Mar 2025 – Present · 1 yr · NYC, London

• Blending traditional craft with future-facing tech, I help fashion brands turn ideas into market-ready knitwear. From yarn and stitch to AI visualization and 3D simulation, my process brings clarity, speed, and creative impact to every collection.

Feb 2023 – Feb 2025 · 2 yrs · New York, New York, United States

• Led the design and strategy for men's knitwear across multiple lines at Michael Kors. From runway to Collection and Outlet, crafted refined, forward-thinking pieces that shaped seasonal direction and elevated the brand’s sweater and cold-weather accessory offering.

Jun 2020 – May 2023 · 2 yrs 11 mos · New York City Metropolitan Area

• Developing seasonal collections including sweater tops, cardigans, tunics, dresses and bottoms and jackets from inception through production. Leading fittings and communicating changes and updates to cross functional partners.
• Daily tasks include communication with China-based factories and merchandisers, extensive trend/stitch/yarn research, hand sketching, illustrator flats, creating tech packs, webPDM data entry, creating stripe/cable/stitch layouts, requesting and approving trims/KD trials. Building elaborate trend/sketch decks and boards and presenting them to the management team and the merchandising team.

May 2020 – Apr 2023 · 2 yrs 11 mos · New York, United States · Remote

• Collaborated with the Creative Director to create seasonal menswear collections: inculding outerwear, tailoring, wovens, knits and sweaters. As well as commercial private label polo capsules for Saks Fifth Avenue and Nordstroms.

May 2018 – Jun 2020 · 2 yrs 1 mo · New York, New York

• Tended to multiple accounts daily including R-13, Pam & Gela, Intermix, La Ligne, Duffy (high end in-house line) and Studio DZ (contemporary in-house collections). Designing sweaters, cut & sew and cold weather accessories from initial concept to body/stitch research, yarn/fabric/trim sourcing, hand sketching, illustrator flats, creating tech packs, spec sheets and stitch layouts.
• Daily tasks include communication with China-based factories and merchandisers, in-house swatch research and
• development, yarn library management, yarn vendor communication, trend/inspiration board building, delivering carefully tailored presentations (samples, sketches, yarns, trims, etc) to clients.
• Attend fittings and communicate design changes as well as note taking and communicating to tech design.
• Travel to Shanghai for client meetings, yarn/product sourcing and factory visits.

Apr 2017 – May 2018 · 1 yr 1 mo · New York, New York

• Collaborated daily with the head sweater designer to create styles that filled the needs set forth by the merchandising team. Designed and put into work my own category for Tommy Hilfiger Denim and the Cardigan Package.
• Daily tasks included extensive trend/stitch/yarn research, hand sketching, illustrator flats, creating tech packs, webPDM data entry, creating stripe/cable/stitch layouts, requesting and approving trims/yarn lab dips. Communicated designs to the merchandising team during showback presentations.
• Responsible for stitch innovation: created a library of stitch ideas and knit creative knit downs using hand knitting and brother double bed machine.

Jan 2017 – Jun 2017 · 5 mos · New York, NY

• Worked with the Heads of Knitwear Design (Runway and Commercial) to help produce Spring 2018 styles. Tasks included: hand sketching, drawing and editing flats, creating color-ups, setting up and editing technical packages, speccing garment, extensive patterning/muslin projects and pattern corrections, stripe layouts and fabric treatment development.
• Responsible for daily tasks like sample control, garment district errands, yarn card pickups and drop offs, updating line sheets and style boards.
• Was asked to stay after the internship complete date to create illustrator sketches for the 2018 commercial line

Apr 2016 – Sep 2016 · 5 mos · Greater New York City Area

• Collaborated on the Spring 2017 Collection from concept stage thought out the production process.
• Assisted on various tasks including mood board creation, flat patterning, trim selection, yarn inventory, garment finishing, styling & photoshoot prep.

Aug 2013 – Jul 2017 · 3 yrs 11 mos · New York NY

• Worked on the following accounts: Khaite, Brock Collection, Rosie Assoulin, Rosetta Getty.
• Contributed to the development process by creating flat patterns, stripe layouts, flat illustrator sketches, hand-drawn graphs of intarsia/jacquard layouts, garment spec sheets as well as speccing garments and providing clear and concise fit notes for Italian factories.

Mar 2009 – Jun 2014 · 5 yrs 3 mos · Greater New York City Area