Product Design & Development Assistant

Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

January 2017 - Present

Assists the Product Design and Development teams by creating/editing specification sheets, designing new merchandise, communicating with vendors, managing the PLM system, and assessing merchandise from sampling stages to final product.

Product Design & Development:

- Design new on-brand products for each season/release based on trend inspiration, current product lines, and customer feedback

- Technical Design: create flat line sketches in Adobe Illustrator + update as needed for linesheet and specs, confirming all measurements before sending to vendors

- Check all samples + tag them with vendor, season, and name of product

- Photograph and create comment sheets for all products throughout sampling stages

- Check all samples from 1st - photoshoot samples and all pattern strike offs ensuring product measurements, pattern size & colors, trims and fabrics are correct

Pattern Design:

- Create new on-brand patterns relevant to each season for new products

- Clean up all patterns and create rotatives/submission sheets to send to vendors

- Size them based on mock-ups and vendor limitations

- Ensure colors are Pantone Solid Coated and consistent with core colors where applicable

Product Quality Control:

- Check shipments when they arrive in the warehouse from overseas

- Check the product measurements, patterns, colors, trims, fabrics, barcodes, tags, and document any inconsistency’s

Monogramming Information:

- One of this companies main focuses is creating products that can be personalized by monograms

- Monogramming needs to be kept in mind while designing all new products and assigning measurements

- Test all samples that are considered for the upcoming season/release to ensure the area and fabric can be monogrammed

- Communicate with the in-house embroidery team on issues, create solutions, and communicate those with the creative team and vendors

- Decide & document all monogramming locations, sizes, and offerings

- Communicate any specific offerings (such as no initials, only names, letter restrictions) with the tech team to ensure it’s on the website correctly

Product Information Management:

- Create a Master Spreadsheet for each season/release, keep updated

- This spreadsheet should include: SKU, Description, Cost, Price, SRP, Weight, Qty/Carton, Qty/Ordered, UPC #(Barcodes), Technical Descriptions, Technical Descriptions w/ Coding

- Write Technical Descriptions for all new products & code for website

- Weigh all new products when we have a final samples

Microsoft Dynamics AX (PLM System Management):

- Upload all new items into AX for each season/release

- Upload UPCs (Barcodes)

- Assign Seasons

- Categorize

Sample Organization:

- Created and maintains a clear filing system for all product samples

- Photograph and file all new samples for each season

- Pull samples when needed and put them back in their respective spots when finished