EXPERIENCE
Jennifer is a product development and production specialist with 13 years of experience in domestic and overseas production. Across fashion and consumer products, she has sourced and managed finished goods from Italy, France, Turkey, Peru, Mexico, Ecuador, India, Korea, Turkey, China, and Vietnam, as well as many domestic made products from all over the USA. Jennifer knows the importance of quality, customization, design, and speed to market, keeping company goals and strategy as the driving force in her work.
Through her work with the brands below, she has had the incredible opportunity to bring co-branded products to life for partnerships with National Geographic, Clarins, Women’s Health Magazine, Madewell, Visa, Playboy, UN World Food Programme, Lingua Franca, Saks Fifth Avenue, L*Space, and Loeffler Randall.
In 2020, Jennifer has pivoted to consulting, working with brands like Mansur Gavriel and Lindsay Albanese. Below is a look at some of the work that Jennifer has developed and produced for clients and employers.
Lindsay Albanese, The Fileist
Jennifer has been consulting with Lindsay Albanese for 3 years, working on many aspects of the business including product concept, development, production, logistics, and planning. She and Lindsay work closely together to bring Lindsay’s vision to life, across new iterations of her hero product - The patented TOPTOTE. She also spearheads new product developments, like The Daily Laptop Clutch and The Collector hat holder.
See Lindsay Albanese website The Fileist
Mansur Gavriel
Mansur Gavriel tapped Jennifer for consulting in 2021 to step in for their Production Director. Jennifer worked on Spring 2022 , Fall 2022, and Holiday 20222 product while she was there. She also aided in 2023 to get Fall 2023 orders in work, during another transition moment for the team. While she was there, she was able to put together some key reporting tools for finance and merch teams, as well as improve their time and action planning.
Flower by Edie Parker
Flower By Edie Parker debuted in May 2019 as a full line of smoking accessories for the modern cannabis enthusiast. Founder Brett Heyman, excited by the blossoming cannabis industry, felt a massive need for feminine smoking accessories. She forged ahead to launch her own line of smoking accessories and a line of cannabis to go with it. Through licensing partners in California, Jennifer led the product development and production teams to bring to market a groundbreaking line of cannabis flower, pre-rolls, vapes, alongside a full suite of stunning smoking accessories.
Edie Parker
Edie Parker is a lifestyle brand focused on crafting beautiful handmade bags, and home products that spark joy. Through her brand aesthetic, founder Brett Heyman brings a joie de vivre to her loyal customer base through stunning acrylic clutches, games and homewares. Her bags are a staple for stylists and red carpets, including The Met Ball, The Oscars, and The Grammys. Jennifer led development and production for the F19, R20, SP20, F20, and SP21 handbag and home assortments, bringing to market innovative acrylic inlay trays, coasters, tabletop lighters, ashtrays, handbags, clutches, as well as leather handbags and accessories.
FEED Projects
FEED Projects is a social giveback brand created by Lauren Bush Lauren. FEED is known for the FEED 1 Bag, that provides a child with school meals for an entire year, through their main giving partner, The UN’s World Food Programme. Through key partnerships and direct to consumer sales, they have provided over 100,000,000 meals to children in need. During Jennifer’s 3 years at FEED, she developed and launched a leather handbag program, a travel collection, a kids collection, and many artisan made products. Her focus was on launching key styles that would refresh the brand image and drive revenue. The leather styles pictured above became key revenue drivers for the company after their debut in 2016.
Tess Giberson
Tess Giberson re-debuted her namesake line in 2009, after putting it on hold in 2005 to lead as creative director at TSE cashmere. An alumni of RISD and Calvin Klein, Tess is an inventive knitwear designer, but with her namesake collection, created a beautiful line of designer knits and wovens for a sophisticated and artful woman clientele. Jennifer headed PD and Production for Resort 2015, Spring 2015, Fall 2015, Resort 2016 and Spring 2016, bringing to market a beautiful assortment of women’s knitwear, wovens, outerwear, denim and accessories.
Eugenia Kim
Founded in 1998, this namesake brand is a fashion accessories line of luxury hats and hair accessories. Since its inception, these luxury accessories have been popular amongst celebrities and editors, seen on Beyonce, Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, and many more. From April 2013 to June 2014 Jennifer oversaw production of all cut and sew accessories, fur, leather and the diffusion line Genie by Eugenia Kim.
ATM
Anthony Thomas Melillo
Launched in 2012, under the parent company Public Clothing Company, ATM is a luxury line of beautifully crafted women’s and men’s knitwear apparel. Using the finest cottons from Peru and beautiful cashmere from Asia, the collection required meticulous attention to fabrication of its materials, and very careful fit. Jennifer was the sole full-time employee for ATM for development and production of the SP13 collection. She coordinated PD and production for the men’s and women’s assortment under the Vice President of Production at Public Clothing Company.
NAHM NYC
NAHM NYC debuted in Fall 2011, as a women’s advanced contemporary fashion brand. Formed by co-creative directors Ally Hilfiger and Nary Manivong, the inspiration and focus of the collection was reinventing the shirtdress and reimagining it in creative new ways. Jennifer ran PD and Production for the Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012 and Resort 2013 collections, working almost exclusively with NYC cut and sew factories.