Experience

Hunter Price International Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Designer

  • Jul 2021 - Present

  Lead on Home and Fashion categories. Trend and product focused whilst creating own brand and licence artwork creation. Hard accessories and textile based product design. Celebrity collaboration lead designer of home focused launches into retailers 2022-23, including Style Sisters and Billie Faiers Chapter B homeware adult and kids launches into partners such as Next and Very. Establishing prints and product direction across soft and hard products for brand and own brand ranges. Fashion products including hair accessory ranges and food on the go. Macro trend and micro trend work through the year to keep relevant with fast paced customer movements in a post-lockdown era, though trend forecasting collaboration and travel through UK and international trade shows. Working with domestic and international suppliers across UK, China and India whilst driving ethically, recycled and mindful sourcing direction decisions. Show less



Matalan

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Designer

  • May 2019 - Jun 2021

  Bedding, Bath and Living Product Focus. First duration lead of bedding and bath. Main duration as lead designer on living products both textiles and hard goods. Trend, colour and print focused within the team. Working with suppliers on product both Near and Far East. Drive surface pattern and colour work throughout the team and product areas alongside buyers to create diverse ranges. Experience in working across a breadth of product and linking ranges together with other category areas for continuity. Show less



wilko

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Junior Designer

  • Aug 2017 - May 2019

  Responsibilities include trend research and forecasting, translating into micro trends, delivering the Wilko Home Making Pack for Spring/Summer and Autumn/Winter seasons as part of a team and lead on Home Co-ordinates and Bathroom. Kitchen, Lighting, Garden and Toys support. Surface pattern and 3D decorative (wood, ceramic, bamboo) designing from trend specific information and invaluable customer insight. Designing and range building strengths. Reporting on trade shows and comp shop visits. Presenting to key stake holders. Developing whole collections in the Far East and domestic suppliers with wider team, understanding manufacturing process of many substrates, sourcing newness, costengineering and documenting development processes. Alongside this with a colleague running projects with undergraduate and master students at Nottingham Trent University through Wilko Graduate Centre of Excellence, mentor Assistant Designers and support placement students from New Designers. University projects see us work mainly on toy development projects, from a hard product perspective driven from Nuremberg International Toy Fair research. Show less

• Assistant Designer

  • Jan 2017 - Aug 2017

  Trend forecasting in-house across Home, Bath, Lighting and Kitchen areas that then support main design ranges. Designing for Home Co-ordinates and Bathroom hard goods and textiles mix to create commercially driven products. Trade show visits, Maison and Objet in Paris, follow up report. Far East experience material product development trip to HK, China and India.



Next

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sales Consultant/Team Coach

  • Oct 2011 - Jan 2017

  Worked in both Huddersfield and Darlington branches. Customer service and assisting the transitions between seasonal phase changes, presenting products in collections that reflect the aspirations and means of their customers. Worked in both Huddersfield and Darlington branches. Customer service and assisting the transitions between seasonal phase changes, presenting products in collections that reflect the aspirations and means of their customers.



Superb International

• China
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Freelance Fashion Accessories Design Assistant

  • Oct 2015 - Dec 2016

  Soft Accessories Supplier. Designed for womenswear, menswear, children's and newborn, across many blue chip retailers. Global soft accessories supplier for women, men, children and newborn markets. Working with high street companies based mainly the UK. Trend research, CAD design including Fair Isle, knit jacquards and prints. Retail customers included Boots and Tesco. Soft Accessories Supplier. Designed for womenswear, menswear, children's and newborn, across many blue chip retailers. Global soft accessories supplier for women, men, children and newborn markets. Working with high street companies based mainly the UK. Trend research, CAD design including Fair Isle, knit jacquards and prints. Retail customers included Boots and Tesco.



NEW DESIGNERS LTD

• 1 - 100 Employee

• Exhibitor June 2016 Part 1 on The University of Huddersfield stand.

  • Jun 2016 - Jun 2016

  Exhibiting at the 31st edition of New Designers. As a university stand winning the Wilcom award for digital embroidery technique exploration. Exhibiting at the 31st edition of New Designers. As a university stand winning the Wilcom award for digital embroidery technique exploration.



Primeur Ltd

• Wholesale Import and Export
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Assistant Designer

  • Sep 2014 - Aug 2015

  Primeur are suppliers of doormats, rugs, cushions, bathroom textiles and wall art to many of the UK's leading blue chip retailers. Industry year placement. Suppliers of and designed throughout doormats, cushions, doorstops, bathroom textiles and wall art to many of the blue chip retailers including ASDA, B&Q, Dunelm and John Lewis. Designing for external customer trend briefs, in-house ranges for Spring Fair Home & Gift Trade Fair and product development. Predict and present new trend and promotional material to the sales and buying teams by visiting trade shows, compiling comparative shop reports. Packaging and point of sale material work. Liaising with suppliers. Show less



Global Color Research

• Design Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Colour Trend Assistant

  • Jun 2014 - Jun 2014

  2 week placement. Conducting colour and trend research for client projects. Creating mood boards for exhibition displays, image research for brochures. Contacting photographers, designers and suppliers to source image licencing. 2 week placement. Conducting colour and trend research for client projects. Creating mood boards for exhibition displays, image research for brochures. Contacting photographers, designers and suppliers to source image licencing.



Material Alchemy

• London, United Kingdom

• Material Researcher/Designer, Group Collaboration

  • Jan 2014 - Feb 2014

  Material Researcher/Designer, Group Collaboration - Commissioned by Material Alchemy, to produce a collection of innovative materials that challenges sustainable practices. Researching the impact plastic forms, bioplastics. Implimenting the aesthetic vision and curation for the collection within the group. Material Researcher/Designer, Group Collaboration - Commissioned by Material Alchemy, to produce a collection of innovative materials that challenges sustainable practices. Researching the impact plastic forms, bioplastics. Implimenting the aesthetic vision and curation for the collection within the group.



Staindrop School

• United Kingdom
• Education Administration Programs
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Summer School Assistant

  • Jul 2013 - Aug 2013

  4 consecutive summers. 4 consecutive summers.