Laura Scott

About Laura Scott

Fully capable of completely managing color services for any organization. Over 20 years’…

Experience

1. Manager of Color Services

   Old Navy

   Jan 2007 — Present · San Francisco, CA, US

   Assumed accountability for all phases of brand, color and trend, including seasonal palette development, standard and design tool creation and worldwide color tool distribution. Nurture all color sourcing channels. Liaise between design, color concept, pre-production and corporate sourcing offices. Spearheaded new color initiative for Brand Product to Market (P2M) Pipeline, integrating FAST timeline for color, bringing products to market in 6 to 8 weeks.Shortened color development timeline at color standards provider from 8 to 3 weeks to promote P2M timeline.Decreased number of colors in brand palette from over 600 colors to 150, resulting in a more cohesive brand appearance on the retail floor. Developed a concise seasonal color palette and established trend color line of market for merchant use. Supervise development of PLM based software to meet department and brand needs; used globally by brand, vendors and mills.Cultivated relationship with the CAD team to streamline the internal CAD color matching process by 250% and accurately portray seasonal color in design printing; allowed CAD timeline for all departments to include correct color for seasonal kickoff and color strike-offs for alignment meetings.

Education

• University of North Alabama

  Bachelor of Science (BS)

Skills

• Apparel
• Store Management
• Color Management
• Product Development
• Creative Direction
• Fit
• Trend Analysis
• Concept Development
• Draping
• Fashion Illustration
• Wovens
• Management
• Private Label
• Merchandising
• Visual Merchandising
• Sportswear
• E-Commerce
• Trend
• Sketching
• Styling
• Trend Forecasting
• Training
• Retail
• Fashion Design
• Textiles
• Fashion
• Sourcing
• Color Theory