Sarah-Briley Roberts

Sarah-Briley Roberts

Associate Designer - Home at Echo Design

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Summary

CAD Skills:

  • High proficiency in CAD programs: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop; AVA; Generation Digital.
  • Intermediate proficiency in CAD programs: NedGraphics; Adobe Bridge; Kaledo.
  • Scanning, cleaning, and color separating artwork with proper number of screens for printability (both roller and digital).
  • Prepping artwork files and print outs to send to domestic and overseas manufacturing partners.
  • Creating correct layouts and repeats of artwork for development.
Design Skills:
  • Reworking designs until they meet the company’s requirements.
  • Recoloring all developed artwork and color matching print outs.
  • Mapping artwork onto bodies and templates.
  • Keeping up to date on CAD technology, calibrations, and printer maintenance.
  • Creating, utilizing, and maintaining seasonal palettes.
  • Styling products and creating product presentations for bedding, bath, table top, upholstery fabric, lounge/sleepwear, window, and paper goods.
  • Approving strike-offs, lab dips, and fabric qualities before production.
  • Converting artwork into woven goods: assigning weaves, coloring, and culling woven blankets.
  • Creating designs to later be put into CAD for layout purposes.
  • Putting together mood and trend boards for presentations and inspiration.
  • Knowledge of wovens, knits, and prints.
  • Working within a brand’s aesthetic.
  • Superior score on the Farnsworth-Munsell 100 Hue Test.
Professional Skills:
  • Proficiency in computer programs: Microsoft Office, Word, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Excel.
  • Excellent and professional verbal and written communication skills.
  • Staying on top of emails and working with team to prioritize tasks based on importance.
  • Good at taking orders and executing tasks as told.
  • Organizing and staying on top of files and designs both paper and digital.
  • Communicating extensively with licensees, mills, and internal teams.
  • Working within and maintaining a department budget: vouchering and billing.
  • Meeting development deadlines and working under pressure.
  • Attending internal and external meetings in a professional manner.


Experience

2015 Feb - Present
Associate Designer - Home
Echo Design / New York City
2014 Apr - 2015 Jan
Textile Designer
Swavelle/Mill Creek / New York City
2013 Apr - 2014 Apr
CAD Artist
Swavelle/Mill Creek / New York, NY
2013 Feb - 2013 Apr
Licensing and Branding Design Intern
Jonathan Adler / New York City
2011 Oct - 2013 Feb
Intern
OPR / New York City
2012 Sep - 2013 Jan
Intern
Lotta Jansdotter / Brooklyn
2010 Aug - 2011 Jul
Sales Assoc/Cashier
Lolli Boutique / Brooklyn
2010 Jun - 2010 Aug
Intern
Design Works INTL / New York

Education

2009 - 2013
Fashion Institute of Technology
Textile/Surface Design

Significant courses taken include:

  • Kaledo Print, Knit, and Weave
  • Illustrator
  • Photoshop (3 courses)
  • Rug and Carpet Design
  • Nedgraphics: Jacquards, Color, Design and Repeat
  • Table and Floor loom weaving (5 courses)
  • Pointcarré
  • Screen Printing (4 courses)
  • Painting on silk
  • Contract design
  • Decorative fabrics