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Liz TerboLizard email liz@litllizards.com 415•271•0212 Multifaceted Apparel Industry Professional skilled in taking products from concept through production. Perceptive in identifying emerging trends and niche market opportunities. Passionate, creative, insightful, extremely organized, detail oriented and self-motivated with the ability to multi task efficiently and adhere to a production calendar! Strengths and accomplishments in:
• Professional Seamstress for 15 years. • Extensive experience with Eastman cutting tools, 5-thread, Single needle & Cover-stitch machines. • Detailed knowledge of garment construction and pattern development from design inception to production, including prototype, pattern making and garment construction. • Sourcing fabric, trim & contractors; Costing products; negotiating production; communicating with contractors & monitoring quality. • Scheduling & implementing sample and mass production • Develop inventory, ticketing and labeling systems; forecast requirements. • Textile design and fabrication. • Generate technical design book; Maintain spec sheets and sample library. • Possess excellent organizational written and oral communication skills. • Computer proficient, Macintosh based. Photoshop, Illustrator, Quark, html, Microsoft Office, QuickBooks Pro. EXPERIENCE FREELANCE DESIGNER/SEAMSTRESS Present Specializing in Sewing for your Home, Children's Apparel, Costuming and Decorative Environments Services offered include Custom construction of Drapes, Pillows, Shades, Bedding, Slipcovers, Linens. Apparel design & sewing, individual or group commissions. Product development from pattern generation to sales and distribution. RECENT COMMISSIONS: Sewing for your Home www.sfseamstress.com Geodesic Dome Cover Slipcovers Drapes Private School ponchos to match uniforms Custom Reflective Screen for immersive environment CONSULTANT/ PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT & MARKETING SPECIALIST/ 2004-Present PILLOW TALK, INC. www.pillowtalk.net Product development for launch of Pillow Talk, a division of Womanifest, Inc. Currently developing sales and marketing for upcoming trade shows. Oversee all manufacturing Accomplishments: •Pattern Design and Sample Sewing •Managed sample production and source development •Reduced production costs by 20% •Merchandising for product placement •Designed web site architecture and hand coded html ARTIST IN RESIDENCE/ TEACHER 2005-2006 SAN FRANCISCO SCHOOL OF THE ARTS, THEATER TECH DEPARTMENT SOTA Sewing & Design- Introduction to sewing basics: Use of equipment, understanding pattern creation, sewing terms, construction methods, tool use. Discussion of fabric types and appropriate uses. Sourcing and costing. DESIGN/ 2006 INTERIOR DESIGN & CLIENT COMMISSIONS Couch and chair(s) upholstry Large scale Roman Shades with custom top down/bottom up mechanism Draperies Pillows Wedding Gown Bridesmaids Dress Bat Mitzvah Dress Marmalade Daisy Trouser CALLIOPE DANCE STUDIO 2006-present www.dancecalliope.com Custom Costumes for seasonal dance performances. CONSTRUCTION 2005-present SCOTT SNIBBE SONA RESEARCH www.sonaresearch.com Custom Screen construction for immersive environments using reflective glass beaded material PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT & DESIGN 2005 JADOO POWER SYSTEMS www.jadoopower.com Fuel Cell Case design, pattern & construction PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT & DESIGN 2005-2006 SHOWER BUDDY USA www.tinytyrants.com Tiny Tyrants is a wholesale infant gift line created for the Generation X. Tiny Tyrants is carried by 50 stores nation wide with such notable shops as the SF MOMA, Henri Bendels of 5th Avenue, NY and Academy of Sciences; SF. Accomplishments: • Developed gift product & packaging • Conceptualized graphics and store merchandising • Drafted patterns • Sample sewing • Coordinated & Directed PR & Marketing photo shoot • Developed & Implemented labeling and pack & fold guidelines • Oversee manufacturing and distribution OWNER & DESIGNER/ 1997-2005 LIT'L LIZARDS, INC. Lit'l Lizards children's apparel was carried by Bay Area boutiques and developed a dedicated customer following. LIT'L LIZARDS RETAIL ENVIRONMENT/ 2001 to 2004 Managed all aspects of business from daily operations, purchasing, display & merchandising, advertising & PR to bookkeeping & payroll. Designed & built store interior including fixtures, accessories and furnishings. Designed, drafted patterns, created samples and oversaw merchandise production of the Lit'l Lizards brand. Managed a staff of three employees and four independent contractors. Lit'l Lizards received recognition as one of the most innovative businesses of 2003 by the SF Business Commission and Mayor W. Brown. Hosted over 45 local artists and designers gaining popularity as a unique place to shop for kids in San Francisco. Lit'l Lizards Clothing has been in Martha Stewart Baby, routinely photographed for Parents Magazine and various local publications. LIT'L LIZARDS ONLINE/ 2004-2005 www.litllizards.com Designed, developed and maintained online retail website Designed and created product line Accomplishments: • Site architecture • Hand coded html- site build and maintenance. • Photographed products and prepared files for the web • Order fulfillment • SF Bay Guardian profile PARTNER & DESIGNER/ 1994-1999 SHAG. A multi-media company, South of Market during the on set of the Dot Com boom. Notable moments • Post Masters Gallery, Soho, New York- Development, creation and implementation of textile sets for "TerboWave" the first documented VJDJ set involving the use of two laptops online with live mixing from over 100 web pages. • Burning Man- Organizer of original "Rave camp" coined the Techno Ghetto Created textile environments for attendees • Neoteric96 Festival, Ashikaga, Japan- Clothing designer flown in to participate in a fashion and music extravaganza highlighted on NHK, Japanese National Television. Over two thousand attended. • Michael Narada Walden Japan Tour - Apparel design and development for tour. • Pixar, Product development for launch of Desi Arnez TV series in partnership with Nickelodeon. Notable Clients • Post Tool • Dimension 7 • Razorfish • Pixar • George Coates Theater-Costume and Set design Shag. Custom Clothing Accomplishments: • First to introduce and manufacture high-resolution graphic transfer onto textiles. • Created custom garments for select clientele. • Shag. Clothing was carried in select boutiques in LA, NY, SF England and Japan. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT • Children's Business Weekly, a Fairchild Publication- Highlighted Tiny Tyrants 2004 • San Francisco Chronicle • Noe Valley Voice • San Francisco Daily • Martha Stewart Baby • Parents Magazine • Family Fun Magazine • San Francisco Bay Guardian • Nominated for San Francisco Small Business Commission's 2003 Shop Outside the Box campaign. Recognized as on of San Francisco's most innovative and unique entrepreneurs. TEACHING EXPERIENCE San Francisco School of the Arts- Theater Tech, Sewing & Design, ongoing Private Instruction ongoing Learning Annex, ongoing - How to Start a T-shirt business Children's Day School, 2005- Sewing class New Traditions Elementary, 2002- Alternative Arts Program Kindergarten Little Bear Pre-school, 2001- Arts Program liz@litllizards.com |