include 3D design and business. Workflows, and time expectations.
• Private advisor to Presize Ai., Wair, 3Dlook. Provided insights surrounding deign issues, virtual fit problems with app scanning, and points of sizing that do not work within 3d mobile scanning.