Andrea Sequeira
Creative Director at Hautebox Boutique- Claim this Profile
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Hani Asfour
Andrea is a very hard-working, dedicated, and very flexible design educator and practicioner. She quickly mastered CLO3D and we rely on her to share these learnings with our students. It's a pleasure to work with her.
Vaishali Raj (FHEA)
Andrea approaches her role as a teacher with open-mindedness. She well understand what aids student comprehension, and applies that understanding to making information into bite-size chunks that allow deep and progressive learning from start to finish. Her techniques to explaining logic and setting foundations in design thinking are great. She uses a lot of hands-on experiential tasks /projects to allow students to learn by doing.
Hani Asfour
Andrea is a very hard-working, dedicated, and very flexible design educator and practicioner. She quickly mastered CLO3D and we rely on her to share these learnings with our students. It's a pleasure to work with her.
Vaishali Raj (FHEA)
Andrea approaches her role as a teacher with open-mindedness. She well understand what aids student comprehension, and applies that understanding to making information into bite-size chunks that allow deep and progressive learning from start to finish. Her techniques to explaining logic and setting foundations in design thinking are great. She uses a lot of hands-on experiential tasks /projects to allow students to learn by doing.
Hani Asfour
Andrea is a very hard-working, dedicated, and very flexible design educator and practicioner. She quickly mastered CLO3D and we rely on her to share these learnings with our students. It's a pleasure to work with her.
Vaishali Raj (FHEA)
Andrea approaches her role as a teacher with open-mindedness. She well understand what aids student comprehension, and applies that understanding to making information into bite-size chunks that allow deep and progressive learning from start to finish. Her techniques to explaining logic and setting foundations in design thinking are great. She uses a lot of hands-on experiential tasks /projects to allow students to learn by doing.
Hani Asfour
Andrea is a very hard-working, dedicated, and very flexible design educator and practicioner. She quickly mastered CLO3D and we rely on her to share these learnings with our students. It's a pleasure to work with her.
Vaishali Raj (FHEA)
Andrea approaches her role as a teacher with open-mindedness. She well understand what aids student comprehension, and applies that understanding to making information into bite-size chunks that allow deep and progressive learning from start to finish. Her techniques to explaining logic and setting foundations in design thinking are great. She uses a lot of hands-on experiential tasks /projects to allow students to learn by doing.
Experience
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Hautebox Boutique
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United Arab Emirates
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Retail Apparel and Fashion
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1 - 100 Employee
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Creative Director
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Oct 2019 - Present
Dubai based online boutique creating affordable luxury for the modern woman. Dubai based online boutique creating affordable luxury for the modern woman.
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Middlesex University Dubai
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United Arab Emirates
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Higher Education
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200 - 300 Employee
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Fashion Lecturer
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Sep 2022 - Present
Leading the Year 1 and Year 3 fashion departments, by shaping young minds with design skills to become future design thinkers and creators. Leading the Year 1 and Year 3 fashion departments, by shaping young minds with design skills to become future design thinkers and creators.
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Dubai Institute of Design and Innovation
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United Arab Emirates
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Higher Education
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1 - 100 Employee
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Adjunct Professor
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Feb 2022 - Present
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Amity University Dubai
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United Arab Emirates
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Education Administration Programs
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200 - 300 Employee
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Adjunct Professor
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Sep 2019 - Aug 2022
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Annabelle fashion
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United Arab Emirates
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Retail Apparel and Fashion
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1 - 100 Employee
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Senior Fashion Designer
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Mar 2015 - Mar 2017
Worked as Senior designer for a Middle Eastern sleepwear brand for Women and Kids. Main job roles entail creation of a concepts to range plan according to the requirements of the season. Selecting the correct prints, fabrics and trims. Designing the ranges for both in house and franchise brands such as Disney, Sanrio and Little Miss Mr Men ensuring their guidelines are met and getting approvals via online portals. Communicating assertively with suppliers to ensure that requirements are understood without delays. Show less
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Iconic - Landmark Group
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Jebel Ali Ind Area 1, Dubai
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Kidswear Fashion Designer
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2013 - 2014
Lead the kids wear team as a designer for ages 0-12 years including franchise brands along with leading character brands such as Disney and Warner Brothers. Working efficiently across 3 age groups and both genders. Trained in safety parameters for new-borns, toddlers and pre teens. Communicating assertively with suppliers to ensure that requirements are understood without delays. Providing Trend Notes to VM and retail teams about season launches and campaign photo shoots. Lead the kids wear team as a designer for ages 0-12 years including franchise brands along with leading character brands such as Disney and Warner Brothers. Working efficiently across 3 age groups and both genders. Trained in safety parameters for new-borns, toddlers and pre teens. Communicating assertively with suppliers to ensure that requirements are understood without delays. Providing Trend Notes to VM and retail teams about season launches and campaign photo shoots.
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Splash Fashions - Landmark Group
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Jebel Ali ind Area 1
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Womenswear Designer
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2011 - 2013
Worked as a women’s wear designer boutique department. Worked with embellished garments, fabrics with added value and interpreting catwalk trends to high street, successfully bringing in fast fashion pieces inspired by catwalk trend. Communicating assertively with suppliers to ensure that requirements are understood without delays. Providing Trend Notes to VM and retail teams about season launches and campaign photo shoots. Worked as a women’s wear designer boutique department. Worked with embellished garments, fabrics with added value and interpreting catwalk trends to high street, successfully bringing in fast fashion pieces inspired by catwalk trend. Communicating assertively with suppliers to ensure that requirements are understood without delays. Providing Trend Notes to VM and retail teams about season launches and campaign photo shoots.
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Miss Selfridge - Selfridges
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Birmingham, United Kingdom
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Design Assistant
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2010 - 2011
Worked temporarily as an assistant designer for Miss Selfridge. Jobs included calibrating brainstorm tasks, creating mood boards and research on urgent trend updates. During my brief period here I was also studying for my Master degree in Fashion and Textiles. Worked temporarily as an assistant designer for Miss Selfridge. Jobs included calibrating brainstorm tasks, creating mood boards and research on urgent trend updates. During my brief period here I was also studying for my Master degree in Fashion and Textiles.
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Education
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2010 - 2011
Birmingham City University
Master’s Degree, MA Fashion and Textiles -
2006 - 2009
Manipal Academy of Higher Education - MAHE, Dubai
Bachelor’s Degree, BA Fashion Design and Technology -
1990 - 2004
St. Mary’s Catholic High School, Dubai
High School, Primary and Secondary Education
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