Catherine Digise

About Catherine Digise

17 years experience in Apparel, Footwear, Home, and Handbags. Exceeded demanding business growth goals while achieving all deadlines by successfully implementing winning strategies to achieve 98% line adoption rate. Highly effective management skills; able to double output of new product while meeting increased IMU goals. Manage entire product assortment from initial design through warehouse receipt. Lead Project Manager roll on all projects, troubleshoot all problems and changes to project, and hit all deliverables on time and within cost projections. Solely responsible on producing consistency across all brand products while working through overseas environmental policy changes, mill and vendor compliance closures, and changing demographics within US Markets.ACCOMPLISHMENTS:1. Achieved 100% on-time project deliverables during my 13 years of employment at Bluestem Brands - Drapers & Damons. Successfully worked through 3 time company buy out, bankruptcy, G20 Summit implications, and China Tariff laws. Embraced consistent change from both stakeholders and world technological advances. Able to cut project time in half and take on more work with procedure changes and restructuring. Successfully implemented new system technology while achieving project timelines and adhering to all departmental needs and high level reporting. Main lean in: Technology needs of new system, adapting and adjusting system requirements, system limits and solutions, and training local and overseas team members on system requirements and procedures. SKILLS:*Exceptional organization, planning, & leadership skills.*Strong visual and verbal communicator.*Deadline driven & results oriented.*Multi-task in fast paced environment.*Detail oriented.*Project management skills.*Excellent presentation skills.*Passionate, creative, & analytical driven.*Daily communication with overseas vendors.

Experience

1. Senior Designer

   Boston Proper

   Aug 2023 — Present · Boca Raton, FL, US

   Senior Design Manager with end-to-end responsibility across Athleisure, Denim, Sweater Tops, Sweater Dresses, Pants, Skirts, Shorts, Jackets, and Outerwear. Lead the design process from initial concept through production, ensuring cohesive brand storytelling, commercial viability, and on-time delivery. Leverage a wide range of tools to enhance design innovation and efficiency, including multiple AI-driven design platforms, Procreate, Adobe Illustrator, and Photoshop. Mentor and develop the entire design team, fostering creative growth, collaboration, and high performance. Drive process improvement initiatives to streamline workflows, elevate product quality, and optimize cross-functional partnerships. Equally analytical and creative, blending data-driven decision-making with strong aesthetic vision to deliver trend-right, market-relevant collections.

Education

• FIDM

  Associate of Arts - AA, Apparel Manufacturing Management

  2004 — 2006

• UC Irvine

  International Business

  2014 — 2015

Skills

• Fashion Design
• Sweaters
• Adobe Creative Suite
• Fitting
• Illustration
• Catalogs
• Trend Forecasting
• Knitwear
• Trend Analysis
• Visual Merchandising
• Trend
• Styling
• Apparel
• Mac
• Textiles
• Fashion
• Wovens
• Creative Direction
• Sketching
• Fashion Buying
• Pattern
• Fashion Illustration
• Draping
• Illustrator
• Brand Development
• Sportswear
• Merchandising