Mary Binsfeld

• Global team lead: Mapped out tasks quarterly and managed a global team of 7 production artist daily activities, enduring goals are met efficiently.
• Mentored: Fostering skill development and enhancing overall productivity. Trained and supported team members with guidance to improve technical skills
• Streamlined workflow processes: Used management tool to organize and manage work, ensuring tasks are completed in efficient manner. Creating standardized procedures and processes aim to create uniformity and increase efficiency.
• Communication and collaboration: Promoted and encouraged among team members to address work challenges and drive continuous improvement initiatives. Collaborated with cross-functional teams to streamline processes and improve product output consistency.
• Conducted regular performance: Continuously monitored and evaluated workflow performance, provided constructive feedback to enhance team output.

• Trend research: Stayed up-to-date on current trends in children's wear.
• Concept development: Created design boards with fabrics and color palettes.
• Collaboration: Worked with designers, creative directors and oversea agents to ensure samples meet design aesthetic.
• Production development: Managing the design process from concept, creating techpacks, fit comments and revisions, to pre-production approval.

• Concept development: Researched current trends in fashion, materials and consumer preferences. Seek inspirations and creative energy from various source for improved brand recognition.
• Design creation: Created a brand for the contemporary missy customers. Aimed for customers desire a blend of style, comfort.
• Product development: Executed entire design process from design to first sample. Created dimension specs with detail sketch for proto samples. Worked closely with technical designer for fit, construction and quality. Responsible for all fittings, updating spec. and providing fit comments and revisions.
• Production: Managed costing, purchasing bulk fabrics and trims. Provided graded spec, and monitoring quality control to final shipping.

Company Overview: Casual Women’s Wear Collections Sold through Leading Retailers and Specialty Stores.

Played a significant role in growing revenues by 35%.

• Design: Collaborated directly with design director/owner to execute the collections; managed design process from concept to production, including measurement spec. and final styling.
• NTCO and Apropos: Designed two successful labels. Effectively balancing a stylish aesthetic along with comfort and wearability, including conceptualizing and developing a unique collection for the missy market.
• Collaboration: Worked closely with merchandising, production, and technical design to ensure all products were trend appropriate and met brand aesthetics.
• Prints and textiles designs: Created original embroidery designs and quilting patterns. Modified and recolored original prints.
• Fit sessions: Attended fit sessions, made comments to address fit and garment construction issues.
• Catalog Design: Designed two catalogs annually (Adobe InDesign), including styling and layout. Collaborated with photographer and stylist to create fresh look seasonally. Hand sketched final designs.
• E-Commerce: Instrumental in developing the company’s online presence through social media strategy, focusing on Facebook and Instagram.

“Mary played a crucial role in shepherding the design process from first prototypes through to completion of garments in production. I feel fortunate to have worked with such a multi-talented and special individual.”