LUCY BEA JOST

Work experience

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Designer, Croft & Barrow

Kohl's Corporate

Aug 2023 - Present

- Partner with Design Director to establish seasonal product vision and color direction for cross-functional teams

- Leads a multi-category business (bottoms, dresses, skirts, and jackets) with focus on knit, woven development

- Identifies product white space opportunities and advocates for customer-centric newness and relevancy across category franchises

- Influences buy-in for white space opportunities through transparent and informed research and influential storytelling

- Manage, coach, and evaluate direct reports, seeking out opportunities to support their professional development

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Designer, Sonoma Community DEI Celebrations

Kohl's Corporate

Feb 2022 - Aug 2023

- Lead product design for DE&I spotlight activations and celebratory moments; strong focus on multi-category development: Kids/Juniors/Adult apparel, soft and hard home, accessories, and impulse categories

- Facilitated color development, concept ideation, and trend priorities in very close partnership with DEI spotlight captains and Business Resource Groups

- Lead team of internal artists and designers for private label product development

- Drove all guest artist partnerships, including artist introductions, contract negotiations, and final project deliverables

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Designer, Jumping Beans Girls 4-8

Kohl's Corporate

Sept 2020 – Feb 2022

- Owned product design for private label kids brand; strong focus on sportswear and active mix and match outfitting, denim production, and elevated Disney product capsules.

- Managed and lead team of Associate and Assistant Designers

- Compiled and edited market and trend research to drive product direction

- Drove color development, concept ideation, and trend priorities for each season's development

- Designed and presented merchandised assortments in working sessions; influenced cross-functional partners on product direction

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Associate Designer

Kohl's Corporate

March 2019 – Sept 2020

- Owned development of tech packs, trim sheets and design packages from start to finish; accurately entered information into PLM for cross functional and overseas partners.

- Maintained and updated line sheets, material recaps

- Responsible for daily communication with factories and partners overseas

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Assistant Designer

Kohl's Corporate

Nov 2016 – March 2019​

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Adjunct Instructor

The Art Institutes

June 2016 – Dec 2016

FD303: Advanced Concept Development for Fashion Designers
FD305: Research and Sourcing Fundamentals
FD312: Concept Development
FM220: Cost and Line Specifications