Experience

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  Craghoppers

  • Manchester Area, United Kingdom

  • Assistant Designer

    • Jul 2023 - Present
    • Manchester Area, United Kingdom

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  LF Fashion

  • Manchester Area, United Kingdom

  • Assistant Designer

    • Oct 2022 - Mar 2023
    • Manchester Area, United Kingdom

    Supporting senior designers in design and development of girlswear across all product categories (jersey, wovens, denim etc). Developing CAD ranges. Producing and updating tech packs. Implementing Excel tracker system to document submission of tech packs to factories and development of sampling process. Regularly liaising with manufacturers abroad to monitor progress of garment samples and strike offs. Regular market research, culminating in trend reports and monthly comp shops. Recolouring and scaling graphic and AOP artworks. Monitoring postage of samples, steaming/racking up samples for buyers’ meetings. Organising fabric swatches and producing fabric presentation boards.

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  Endura Inc.

  • Livingston, Scotland, United Kingdom

  • Sublimation Printer

    • Aug 2021 - Oct 2022
    • Livingston, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Printing garment panels for cycling wear using sublimation method. Handling and identifying technical fabrics (synthetic jerseys, meshes, etc). Operating industrial heat presses. Observing a meticulous level of quality control.

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  ReJean Denim

  • Glasgow

  • Design Intern

    • Sep 2020 - Aug 2021
    • Glasgow

    Producing detailed technical flats of garment styles for brand’s website and social media pages. Assisting with garment production (cutting and pressing fabrics, drafting and tracing off patterns, sorting fabrics etc). Copywriting, producing articles and written content for brand website. General studio assistance.

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  BeYonder Ltd

  • Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

  • Studio Intern

    • Aug 2020 - Jan 2021
    • Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Producing first samples and garment prototypes for clients (mostly jersey goods) using industrial equipment (lockstitch, coverstitch, overlock). Fabric cutting, drafting and updating patterns. Translating client sketches to technical flats. General studio assistance.

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  Burton Menswear London

  • Galashiels, United Kingdom

  • Sales Assistant

    • Jan 2019 - Nov 2019
    • Galashiels, United Kingdom

    Sales assistant in fashion retail shop, duties included visual merchandising (including window displays etc), processing sales, giving style advice to customers and measuring customers for suits.

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  Heriot-Watt University

  • Galashiels, United Kingdom

  • Workshop Intern

    • Jul 2019 - Sep 2019
    • Galashiels, United Kingdom

    Summer internship in university sewing workshop. Duties including maintaining industrial sewing machines, tracing off and sorting pattern blocks, organising workshop and assisting in the teaching of summer workshops.

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  TJ Matthews

  • Glasgow, United Kingdom

  • Sewing Machinist

    • Jun 2018 - Aug 2018
    • Glasgow, United Kingdom

    Sewing machinist for small highland wear company. Duties included the manufacture of formal trousers (overlocking, making up pockets and zip plackets, attaching linings etc).

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  The Garment Factory Glasgow

  • Dresser

    • Jun 2018 - Jun 2018

    Volunteer dresser and backstage assistant at Glasgow Clyde College HND fashion show.

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  British Council

  • Courcouronnes, Ile-de-France, France

  • English Language Assistant

    • Sep 2010 - Apr 2011
    • Courcouronnes, Ile-de-France, France