MEGAN YEE

Professional Profile

​Fashion and costume design, Excellent research skills, leadership abilities, fast decision making in customer service, staff development, strong IT skills, strong communication skills, proficient in Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Photoshop, Alliance for Education Employability Skills Certification in Effective Decision Making in the Workplace, Customer Service, and Workplace Ethics

 

Past Employment

KKGM Inc.                       Job Title: Assistant Designer                                  3/2018 – 8/2019

Vernon, Ca

·            Designed custom pieces for high profile clients and attend private fittings

·            Work with head designer and graphic designer in all aspects of the design  process from development to production

·            Communicated to China and Guatemala factories about fit notes, techpacks, development sampling

·            Oversee lab-dips, strike-offs, and fit/PP/TOP samples

·            Used Photoshop and Illustrator to design new graphics art

·            Research trends and create mood boards to design collections

 

Clothing Obsessed Company           Job Title: Assistant Designer                  12/2017 – 3/2018

Lost Angeles, Ca

·            Develop new styles and creating tech packs using Adobe Illustrator and Excel

·            Communicating with vendors about developing styles, POs, and costs

·            Negotiate costs with vendors through email

·            Creating POs and fabric sheets

·            Spec samples before fitting

·            Attending fitting sessions and writing fit comments

 

Intouch Footwear Inc.          Job Title: Junior Designer & e-commerce          8/2016 – 12/2017

City of Industry, Ca

·            Product and trend research for new future styles

·            Taking/Editing product pictures for the sales team and website products

·            Updating product information and inventory on website through Shopify, Amazon, and Ebay

·            Creating weekly new arrivals and catalogs using Adobe Illustrator along with sending out weekly newsletters through SendGrid reaching over 5,000 customers

·            Coordinate weekly samples to ensure color and fit are correct

·            Oversee and creating booth store front set up at WSA@ Magic

·            Organize fashion photoshoots of products to be places in catalogs and online ecommerce platforms

 

Maria Francesca Pepe          Job Title: Creative Intern                                       4/2016- 6/2016

London, UK

·         Develop graphic content for Instagram. look books, and weekly newsletters

·         Create digital illustrations and techpacks for production and sampling

·         Product research and development to find current trends and design concepts for the next season

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California Polytechnic University Pomona – Pomona, Ca              Est. Grad. 2017

• Apparel Merchandising and Management, emphasis: Retail

• Media Director of Touzan Taiko (2 years)