JAY Stitch Designs
Designer and Maker
July 2015 - Present
Embroidery Designer & Custom Outfitting
Available for custom ready-to-wear and re-worked vintage items. Specializing in womenswear garments, denim, hand embroidery, embellishment and chainstitch embroidery. Be advised custom orders require 4-6 weeks for completion.
Current Employment
Wrangler
Women's Global Modern Designer
Greensboro, North Carolina
May 2022- Present
Past Experience
Aeropostale
Designer Girls Denim Bottoms
New York, NY | October 2020- current
- Designer of girls denim bottoms, shorts, and skirts.
- Track and react to market and business trends.
- Lead wash direction for development and bulk.
- Partner with cross functional team on costing and T&A calendar.
- Manager of one Associate Designer.
- Inaugural member of the Sustainability Council working to expand responsible design and sourcing practices.
- Member/Editor of the Diversity and Inclusion Newsletter.
J.Crew
Associate Designer Denim & Washed Product
New York, NY | April 2019 - October 2020
- Associate Designer for Women's Denim and Washed Product for J.Crew. Including denim bottoms, denim dressing, chinos/washed bottoms, and washed items.
- Trained two assistants in wash process and denim vernacular.
- Oversee wash development and bulk wash comments.
J.Crew
Assistant Designer, Denim & Washed Product
New York, NY | Feb 2016 - April 2019
- Assistant Designer for Women's and Men's Denim, and Women's Washed Bottoms at Jcrew.
J.Crew & Madewell
Assistant Designer, Denim & Washed Product
New York, NY | Feb 2016 - May 2017
- Assistant Designer for both Jcrew and Madewell Women's Denim Design teams.
Li & Fung
Mens Sportswear Intern, 2016
New York, NY
- Knits Assistant: Creating Presentation Boards & Trend Research.
- Design Development: Flat Sketches, and Color CAD's
- Organization/ Categorization of Textiles and Samples.
THREEASFOUR
Seasonal Intern, 2015
New York, NY
- Pattern Making: Developing patterns from previous seasons styles.
- Show Sample Construction, assisted in sewing of show samples.
J.Crew HQ
Menswear Intern
Summer 2014
- Wovens Assistant: Bottoms, Outerwear, Shirting, Accessories, Denim, & Suiting Departments
- Development of Design Cards / Tech packs / Technical Flats
- Organization/ Categorization of Textiles
- Special sample development
Bespoken NYC
Design & Production Internship
Summer 2013
Assistant in technical design:
- Technical flats/Cut tickets/Tech Packs
- Cataloging Samples/ Garment details
Assistant in production:
- Contacting fabric mills about orders & shipments
- Organizing trade show guides
- Cataloging Purchase Orders
PR intern for NYFW F/W 2014
Wesley Nault
Womens Evening- wear Design Intern
Jan 2012 - May 2012
- Pattern Drafting
- Sample Fabric Cutting
- Basic Sample Construction
Evening-wear technique applications:
- Needle Felting
- Leather lacing
- Beading
The New School
Student Worker: Admissions Social Media Department
August 2013-Present
Regulate social media platforms for Parsons Undergraduate Addmissions:
-Twitter @parsonsadmissions
-Facebook admissions groups
-Blogspot "iheartparsons"
Education
Parsons School of Design - The New School
BFA Fashion Design
Class of 2015
- Dean's Scholarship Recipient
- 2014-15 Windgate Fellowship Award Nominee
- Hugo-Boss Senior Collection Prize Honorable Mention
Parsons Paris
BFA Fashion Design
Fall 2013- Spring 2014
- Study abroad
- Developed Conversational French Speaking Skill
Skills
Fashion:
- Pattern-making, Draping, Croquis Sketching/Illustration, Flat Sketching, Tech Packs, Cutting Fabric along a grain, Sewing with industrial and non-industrial machines, & machine knitting, hand & chainstitch machine embroidery.
Computer:
- PLM, Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Final Cut, iMovie, etc.
Social Networking:
- Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, Tumblr, etc.
Greensboro, NC
CallieLuJensen@gmail.com