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Work History
Education
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Professional Work Examples (submitted or for request)
Contract/Freelance
Mass Market Vendor Collaboration
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William Heard

New York

Summary

Highly skilled Technical Designer, with significant experience in leveraging complex CAD and product development systems to implement design creation and solutions for high industry standards. Strengths include robust problem-solving skills, the ability to learn quickly, and adaptability to new technologies. Previous roles have resulted in streamlined processes, optimized product designs, and improved cross-functional collaborative efforts.

Overview

6
6
years of professional experience

Work History

Technical Designer (freelance)

Alexander Wang Inc.
New York
07.2025 - Current
  • Partnered with design team to develop technical specifications for new collections, prototype creation, and live fittings emphasizing achievement of company's brand at couture level.
  • Developed detailed technical sketches and CAD drawings for production accuracy.
  • Reviewed samples to ensure alignment with design intent and quality standards.
  • Create and maintained organized documentation of design changes and approvals throughout the process.
  • Participated in fittings, providing feedback on garment construction, with fit and design adjustments.

Technical Design (Freelance)

Btween Apparel
New York
10.2024 - 03.2025
  • Collaborated with the design team to develop technical specifications for children’s special occasions, sportswear, and swimwear for cut-and-sew, and seamless development.
  • Managed cross-functional fitting processes, ensuring accuracy and quality in product development. High pace and high-volume workloads.

Technical Design

Peruvian Connection
New York
08.2022 - 05.2024
  • Technical and product development of women's wovens, and knits with a focus on ready to wear styles, dresses, skirts, pants, jackets and accessories for cut and sew and seamless development .
  • Coordinating technical development from benchmark to production, shipment, and sample approval. WIP responsibilities include conversation and scheduling for domestic and overseas.
  • Evaluating and updating garment specifications and designs to achieve Peruvian Connection protocol standard quality assurance with technical specifications for domestic styles: reviewing all domestic bulk shipments for PC NY with corrections to final approval for shipment.

Technical Designer/ Juniors' Designer

Handcraftmfg
New York
10.2021 - 08.2022
  • Providing technical specifications for men's, juniors', girls', boys', and toddlers' lounge, intimates, underwear, sox, and hosiery.
  • Designer for the Junior's Division. Including sample development from prototype to approval. AutoCAD creation, digital design, silhouette, marketing, and planning.
  • Garment fittings evaluation and corrections corresponding with overseas vendors. Quality control of production, company style, and line development.

PLM Coordinator (Freelance)

Delta Galil USA
New York
07.2021 - 10.2021
  • Managing centric PLM, and company-wide database maintenance. Organization and review of all data, technical specifications, and packaging, with software expertise for multiple high-volume categories. Including function, design, aesthetics, and fashion styles. Working specifically with licensing for Columbia Accessories, Tommy Hilfiger, Converse, etc.

Technical Designer

Jordache
New York
05.2019 - 06.2021
  • Developing from associate technical design to mid-level responsibilities while working with women's and men's wear, technical specifications, and product development of wovens, knits, and denims for mass manufacturing for direct-to-consumer and company retail.
  • Coordinating technical development from prototype samples, size runs, to pre-production, and carrying through styles. With a focus on constructional integrity, evaluation, and correction. Collaborating with the production and design departments for live fittings and step-by-step production processes.

Education

B.S - Technical Design

Fashion Institute Of Technology
Nyc
01-2019

A.A.S - Fashion Design

Fashion Institute Of Technology
Nyc
01-2017

B.C.C - Liberal Arts, Art History

Brookdale C.C
Lincroft, NJ

Skills

  • Technical design and fashion design
  • Product development
  • Draping and pattern adjustment
  • Illustrative art and fashion illustration
  • Live garment fittings
  • Autocad proficiency
  • Tech pack management
  • Vendor communication
  • Technical drawing skills
  • Quality control processes
  • Concept development strategies
  • Color theory expertise
  • Technical construction methods
  • Textile knowledge
  • Adobe Creative Suite proficiency
  • Microsoft Excel and Word skills
  • Apple macOS familiarity
  • Gerber digitizer operation
  • Accumark pattern design expertise
  • Optitex digital fitting skills
  • PLM programming advanced
  • Webtech PLM
  • Flex PLM
  • Centric PLM
  • YuniquePLM

Professional Work Examples (submitted or for request)

  • Portfolio
  • Technical Data Packaging
  • Live Fitting Look Book

Contract/Freelance

  • Orly Corp (2024): Technical Designer over seeing new product development in men's, women's and kid's underwear, athletic wear, seamless, socks and hosiery.
  • Real Essentials (2025): Providing technical specification, live fitting evaluation and corrections for boys' and men's day wear and casual wear.

Mass Market Vendor Collaboration

  • Walmart, Target, Amazon, Kohl's, etc.

Timeline

Technical Designer (freelance)

Alexander Wang Inc.
07.2025 - Current

Technical Design (Freelance)

Btween Apparel
10.2024 - 03.2025

Technical Design

Peruvian Connection
08.2022 - 05.2024

Technical Designer/ Juniors' Designer

Handcraftmfg
10.2021 - 08.2022

PLM Coordinator (Freelance)

Delta Galil USA
07.2021 - 10.2021

Technical Designer

Jordache
05.2019 - 06.2021

B.S - Technical Design

Fashion Institute Of Technology

A.A.S - Fashion Design

Fashion Institute Of Technology

B.C.C - Liberal Arts, Art History

Brookdale C.C

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