(2009-2013) During my time at Under Armour I worked on the ‘On-field’ team managed sideline, men’s and women’s soccer, track and field, women’s volleyball, lacrosse, and field hockey categories. This is where I first learned about fit and functionality. The garments produced by the ‘On-field’ team were uniforms college athletics like Auburn, Maryland and Texas Tech would wear for games and practices. If you are someone that works out, you know how important it is to feel good when working out. If your leggings are falling down during a run, this will not motivate you to continue but will make you say to yourself, I did enough for today… time to go home. So you can imagine how important fit is/was to these athletes. The team and I were able to attend Maryland practices to hear ‘real time’ feedback on the product which only helped me improve my attention to details while doing fits in the office on our fit model. I was also able to work on Volleyball and Track and field sponsored athletes such as Natasha Hastings to customize their uniform. After some time with the company, I was given the opportunity to work on ‘Inline’ product and shifted over to sideline, baseball, and basketball. Working on ‘Inline’ product gave me the opportunity to focus more on making garments as cost efficient as possible. This could be as simple as removing a trim or as complicated as looking at the efficiency of order of operation and adjusting. While working on inline product, Under Armour picked up a new young athlete named Cam Newton. I was able to work on his line, known at the time as CN1 and create an awesome jacket, which is shown in the gallery. During the final months at Under Armour, I finished up the NFL Scouting Combine 2013 program, the video below shows Deion Sanders wearing the track suit, shorts, and tank.
Two other notable projects I worked on while at Under Armour were the Baltimore Marathon and the All-American Women’s lacrosse uniforms. (Seen in the gallery)