Jessica Montjoy 5904 S Bounty Pl. Sioux Falls SD Education University of Cincinnati,
Cincinnati, OH College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning (DAAP) B.S. in Fashion Design, Graduated May 2015 Lorenzo de’ Medici School, Florence, Italy Study Abroad in Fashion Illustration/Fashion Marketing July 2010
University of Cincinnati,
Cincinnati, OH
McMicken College of Arts and Sciences B.A. in Communication with Public Relations Certificate Graduated June 2010
859-628-3952
jessica.L.montjoy@gmail.com Professional Skills
Product Development and Technical Design-
Pattern Making, Garment Construction, Fashion Illustration, Tech Pack Development, Print/Pattern Design, Tailoring, Draping, Trend Forecasting, Knitwear, SWOT Analysis, Product Design, Styling, Packaging Design, and Hand Embroidery.
Product Development and Tech. Design Computer-
Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, and Excel), Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, Acrobat, and In Design), Lectra Kaledo (Print, Knit, and Weave), WebPDM, Netsuite, GS1, GXS, and Wacom Tablet.
Relevant Experience CUFFLINKS Inc.-Disney, LucasFilm, CBS, Marvel, Warner Bros., HBO, Private Labels, and Customs-Sioux Falls, SD June ‘18-March ‘19 Sr. Product Designer
-Successfully managed development for the company across multiple product categories, each consisting of licensed, private label, and custom brands. -Designed for product categories of the following: (mens/boys) ties, bow ties, pocket squares, socks, 2D/3D cufflinks, tie bars, 2D/3D lapel pins, money clips. -Created product assortment under notable license brands such as: Disney, LucasFilm, CBS, Marvel, Warner Bros., and HBO while keeping our customer in mind. -Designed packaging for a variety of licensed products while following licensors guidelines. Ensured both packaging and product designs are adhering to the various licensor requirements, including legal, concept, pre pro samples, production samples, testing, royalty, and contractual requirements while building and maintaining strong licensor relationships. -Accommodated Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, and Photography departments needs to prioritize approvals submissions with our various licensors. -Forecast and build merchandised assortment plans for customers in both retail and wholesale channels (e.g. Nordstrom, Neiman Marcus, Hudson’s Bay). -Coordinated audits to ensure facilities comply with ILS requirements for licensed production as well as monitor product safety tests. -Successfully recruited, interviewed, and train new full time designers and freelancers within the first 2 months on licensor and customs designs processes and procedures. -Successfully aided in an increase of the custom production side of the business within the first 5 months, growing that side of the business by $22,000 from the previous year in the same quarter (Q1 of 2019). -Communicated to factories/vendors regarding all product development (e.g. resolving any and all issues regarding pre pro samples, QC issues, and failed testing). -Reduced costs and increase profit margins using cost engineering and negotiation with vendors, ensuring financial goals are met. -Source factories for new techniques to aid in the product assortment growth and versatility by going to trade shows like Magic in Las Vegas. - Successfully managed and fulfilled product approval with Disney all within my first 2 and 3 months to meet the needs of meeting sales orders for Neiman Marcus and Disney Stores, totalling a revenue of about $120,000. -Successfully within my first 2 months managed the final approval, design processes, and testing processes on 120/124 styles of the entire FH18 line.
CLAIRE’S STORES Inc.-Claire’s Under and Over 12, Icing, Doug the Pug, and Nickelodeon-Hoffman Estates, IL June ‘17-Feb. ‘18 Assistant Product Designer
-Updated and prepared spec/tech packages for various Under 12 and Over 12 departments (totally 6 different departments and various product categories). Average of 10-15 tech packs a day per department. -Partnered with overseas RSI (Hong Kong buying office) in terms of the production process. -Communicated to overseas vendors and RSI over 3D renderings for corrections or approvals. -Updated linesheets for various departments accordingly to buyer adds and drops as well as communicated to overseas RSI team of updated changes. -Conducted and analyzed in the research and development of seasonal trends to drive innovation and stay ahead of competition. -Conducted research was used in trend recaps as well as the design process to build a stronger product line in hopes to drive up sales in the market. -Collaborated with cross functional teams (RSI, Buyers, and Trend). -Collaborated with buying teams during Buy Week, Insight meetings, and occasional MPPR, assisted with product sample mock ups. -Worked continuously with product development calendar and merchandising line plans.
AMAZON-Hebron, KY
Sept. ‘16-June ‘17
Freelance Junior Fashion/Product Stylist -Worked closely with team of photographers, art directors, stylists, creative directors, studio managers, producers and digitechs to achieve optimal product image compositions. -Assisted on set by prepping materials to be photographed and to be carried out by the stylists, acted as floor lead on set (Never missed meeting shot count targets of 240/day); oversaw initial product set and trained new freelance junior stylists and interns. -Specialized in assisting stylists with off-figure product styling, both flat and occasional table top. -Assisted in different categories (women, men, and kids) of e-commerce products according to Amazon Style Guide and buyer requests, support stylists and photographers on Product Imaging and Editorial sets by prepping product to exact specifications.
SATURDAY KNIGHT Ltd.-Cincinnati, OH
May ‘13- Aug. ‘13
Soft Home Goods Product/Tech/Spec Design Intern -Assisted in product development, artwork creation, and tech/spec packs for production. -Created prints as well as edited existing ones; created artwork for all bath categories including full coordinates and end-cap presentations. -Produced trend presentation boards to major retailers at 2013 Home Textile Market, N.Y.C. -Used Microsoft PowerPoint/Adobe Illustrator to design and spec’d multiple products for bathroom coordinates contributing to the seasonal line. Including shower curtains, hard good accessories, rugs, and towels. -Fully responsible for artwork organization and market book presentation pages used for buyer preview and communication to potential buyers (Wal-Mart, Kmart, Target, and Kohl’s) used by the VP of Sales. -Fully responsible for all artwork pertaining to my juvenile bathroom coordinate. Including sketches, pantones, mood board, tech/spec sheet that was sent to the factory for prototypes before approval for production. Once approved it was shown at N.Y.C. Textile Market in 2013.
JUSTICE/TWEEN BRANDS Inc.-Justice Private Label and Mattel-Columbus, OH
Sept. ‘12-Dec. ‘12
Lifestyle/Girlstuff Product/Tech Design Intern -Functioned on an assistant designer’s level, assisted with training new full time designers. - Measured and assessed factory samples for quality as well as color and placement of graphics and scale of prints, created and edited new and existing prints. - Assisted designer in all aspects of product design including boards, approvals, samples, presentations, vendor communications and meeting preparation. -Participated in design and merchant meetings; collaborated with cross-functional teams to develop and approve product samples throughout design process. -Utilized WebPDM to set up tech packs for new development and carry-over styles. -Corresponded daily with factories overseas in resolving any and all issues regarding prototype samples and production; assisted with taking photos for corrections after product session meeting and sent comments to the factories for corrections.
Additional Experience GARAN Inc.-New York, NY Newborn Boys and Girls Design Intern
Mar. ‘12-June ‘12 PORTFOLIO: http://www.jessica-montjoy.com/