Education

Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)
Atlanta, GA
B.F.A. Fashion Design

Experience

Cake For Dinner. Atlanta, GA
Creative Director, Founding Team Member 

Jan 2020 - 2026

  • Played a foundational role in launching and scaling a young women’s apparel company from the ground up, identifying an underserved market opportunity and helping build the brand, product, sourcing, retail, and commercial strategy that grew the brand's success.

  • Defined the brand’s creative vision, identity, and product point of view, translating consumer research, market trends, and competitive insights into a distinctive and commercially relevant apparel brand for young women

  • Led end-to-end creative direction and apparel design, developing collections from initial concept and seasonal direction through design, fabrication, fittings, production, quality control, and final delivery

  • Built a product-driven brand grounded in quality craftsmanship, thoughtful construction, distinctive materials, and strong fit, personally overseeing design details and maintaining a high standard from concept through production

  • Established elevated standards for quality, craftsmanship, fit, fabrication, trims, custom prints, embroidery, and construction, creating product with a strong point of differentiation in the marketplace

  • Developed and expanded the company’s global sourcing network, leveraging established factory relationships while identifying and building partnerships with new international manufacturers and suppliers to support quality, capacity, and growth

  • Directed merchandising and assortment strategy across the full product line, balancing creative vision with customer demand, pricing, margin, inventory, and sales performance from line planning through delivery and sell-through

  • Led end-to-end creative direction for design and development of all apparel collections, from initial concept and trend direction (color, print, silhouette, and fabrication) through fittings, production, and final delivery

  • Shaped the company’s DTC, wholesale, and retail strategies, helping establish sales channels, develop the e-commerce experience, build wholesale opportunities, and create a cohesive brand experience across every customer touchpoint

  • Built and led cross-functional teams spanning design, product development, marketing, sales, operations, distribution, and fulfillment, hiring talent and establishing the infrastructure needed to support a growing organization

  • Established elevated standards for quality, craftsmanship, fit, fabrication, trims, custom prints, embroidery, and construction, creating product with a strong point of differentiation in the marketplace.

  • Conceived, designed, planned, and executed two branded retail locations, translating the brand identity into physical environments through store design, merchandising, fixtures, customer experience, and launch execution

  • Conceptualized, designed, planned, and executed two branded retail locations, translating the company’s visual identity into immersive physical environments and overseeing store design, merchandising, fixtures, customer experience, and launch

  • Operated at the intersection of creative direction, product development, brand strategy, and business growth, partnering with leadership to turn an initial market opportunity into a fully realized multichannel apparel business

Lady Captain. Rockport, TX
Design and Production Consultant 

Sep 2021 - Sep 2024

  • Assessed production processes and implemented plans to improve the company’s sourcing strategy and global supply chain. 

  • Worked closely with the founders to design and create seasonal womenswear collections, overseeing the process from initial concept to final product. 

  • Conducted trend research, developed tech packs, and selected colors, prints, fabrics, silhouettes, and details while ensuring proper fit and maintaining the brand aesthetic

  • Implemented a merchandising and pricing strategy and negotiated costs to strengthen line plans and scalability. 

    Managed daily communication with vendors throughout the entire product lifecycle. 

    Connected the company with my trusted vendors and successfully improved the quality, craftsmanship, design, and production of each collection

Mud Pie LLC. Atlanta, GA
Senior Technical Designer

Oct 2014 - April 2020

  • Sketched and assisted fashion designers in creating new silhouettes, and advised on fabric and construction techniques

  • Draping and pattern solving for new apparel styles

  • Established fit standards, size grading to ensure fit consistency across each category, and developed quality control protocols

  • Led fit meetings, adjusted fit corrections, properly measuring, altering, and approving each fit through bulk production

  • Helped to develop testing standards for garments and fabrics to improve quality reports

  • Maintained fit calendar and production schedule for each style

  • Worked with merchandising to negotiate costs for specific styles 

  • Traveled overseas to work with vendors to expedite production calendars and work with technical teams to calibrate, train, educate, and understand factory capabilities

  • Managed dress form research and standardized our Alvanon forms

  • Handled daily communication and scheduling of fit models and established fit models for each size to ensure fit consistency across all piece types

  • Hired, trained, and developed technical designers in their roles

  • Helped define the needs of the tech department and partnered with software developers to create a PLM system and managed the testing before implementing the system

  • Built working libraries of construction, measurements,
    and basic block templates in PLM

  • Created and implemented protocols for design hand-off/sketch passes to ensure all appropriate components are gathered for a complete tech pack to be initiated

  • Seasonal market research of trends, styles, grading,
    and apparel techniques

WHIT-NY New York, NY
Design & Production Intern­ – 2014

  • Worked directly with Whitney Pozgay on new styles and pattern-making for Spring 2015

  • Assisted with choosing and developing fabric samples

  • Assisted in organizing Spring 2015 presentation

  • Created hand-drawn as well as CAD flats & illustrations

  • Assisted in directing Spring 2015 look book photoshoot

  • Worked with printing companies LTS Designs and Preview developing printed fabric samples

  • Sourced materials for Spring 2015

  • Worked with local factories on production daily

  • Designed look for NYFW Barbie Lounge by Whit-NY

  • Developed and maintained line sheets

  • Responsible for working with factories, creating tech packs, measuring spec sheets, and overseeing fit corrections.

Skills

  • Sewing, draping, pattern making, fashion sketching, illustration, technical flats, and CAD

  • Strong knowledge of textiles and apparel design development

  • Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Microsoft Office, Web PLM

    Strong directing and communication skills with local and overseas factories

  • Store design and development

  • Quality and craftsmanship

  • Cross-functional leadership

  • Knowledge of textiles, fiber classification, fabric manipulation, dyeing techniques, print development, finishing methods, weaving, metals, and jewelry

  • Size grading, technical Specs, tech packs

  • Communication and team building

  • Wholesale, retail, and e-commerce

  • Collection strategy and merchandising

  • Brand Development and market research

  • Leadership and mentorship skills

  • Distribution and operations

Achievements