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Nicole Mamuzich
Downey,CA
Summary
Highly artistic and personable Design Director and Project Manager with strong background using sustainable materials and environmentally friendly practices. Innovative, knowledgeable leader in design workspaces. Connected designer with over 10 years of experience working with subcontractors on day-to-day level.
Overview
16
years of professional experience
Work History
Nicole Katherine Apparel Services, LLC
Design Director
05.2020 - Current
Job overview
- Guiding and educating aspiring designers and apparel industry professionals, including some celebrities, in launching new clothing brands
- Work with individuals, and businesses, in developing new apparel concepts
- Similar to a full package firm, I assess each client to match them with the right development and production companies
- In collaboration with my clients, I create their fashion sketches and line sheets; help them create seasonal and demographic appropriate color palettes and I design their prints; develop comprehensive tech packs for patternmaking and sample development; directing fittings on protos to correct fit/construction issues; sourcing correct fabrics, materials, trims and packaging
- I work with the client throughout production and delivery.
oGorgeous/Popflex Active
Senior Designer
05.2019 - 05.2023
Job overview
- Working side by side with Head Designer and CEO Cassey Ho to bring her apparel and product design concepts to life
- Originally hired to correct factory patterns/create working patterns to fix fit issues and restore customer confidence
- Contributed to the product development that brought an exponential growth of Popflex Active sales of 300% from March of 2020 to the end of the year
- Work with CEO and Head Designer, Cassey Ho, to develop new active wear apparel collections and coordinating products including water bottles, yoga mats, resistance bands, yoga blocks, gym bags, backpacks and other fitness and fashion accessories
- Develop and manage tech packs in Excel and Backbone PLM from development to production
- Design line sheets and mood boards
- Trend research and forecasting
- Design textile prints
- Pitch line development ideas and create design inspiration for the head designer
- Create graphics for yoga mats, resistance bands, gym bags and water bottles.
Luxephil
Designer & Tech Design
07.2017 - 06.2019
Job overview
- Key contributor in the successful execution of a women’s athleisure company for parent company, Luxephil
- With an on-time first season launch
- Conceptualize and execute design concepts and technical details for high end athleisure wear directed toward the boutique and high-end department store markets
- Create technical sketches, incorporate seasonal color palettes, and collaborate with fellow team members with trend forecasting and winning designs for today’s active wear market
- Produced clear and concise tech packs with structured details to communicate with our factory in China, resulting in sampling and production success leading to on time and accurate deliveries.
Nicole Katherine Designs
Designer/Majority Partner
06.2008 - 07.2017
Job overview
- Started while fresh in design school at FIDM
- Managed a successful vintage inspired clothing line that was a healthy competitor for brands such as Stop Staring, Pin Up Girl Clothing and Lucky 13 during its term
- Directed the entire apparel operational life cycle of Product Planning, Design, Development, Sourcing and Production from concept through consumer distribution
- Inspired by silhouettes of the 1940’s and 50’s, conceptualized groundbreaking design approaches to create vintage inspired apparel while combining current trends
- Created fashion and technical sketches; textile pattern art; planned beautiful and unique color palettes; graphics for apparel; developed first patterns and worked with grading and cutting contractors to make patterns production ready (grades, nested grades and cutting)
- Design concepts included jeans, dresses, sweaters, tops and skirts
- Collaborated with domestic and overseas contractors to produce a complete, successful line each season, ensuring maximum quality with each finished collection.
Ducko USA/CRG Industries
Design and Production Coordinator
09.2016 - 07.2017
Job overview
- Teamed up with the owner to rebuild his water polo swimwear and apparel brand
- Implemented a new development, design and production process that helped to reduce needed time to create new lines from the beginning phase to the end product delivery
- Collaborated with the owner on design concepts, planning swimwear for aquatic sports and athletic apparel
- Established a streamline approach for production planning, design timelines and budget managing to minimize costly mistakes and delays, by setting up an organizational plan for the owner and creating a tech pack system unique to the company’s domestic production needs
- Researched trims and textiles for current technologies in active wear, sourced production items for upcoming collection development and managed meetings with contractors to plan timely development and production
- Inspected garment construction and compared quality between vendors for maximum quality and accuracy.
Little Giraffe
Designer and Tech Design
11.2013 - 10.2016
Job overview
- Visionary approach that brought Little Giraffe into a new era
- Boosted its appeal to a modern generation, while still maintaining its allure to the existing customer base
- Managed to combine traditional design elements with a modern touch of boho chic
- Created a timeless design library for Little Giraffe’s future artists and product development professionals to use for several seasons to come
- Conceptualized and executed designs for fresh seasonal collections and top selling products for Little Giraffe
- This included infant layette, toddler apparel, baby toys, blankets and other home and nursery accessories
- Researched trims and textiles, sourced production items for upcoming collection development
- Developed and maintained thorough tech packs (including: CAD, POMs, and specs, BOM, construction callouts, and thread color; generated trim packages) with concise details that streamlined the development and production process with little to no errors or delays
- Researched upcoming trends, color stories and themes
- Constructed mood boards to plan upcoming collections based on trend and market forecasting
- Designed unique textile prints and created production ready textile repeats for infant apparel, nursery accessories and home products
- Including pantone color call outs, tile repeats and measurements
- Created and maintain a new products master spreadsheet each season that contained all new product information, including: costing, SKUs, factory info, delivery dates, sizes, available colors, etc
- Inspected all incoming samples from 1st protos to TOP’s
- Spec for measurement accuracy, correct construction, proper labeling and quality
- Supervised production and updated all internal and external partners to assist in achieving timely and flawless project completion
- Determined necessary labeling information and provided all content to art team to design sew-in-labels, hangtags, etc
- Tracked all corrections and flow, photograph issues and provided reports to supplier and internal team
- Organized and managed Product Review meetings to update status of designs, product development, sourcing, costing, and schedule
- Drafted a library of prints and designs that Little Giraffe currently uses for their seasonal deliveries.
Education
Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising
Professional Designation (extended Associate of Arts) from Apparel Manufacturing Management
Union Institute and University
Bachelor of Arts from Writing and Literature
Skills
- Adobe Suite Proficient
- Mood Boards; Trend Research and Line Planning; Trend Forecasting
- Textile Design
- Merchandising
- Product Design and Development
- Technical Design and Tech Pack Development; Fit technology
- Graphics including Fashion Sketching; Graphic Design; Textile Design; Packaging; Branding
- Strategic Thinking
- Effective Communication
- Print design
- Visual storytelling
- Workflow Management
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Additional Information
References available upon request before interview.
Work Preference
Work Type
Full TimePart TimeContract WorkWork Location
RemoteHybridImportant To Me
Company CultureWork-life balanceCareer advancementPaid sick leavePaid time offFlexible work hoursWork from home optionPersonal development programsSoftware
Illustrator
Adobe Suite
Excel
Word
Dimension
Backbone
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Timeline
Design Director
Nicole Katherine Apparel Services, LLC
05.2020 - Current
Senior Designer
oGorgeous/Popflex Active
05.2019 - 05.2023
Designer & Tech Design
Luxephil
07.2017 - 06.2019
Design and Production Coordinator
Ducko USA/CRG Industries
09.2016 - 07.2017
Designer and Tech Design
Little Giraffe
11.2013 - 10.2016
Designer/Majority Partner
Nicole Katherine Designs
06.2008 - 07.2017
Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising
Professional Designation (extended Associate of Arts) from Apparel Manufacturing Management
Union Institute and University
Bachelor of Arts from Writing and Literature
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