Assistant Professor; Program Coordinator
Art, Design, and Transmedia
Department of Design
Fashion design
709A The Warehouse
315-443-4644
B.S., Syracuse University
A.A.S., Onondaga Community College
www.toddconover.com
Todd Conover is an assistant professor and program coordinator in the fashion design program, College of Visual and Performing Arts at Syracuse University.
Drawing on many years experience in the fashion industry, Todd now focuses mainly on graphic digital artwork, teaching digital presentation for fashion designers, and apparel patternmaking using OptiTex Patternmaking software.
With his varied background in fashion and computer graphics along with a successful entrepreneurial design career, Todd provides a realistic foundation to guide students though the subjective fashion design process and to enter into a successful career in the fashion industry
_Menswear design and tailoring apprenticeship with Frank Barbuto, master tailor and Production Manager of Pietrafesa, menswear, 1986-1989
_With designer Jeffrey Mayer created Conover Mayer, a high-end women's fashion company. Conover Mayer designed two collections a year, selling nationwide at stores such as Saks Fifth Avenue, Bergdorf Goodman, and many smaller boutiques, 1995-2006
_Digital presentation skills for fashion design which include digital software such as Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator
_Senior Collection, full year-long fashion design program capstone
_OptiTex, computer apparel patternmaking
