Samina Mughal

About Samina Mughal

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF TECHNICAL DESIGN & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT: Seeking Consulting, Freelance, Full-Time & Part-Time Opportunities. Open to working remotely. Able to travel as required. Accomplished, International, Design & Technical expert with exceptional record of success in the apparel industry with many years of demonstrated achievements in, technical & creative design, product development, production and teaching. A strong design background coupled with patternmaking, construction and technical proficiency, for utilizing a creative business approach with proven success. Client-focused with exceptional leadership, team building, mentoring, training, communication, process improvement and organizational skills. Specialties: •Designing Seasonal Lines •Technical Design Services - development, fittings and detailed fit comments. •PLM / PDM Consultant •Special projects including fit analysis, block development, reducing cycle timelines and increasing productivity. •Teaching and training Technical Design workshops. Experience in: • Men’s, Women\'s & Children’s Apparel. • All product categories • Workwear, Hi-Vis & FR (Fire-Resistant) • Outerwear • Woven\'s & Knits. • Women’s - Contemporary, Missy, Petite & Plus PRODUCT CATEGORIES & LINES INCLUDE: Dickies & Walls (Men’s FR, Workwear & Hi-Vis Collections); Burberry (Outerwear); Sears/Kmart (Outerwear & Men’s Swim, Plus Women’s RTW & Outerwear); Polo Ralph Lauren (Men’s Knits); Chico’s (Missy Knits & Woven’s); Gap Body(Women’s Sleepwear & Nursing); Pretty Power (Women’s Sport); AND 1 (Boys knits & woven’s); Ecko (Girls knits & woven’s); Hilary Duff (Girls tops & Bottoms); For the & Towne (Women’s); Ann Taylor (Missy Knits); Fashion Bug (Missy & Plus Shirts, Outerwear & Bottoms); Outbound 44 (Men’s); Gen.d (Men’s sportswear); Orvis (Missy Woven’s); Charles Keith (Missy Woven’s); Casual Corner(Missy Woven’s); Mark Fore & Strike(Missy Woven’s); J Jill(Missy Woven’s); Nicole Summer(Missy Woven’s); Knights LTD(Missy Woven’s); Spiegel (Missy Woven’s); Joe Bloggs (Men’s, Boys & Junior Outerwear); Reebok (Men’s Sleepwear); Polo Assn Inc.(Men’s Underwear); Rebecca Taylor(Contemporary); Calvin Klein Jeans(Men\'s Tops, Bottoms & Sweaters)

Experience

1. Guest Lecturer

   The Art Institutes

   Mar 2011 — Present · Pittsburgh, US

   Teaching the following classes in the FASHION DESIGN - BACHELOR OF SCIENCE DEGREE PROGRAM:o Technical design o The Fundamentals of Patternmakingo Design StudioRevised and re-designed the Syllabus to make the courses and material more relevant to industry standards.

Education

• The Institute of Art & Design

  BA

  1984 — 1986

• Birmingham Polytechnic

  Passed

  1986 — 1990