Tara Sauvage Resume - Professional Stuff!
Tara Sauvage
Sr. Designer/Product Development
Handbags, belts, Small leather goods and fashion
accessories.
Online portfolio: www.coroflot.com/roccodante/portfolio
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Professional Experience
Rocco e Dante LLC, Seattle, WA: Creative Director/Entreprenuer 2008 – 2012
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Design, sketch, and source handbags, small
leather goods, belts, and fashion accessories for brand Rocco e Dante.
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Manage collections from concept to final
prototypes and production.
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Work includes: sketching, technical specs,
sourcing, product development, and collection editing and review.
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Travel to Italy and Hong Kong to oversee sample
and design process, source new materials, and meet with factories.
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Manage sales reps, attend trade shows, and
oversee all business development.
Sauvage Design
Lounge, Seattle, WA: 2007
– Present
Sr. Handbag
& Accessories designer/product development (freelance)
Freelance
Handbag & Accessories Designer.
Design handbag and accessories collection for various clients throughout
the USA and Canada. Design,
sketch, product development, pricing, hardware selection, trend research,
technical specs, leather
selection, negotiation with factories, sourcing new factories and materials,
manage the product development process from first sketch through to final
production.
Chelsey Henry
Holdings, Seattle, WA: Senior
Designer of Travel bags & Accessories 2010 – 2011
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Designed collections of travel and computer bags
from first sketch through to final production.
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Responsible for leather and fabric selection,
sketches, technical drawings, spec packs, T&A calendar, product
development, and following production.
Report
Footwear, Bellevue, WA: Sr.
Handbag/Accessories Designer 2006
– 2007
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Designed and sketched leather handbags.
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Responsible for collection from initial concept
to final sales samples.
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Sketched silhouettes, selected colors,
materials, and hardware, made sample requests, reviewed samples, and was
responsible for communicating changes with factories in China and Korea.
MaCher (USA)
Inc, Venice Beach, CA: Designer/Account Director 2003
– 2006
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Specialized in “Gift with Purchase” and
“Purchase with Purchase” for the fashion/beauty/travel industry.
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Accounts included: Michael Stars, Nordstrom,
Macy’s, Frankie B., Pure Beauty, Fudge, and others.
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Designed and manufactured promotional items.
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Traveled to China and Hong Kong to meet with
suppliers.
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Obtained new clients via cold-calls and
networking.
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Responsible for spec and sample development with
Chinese factories.
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Responsible for new product development,
costing, freehand sketches, and meeting with corporate buyers and marketing
teams.
Linea Pelle,
Inc, Los Angeles, CA: Belt & Handbag Designer/Account Director 2000
– 2003
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Sketched and designed handbags and belts.
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Responsible for product development, pattern
design, and material selection.
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Communicated with overseas factories, made
sample requests, inspected new samples.
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Responsible for costing, customer service, and
purchase orders.
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Designed marketing materials for the line,
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Traveled for Fashion Week and trade shows,
responsible for setup and selling at trade shows.
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Designed for both private label and the house
label, Linea Pelle.
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Responsible for corporate sales for both private
label and house label.
J & L
Footwear, Los Angeles, CA: Associate Footwear Designer 2000
– 2001
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Sketched and designed private label for girls
and junior footwear.
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Chose materials, colors, and designed for both
categories.
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Responsible for making sample requests.
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Assisted in shoe design from start to finish.
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Responsible for forecasting, pricing, and
designing for private label.
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Shopped for trends and samples.
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Designed website.
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Worked all trade shows: MAGIC, FFANY, and WSA.
American
Studio Footwear, Beverly Hills, CA: Marketing & Sales Assistant 1999
– 2000
Assisted in marketing for this small boutique shoe company with factories
in Spain and Mexico.
Travel research
assistant for Joe Cummings, Lonely Planet author 1997
– 1998
Traveled solo throughout Thailand and Laos for six months to do research
for the following titles:
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Lonely
Planet Laos: a travel survival kit (3rd edition)1998
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Lonely
Planet Thailand: a travel survival kit (8th edition) 1999
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Lonely
Planet Bangkok City Guide (4th edition) 1999
Champion
Footwear International, Seattle, WA: 1995
– 1997
Executive
assistant to President & General Counsel
Education
Instituto Internazionale Arte Calzaturiera e Pellettiera (ARS ARPEL) Milan, Italy 2007
Handbag design, Italian leathers, and
handbag pattern-making
Prince of Songkla University, Thailand, Study Abroad 1993 – 1994
International Business with focus on Southeast Asia
Washington State University, Pullman, WA
B.A. International Business 1995
B.A.
Mass Communication 1994
Skills and Expertise
v Trend research and analysis
v Handbag design
v Production
v Costing
v Prototype development
v Flat sketching & fashion illustration
v Factory sourcing & supplier relationships
v Fashion design
v Hardware & leather knowledge
v Sales
v Negotiation with pricing
v Social media & brand-building
v Collection development
v Adobe Illustrator
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