Experience

Invicta Grammar School

• United Kingdom
• Primary and Secondary Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Textiles Teacher

  • Aug 2022 - Present

• Art Teacher

  • Jan 2021 - Aug 2022



Roland Mouret

• United Kingdom
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Fabric Developer

  • Aug 2019 - Aug 2020



Tommy Hilfiger

• Netherlands
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 700 & Above Employee

• Fabric Coordinator

  • Jun 2018 - Aug 2019



Roland Mouret

• United Kingdom
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Fabric Development Assistant

  • Oct 2016 - Jun 2018

  Fabric Development Assistant across womenswear wovens.Daily communication with mills to source, develop and track seasonal fabrics.Price negotiation - tracking budgetary spend.Working to follow critical path. Input and use of PLM system.Supervising intern responsibilities. Fabric Development Assistant across womenswear wovens.Daily communication with mills to source, develop and track seasonal fabrics.Price negotiation - tracking budgetary spend.Working to follow critical path. Input and use of PLM system.Supervising intern responsibilities.



Burberry

• United Kingdom
• Luxury Goods & Jewelry
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern

  • Apr 2015 - May 2015

  Work placement, primarily with menswear 'Brit' line, reporting to the Fabric Development Assistant.Creating fabric bibles.Managing and filtering fabric archives.Running errands and administrative assistance. Work placement, primarily with menswear 'Brit' line, reporting to the Fabric Development Assistant.Creating fabric bibles.Managing and filtering fabric archives.Running errands and administrative assistance.



Woven Studio Llp

• United Kingdom
• Textile Manufacturing

• Intern

  • Jan 2015 - Feb 2015

  Work placement under supervision of Creative Director Laura Miles, creating hand-woven fabric samples. Samples woven in collaboration with projects such as WGSN, Maison d'Exception & Spinexpo. Work placement under supervision of Creative Director Laura Miles, creating hand-woven fabric samples. Samples woven in collaboration with projects such as WGSN, Maison d'Exception & Spinexpo.



Marc Jacobs

• United States
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 700 & Above Employee

• Fabric Intern

  • Jun 2014 - Nov 2014

  Work placement in New York working in the fabric department of Marc Jacobs collection, under the supervision of the Fabric Buyer. Creating and maintaining fabric archives.Sourcing fabric, gathering samples for the Fabric Buyer based on seasonal research, and design team boards.Completing purchase orders for the fabric buyer, using PLM and Excel. Assisting the management of orders and sample production.Working with prints, dealing with scale and colour, preparing strike-off concepts to send to mills.Assisting with initial fabric research for forthcoming seasons.General errand running and administrative tasks when needed.



Miss Selfridge

• United Kingdom
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Sales Assistant

  • Aug 2013 - May 2014

  In a sales assistant position, working on the shop floor and ensuring a smooth running of the store.Responsible for weekly updates of trend boards and information taken from head office merchandisers and sales figures. Maintaining a positive atmosphere on the shop floor and assisting customers where necessary. Handling goods and money, working in a quick paced fashion/retail environment. In a sales assistant position, working on the shop floor and ensuring a smooth running of the store.Responsible for weekly updates of trend boards and information taken from head office merchandisers and sales figures. Maintaining a positive atmosphere on the shop floor and assisting customers where necessary. Handling goods and money, working in a quick paced fashion/retail environment.