• Responsible for the design and development of furniture, lighting, home decor, holiday, packaging, and jewelry programs

• Programs include products for Roost’s seasonal collections, plus custom designs for large retailers like Anthropologie, Restoration Hardware, and Banana Republic

• Close collaboration with the CEO and merchant team to analyze sales data, identify needs and opportunities, share trend research, build stories, and develop fresh, targeted collections

• Research to maintain knowledge of current trends, innovative fabrication techniques, materials, colors, and finishes

• Quick communication sketching and detailed product illustrations

• Detailed engineering, material, and finish specifications

• Construction of functional prototypes for concept reviews, key accounts presentations, and catalog photography

• Problem solving with vendors and overseas agents to determine cost effective, timely, and high quality solutions to production challenges

• Management of projects with local metal, wood, and electrical shops to build development samples and smaller production runs

• Collaboration with merchants, creative team, and photography to compose product vignettes for in-house product reviews, trade shows, and catalog photography

• Communication with inventory to ensure correct parts from multiple countries are ordered and packaged correctly

• Partnership with QA to review TOP samples and ensure consistent quality throughout production runs

• International travel to product fairs and factories to review sample development, select and alter off-line offerings, design and specify new products on-site, research construction techniques and gain inspiration for future projects

• Close communication with international agents and manufacturers to ensure timely delivery of high-quality samples.

• Design and engineering specifications for bath furniture and decorative accessories collections.

Lead designer for Pottery Barn Teen Lighting:

• Develop products from concept, through revisions, to final sample approval

• Manage multiple, simultaneous projects and deliver inspired, innovative designs under tight deadlines

• Identify business needs and strategies to elevate the lighting assortment and maximize profitability

• Maintain knowledge of cutting-edge trends in fabrication, materials, color, and function, and translate into fresh, brand-relevant designs

• Present concepts to Merchandising

• Create detailed engineering specifications

• Collaborate closely with international agents and manufacturers to ensure timely delivery of high-quality samples