(2021-2023) This opportunity gave me a new eye on working with factories. I had been used to working with the factories directly at my previous companies but with Spanx, all were with agents. It was a weird time, since we were just coming out of covid, so I was not able to travel internationally to meet our partner overseas. Since travel was difficult, I made it a point to set up calls with our agent to meet them virtually. Calls were usually made when there were bigger issues. A lot of times the issues were a disconnect from what the agent was seeing in the photos and what I was commenting on. Once I asked them to follow my comments and if there were any questions to email, we soon got things looking better within less rounds. During the end of SP23 and FA23, I became the only technical designer for Active and AirEssentials. I brought to the company and category, many different silhouettes including AirEssential Cocoon, Booty Boost Skit, Booty Boost unitard with bathroom access and Spanx Active dresses with bathroom access. There are a couple other styles that have not been released which are new silhouettes for the brand as well. Besides the styles, I also helped improve the grading and overall development process to make it more efficient.