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Krista Jacobs
kristajacobscreative@gmail.com SUMMARY:
Design leader with 17 years of corporate experience. Specialized in Tween & Children’s Accessories. Passionate about creating products that connect with the customer. Highly creative, excellent communicator, innovative problem solver, leads with a clear vision, dedicated to team and personal growth. SKILLS:
Great at absorbing brand ID and designing original products that stand out in the market.
Skilled at developing impactful, balanced assortments that meet cost target.
Expert at technical aspect of product design, fit/construction, materials, and compliance requirements.
Excellent at clearly communicating design vision and point of view.
Travel extensively for trend research, build partnerships, and production.
I love Adobe
Work Experience:
Design Consultant /Krista Jacobs Creative — Columbus, OH
Sample of clients & projects:Highlights for Children
Creative force behind the launch of new lifestyles products that take the brand beyond the page.
Innovative Designs NYC (Justice, Sold at Walmart)
Design, development & trend direction for Tween targeted products. Craft Kits, Novelty Journals & Planners, Crafty Writing Tools, Bags & BTS Accessories.
Packaging design for above mentioned products. (boxes, labels, hang tags, stickers, etc.).
Fantasia (Wonder Nation, Sold at Walmart)
Design, Pitch & Development of Backpacks and fashion bags. Designed for girls age 4-10.
Leanne Neale LLC (Francesca’s & Highlights Magazine)
Fashion trend deck layouts and designs for Francescas.
Marketing graphic design (2D Illustrations for store windows & website)
Creating content and designing graphic layouts for internal corporate communications.
Design Director/Highlights For Children — Columbus, OH
Founded a Lifestyles Product category. Lead Concept & Design.
Concept, Design and Development of a new product line using the companies unique assets and mission.
Translated the companies DNA into:
Back to School collection of Backpacks, lunchboxes, pencil cases & water bottles.
Creative Craft Kits designed to fuel a child’s imagination and creativity.
Spring Break Collection of innovative beach bags, towels and water bottles.
In founding the department, I was instrumental in establishing a tech pack system, sketch library, establishing vender relationships, establishing fit standards, creating branding elements such as labels and hangtags, building a product pricing structure, and much more.
Senior Designer /Justice — New Albany, OH
Lead Designer- Sleep, Swimwear & Intimates.
Lead Accessories Designer- Bags, Backpacks, scarves, winter wear & misc accessories.
Designed and developed 20-60 original designs per season, six seasons per year.
Regularly presents product, from concept/sketch to TOP sample to a cross-functional team of
design, buyers, marketing, CMO & President.
Excellent at working with partners to cost engineer product.
Works with merchant team to read and react to sales as quickly as possible.
Manages design development and sample calendar
Impactful team contributor. Regularly offers up ideas to other design departments.
Bag Designer / Urban Outfitters — Philadelphia, PA
Lead designer of women’s bags.
Established ‘in house’ bag design & development department.
Built foundation libraries for AI sketches, materials department, tech pack management, etc.
Created tech specs for bags and assessed samples.
Expert in fabrications and trims for bags. Worked with a wide range of fabrics from Canvas and
Nylon to PU & leather.
Traveled to Hong Kong, China and India for production purposes. Extensive experience working face to face with vendors and factories to insure all aspects of design are understood and executed. Successfully teamed with factories to insure product was approvable for on time delivery.
Responsible for creating original bag designs for six seasons per year.
Senior Accessories Designer /Abercrombie and Fitch — New Albany, OH.
Lead designer of women’s accessory team: A&F, abercrombie kids, Hollister & Gilly Hicks.
Designed & developed: bags, leather and rubber sandals, belts, woven scarves, jewelry,
headbands, hats and socks.
Lead and worked closely with a team of 6 designers.
Responsible for creating emotional product in the handwriting of all four brands.
Continuously researching trends, techniques, fabrics, trims and embellishments to ensure that
our product is fresh and in demand.
Excellent at representing designs to insure concepts are clearly understood and loved.
• AI sketches, Photoshop- photo real cads, 3D mock ups. • Responsible for running weekly fits and team meetings.
EDUCATION:
University of Cincinnati,
Cincinnati, OH. College of Design, Art, Architecture, and Planning Design Driven Product Development
Participated in Professional Practice Program, Completed 6 internships.
Fine Arts (Earned Certificate of Fine Arts)