Say Hello to this fashion enthusiast with strong attention to detail and accuracy in execution of designs infused with imagination, who loves to explore new techniques and trends to create functional comfortable products. Strong visualization and ability to quickly grasp new concepts are some of my strongest suits.
Overview
9
9
years of professional experience
Work History
Lead Production & Design Coordinator
LIONHEART SPORTS
Vancouver, BC
09.2023 - Current
Pro-actively managed production of Custom Sports wear apparel (uniforms - Rugby, Soccer, Basketball; Spirit wear - Jackets, Hoodies, crews)
Create design storyboards as per client's school/club color palette, logos for design selection
Maintain active contact with various suppliers and manufacturers to manage turnaround time with accuracy
Created final proofs with accuracy for client approval and place orders in production for effective turnaround of order completion
QA and dispatch of custom orders effectively without delays
R&D of new product line, development of tech packs, sample reviews for effective results
Created product postcards & flyers, managed web stores for clubs, schools using Square space
Assisted customers in styling & furnishing their home according to their aesthetic preferences
Boosted customer satisfaction by providing exceptional service and addressing concerns promptly.
Maintained a clean and organized store environment, enhancing the overall shopping experience for customers.
Enhanced visual merchandising displays by arranging products strategically, attracting more customers to the store.
Handled returns and exchanges professionally, resolving customer issues while adhering to company policies.
Active Wear Designer | Developer
DIDA SPORTS (ATHLETIC, GYM, YOGA)
New Delhi
12.2017 - 11.2019
Designed collections for athletic, gym and yoga wear as per Brand ethics and executed seasonal styles including knit, woven fabric (micro polyester, nylon, poly spandex, knit polyester)
Responsible for supporting in-house workshop to create mockups and prototypes
Developed graphic design mock ups and print samples
Maintained clear communication with product development, fit, merchandising, sourcing and design operations, raw materials development ensured all teams have the most up to date information on each style
Played key supporting role in building trims briefs, accurate color files including fabrics and trims in partnership with Technical Developer
Mentor and lead 4 Design Assistants
Managed the color life cycle of products ensuring the balance between timelines and creative process
Junior Merchandiser
ORANGE FASHION DESIGN PVT LTD
Delhi NCR
03.2017 - 11.2017
Maintained and tracked development of concepts relative to seasonal calendars to ensure on time commercialization
Communicated with manufacturing team to deliver accurate and on time information to guide development and quickly resolve issues
Responsible for accurate tech packs in system including Bill of Materials, color samples, measurements for technical apparel styles
Assisted to minimize fit noting deficiencies
Supported development of raw materials, packaging and trims.
Fashion Design Intern
EKAM LABEL BY ARMAAN R
Delhi NCR
09.2016 - 02.2017
Assisted designer for latest collection at Lakme Fashion week
Assisted designers at fashion photo shoots, tracking accessories and dressing models
Responsible for managing inventory of Merchandise including display and set ups
Worked with technical design and product management to provide accurate and complete design packages
Maintained database of clientele and coordinated projects.
Design Assistant
AUDARYA COUTURE
04.2015 - 05.2016
Assisted the owner-designer in executing the customized attires (Indian- western fusion, wedding guest attires, Indian embroidered & much more)
Advised customers to find right silhouette that reflected their personal style and shape
Relatively resolved client conflicts to prevent loss of key accounts
Maintained database of clientele and balances of customers
Responsible in executing process of customized garments and lead team of embroiderers, tailors, Technical designer in co-ordination with designer.
REFERENCES:
Available upon request
Education
CLO3D, Adobe Illustrator
Currently Learning:
Digital Illustration
Procreate On Ipad
Certification: Graphic Design -
Big Box Academy
Diploma - Fashion Design
INIFD
2016
Bachelor of Science -
DAV College
2013
OTHER ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Skills
Fashion Design, Technical design, Product development
<ul><li>Roles and Responsibilities</li><li>Hiring and team building</li><li>Managing team’s career progression and performance reviews</li><li>Managing Performance improvement plan and firing</li><li>Mentoring</li><li>Product roadmap planning and execution</li><li>Accountability of the entire delivery execution including the risk mitigation planning.</li><li>Stakeholder management</li><li>Adhering to Apple Privacy and Security Guidelines for platform</li><li>Design and implementation of new architectures and solutions to manage all online services for AdXchange in Apple Ads.</li><li>Design and implementation of new architectures and solutions deliver Budget experimentation in Apple Ads</li><li>Design and implementation of new architectures and solutions to manage data for Ad Platform.</li><li>Creating and maintaining all the data and analytics and revenue pipelines for Ad Platforms</li><li>Driving the solution for data ingestions and data processing across Ad platform</li><li>Defining the Strategy for data governance and data access</li><li>Collaboration with business to deliver relevant data and insight for our strategy and decisions.</li><li>Managing storage, processing, copy/synchronization etc. appropriate to scale</li><li>Enabling machine learning and algorithm groups by proving them right frameworks and data</li><li>Advancing team’s design methodology and quality programming practices and evangelize those techniques across Ad platform.</li><li>Deliveries</li><li>Setup 8+ member team to design and deliver Budget Allocation and Budget experimentation.</li><li>Leading Ad Delivery services team, responsible for delivering various capabilities like query understanding, targeting, fraud etc.</li><li>Delivered and Lead Design for observability for budget, and data platform in Ad platform.</li><li>Setup 11+ members high performing team to handle various business needs such as analytics and micro services for Display Advertising as well as Data Platform</li><li>Instrumental in driving Data Platform throughout the SDLC from inception, design, development, testing and deployment.</li><li>Instilled a strong team culture of high-quality delivery by constructive feedback, cross collaboration, focus and motivation.</li><li>Delivered Realtime and Batch Platform with various integrations</li><li>Delivered new DIP design for Data Platform</li><li>Delivered design of all the components of Data processing platform</li><li>Transitioned Display data work to India seamlessly and delivered many critical business impacting features and organizational security initiatives.</li><li>Closely worked with various stakeholders to understand the requirements which resulted into efficient remote work culture.</li><li>Seamless Display execution and set up best practices for 24X7 production on-call.</li><li>Tools and Technologies</li><li>AWS, S3, Kafka, Spark, Hadoop, EMR, Hive, Scoop, Flume, Cassandra, Airflow, Oozie, Gobblin, Schema Store, Icloud, Grafana, Kubernetes, Vertica, Alation, snowflake, druid, Iceberg, Java, Scala, IntelliJ, Oracle, MySql, Git, RIO, Spinnaker, Elastic cache, Grpc, Agile.</li></ul> at Apple - Adplatform<ul><li>Roles and Responsibilities</li><li>Hiring and team building</li><li>Managing team’s career progression and performance reviews</li><li>Managing Performance improvement plan and firing</li><li>Mentoring</li><li>Product roadmap planning and execution</li><li>Accountability of the entire delivery execution including the risk mitigation planning.</li><li>Stakeholder management</li><li>Adhering to Apple Privacy and Security Guidelines for platform</li><li>Design and implementation of new architectures and solutions to manage all online services for AdXchange in Apple Ads.</li><li>Design and implementation of new architectures and solutions deliver Budget experimentation in Apple Ads</li><li>Design and implementation of new architectures and solutions to manage data for Ad Platform.</li><li>Creating and maintaining all the data and analytics and revenue pipelines for Ad Platforms</li><li>Driving the solution for data ingestions and data processing across Ad platform</li><li>Defining the Strategy for data governance and data access</li><li>Collaboration with business to deliver relevant data and insight for our strategy and decisions.</li><li>Managing storage, processing, copy/synchronization etc. appropriate to scale</li><li>Enabling machine learning and algorithm groups by proving them right frameworks and data</li><li>Advancing team’s design methodology and quality programming practices and evangelize those techniques across Ad platform.</li><li>Deliveries</li><li>Setup 8+ member team to design and deliver Budget Allocation and Budget experimentation.</li><li>Leading Ad Delivery services team, responsible for delivering various capabilities like query understanding, targeting, fraud etc.</li><li>Delivered and Lead Design for observability for budget, and data platform in Ad platform.</li><li>Setup 11+ members high performing team to handle various business needs such as analytics and micro services for Display Advertising as well as Data Platform</li><li>Instrumental in driving Data Platform throughout the SDLC from inception, design, development, testing and deployment.</li><li>Instilled a strong team culture of high-quality delivery by constructive feedback, cross collaboration, focus and motivation.</li><li>Delivered Realtime and Batch Platform with various integrations</li><li>Delivered new DIP design for Data Platform</li><li>Delivered design of all the components of Data processing platform</li><li>Transitioned Display data work to India seamlessly and delivered many critical business impacting features and organizational security initiatives.</li><li>Closely worked with various stakeholders to understand the requirements which resulted into efficient remote work culture.</li><li>Seamless Display execution and set up best practices for 24X7 production on-call.</li><li>Tools and Technologies</li><li>AWS, S3, Kafka, Spark, Hadoop, EMR, Hive, Scoop, Flume, Cassandra, Airflow, Oozie, Gobblin, Schema Store, Icloud, Grafana, Kubernetes, Vertica, Alation, snowflake, druid, Iceberg, Java, Scala, IntelliJ, Oracle, MySql, Git, RIO, Spinnaker, Elastic cache, Grpc, Agile.</li></ul> at Apple - Adplatform