Marcia Kim Creatives

FOUNDER, JAN 2022- PRESENT  

Social media and branding consultant, artfully amplifying the voices of mid-sized to small businesses on soical media. Providing their teams with support in brand positioning, strategy, content creation, and management services. 

• Developing social media strategies for clients; identifying brand pillars, target audience, posting cadence, and tone that serve business goals.

• Creating soical media content based on client needs and goals.

• Scheduling and posting client's content.

• Community management.

• Coordinating with clients to craft monthly content plans.

• Executing monthly analytic reviews and strategy sessions with clients.

J.Crew

ASSOCIATE TECHNICAL DESIGNER, FEB 2018 - APRIL 2021

Pivotal member of the J.Crew Factory Novelty Dresses Team utilized design and product development skills to develop great fitting, functional and high-quality garments.

• Oversaw the fit and quality development of 10 -20 styles per season. Managed the development of the garments from the prototype phase into final production.

• Managed communication between 5 - 8 factories per season. Assuring production timelines and quality standards are met.

• Created detailed tech packages, including sketch details, grading/sizing, fit corrections, and construction details for 10 -20 styles.

• Advised internal and external partners on fit and suggested alternate components /construction methods to improve the all-around utility of the garments.

Tribes of Joseph

FOUNDER & CREATIVE DIRECTOR, JAN 2018 - June 2021

Direct the creative direction and story for each season. Translate the seasonal vision into visual content, physical products, and interactive events.

• Created all marketing strategies to promote and advertise product drops.

• Managed a team of three, oversaw social media strategy and execution.

• Successfully coordinated the Fall 2018 Tribes of Joseph 'Wild Woman Experience', a 10-piece fashion presentation event. Designed the apparel and marketing content resulting in 200 attendees and over 100 pieces sold.

• Managed the development and production of over 500 pieces with artisans based in New York & Haiti.

• Oversee sales and order fulfillment for all customer orders, with over 300 order fulfillments to date.

• Designed and developed an 8-piece collection for SP'18 Haiti Fashion Week Collection Presentation. Then, I produced 3 styles from this presentation in Haiti. Sold the items online and at various pop-up shows in NYC.

• Maintain the website and social media channels.

Source Easy

ASSOCIATE PRODUCT DEVELOPER, FEBRUARY 2016- JANUARY 2017

Designed and developed men’s and women’s athleisure apparel for over 20 brands, from concept to production on a cross-functional team.

• Coordinated fittings, recorded fit data, and communicated all comments to vendors.

• Conducted weekly visits to sample room, resolving any construction or patterning issues.

• Built and managed comprehensive tech-packs for pre-production, as well as, production.

• Ensured company QA/QC standards were met by measuring, reviewing, and documenting all samples received from the vendors into PLM system.

• Successfully developed a process for organizing and archiving production patterns that were down-selected for conversion into block patterns.

• Tracked and management of prototype requests, lab dip approvals, and delivery dates for all new styles.

Education.

Massachusetts College of Art and Design Boston, MA

Bachelor of Fine Arts, Fashion Design Major, May 2013

Honors & Shows.

2018 Wild Woman Fashion Show, Tribes of Joseph

2017 Haiti Fashion Week, Featured Designer

2015 BETX Awards Fashion Show, Oyato Design Team Presentation

2013 Fashion Departmental Top Graduate Honor, Mass College Art & Design 

2012 Dina Zacconi Intravia Award for Design & Excellence