Kathy Mageski
About
Kathy Mageski is from 美国 纽约州 紐約. Kathy works in the following industries: "日用品", "零售", "服装和时尚", and "纺织". Kathy is currently Director of Trend, Color and Print at SAVANTE APPAREL, INC, located in New York, New York, United States. In Kathy's previous role as a Director Of Brand Development at VCNY Home, Kathy worked in North Bergen NJ until Aug 2019. Prior to joining VCNY Home, Kathy was a Sr. Design Director at VolumeCocomo Apparel, Inc. and held the position of Sr. Design Director at Greater New York City Area. Prior to that, Kathy was a Vice President Design and Merchandising at NYC Alliance Inc, based in 525 7th Avenue New York, NY from Apr 2013 to Nov 2014. Kathy started working as Vice President of Design at Liz Claiborne in 1441 Broadway New York, NY in Jan 2011. From Jan 2006 to Jan 2010, Kathy was Director of Design at Liz Claiborne Inc, based in 1441 Broadway New York, NY. Prior to that, Kathy was a Director of Design at United Retail Group, Inc, based in 365 Passaic Street, Rochelle Park, NJ from Jan 2004 to Jan 2005. Kathy started working as Senior Designer of Active Collection and Casual Knits at New York & Company in 330 West 34th Street New York, NY in Jan 1996.
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Kathy Mageski's current jobs
Responsible for providing appropriate, relevant and consumer focused trend, color/print direction and market intelligence necessary to establish a competitive and successful brand at retail. • Identify emerging, continuing and waning trends to confirm overall business strategy. • Develop seasonal color and print direction ensuring product’s competitive strength. • Collaborate with senior executives and store buyers to guarantee brand presentation excellence internally and externally.
Kathy Mageski's past jobs
Set the brand expression for VCNY Home Inc. licenses Refinery29, Tahari and Nine West. Responsible for driving the essence of the brands through specifically curated design, consistent product integrity and accurate market intelligence. • Lead product design and development of 3 home décor collections, establishing and executing quality standards from sample stage to final production. • Built partnerships with licenses to incorporate requirements and deliver on strategic direction. • Collaborated with senior executives to achieve and maintain company alignment.
Supervised and executed design direction and product development for vertical “speed to market” manufacturer and wholesaler of women’s contemporary apparel. Managed quick turn, deadline driven environment. • Created client specific seasonal merchandising plans by category. • Bimonthly international travel to feed “fast fashion” business model. • Accountability for accurate fit per customer specification, plus size and missy. • Responsible for sample-room consistency and execution of all garments.
Creative direction, strategic planning and merchandising of women’s contemporary and classic sportswear. Played key role in revitalizing outdated product and restructuring merchandise mix. • Managed private label design direction for JCPenney, Kohl’s, Sears, Walmart and Dress Barn resulting in numerous best sellers. • Grew Sears Covington 15% in nine months. • Established lucrative new woven shirt replenishment business for Walmart. • Maximized new market opportunities by creating RETROLOGY active wear brand.
Initial concept architect of innovative new brand “MAKE IT WORK” by Tim Gunn. • Working directly with Tim Gunn to created the “power of 10” vision. Ten key item pieces designed to mix and match, serving as the core of a woman’s wardrobe. • Collaborated with Bailey Group to develop branding, packaging and copy. • Led development of social media campaign with marketing gurus HZDG. • Partnered with SJR Group to develop on-line survey, nationwide wear-test and focus group resulting in 68% recognition of Tim Gunn.
Concept creator, strategic planner and merchandiser of exclusive private label brands for Kohl’s, JCPenney and Sears. • Kohl’s - $35 million increase in sales in three years. • Kohl’s - 18 months of consecutive above plan sales generating an additional $9 million. • Kohl’s - Developed denim fits “favorite” and “relaxed” which increased denim penetration 12%. • JCPenney - Increased sales $11 million in 2 years. • Sears - Restructured failing line with updated product resulting in increased profitability. • Annual budget management of $330K for product development.
Head of design and development of casual apparel, shoes, and accessories for plus size retail store THE AVENUE. • Determined seasonal trend, color and print direction for casual department. • Create updated in-store visual displays for the casual department. • Managed all overseas communication with factories in India. • Conducted technical fittings for all product categories. • Contributor to 3X stock value increase due to design-led product.
Initially hired as designer and subsequently took on leadership responsibility for design, trend and color direction of both active wear and casual knits. • Identified Baby Terry Track set for summer 2002/03 resulting in 1 million sets sold. • Identified Velour Track set for Holiday 2002 resulting in 750,000 sets sold. • Direct contributor of slow steady growth that helped facilitate IPO. • Pilot Project leader instituting streamlined development cycle to create 30-day turnaround from design conception to store floor.