Experience

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  FREELANCE Set/Product Styling & Art Direction

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Set Dresser and Stylist

    • Nov 2018 - Present
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    • Assisted on film and still shoots in both wardrobe and set design departments.• Duties Included: sourcing and returns, recon, dressing models and cast, conceptualizing sets, assisting on set to style sets and cast.

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  MayBru Clothing

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Visual Merchandiser, Brand Designer and Sales Associate.

    • Sep 2016 - Oct 2018
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    • I joined May Bru in October 2016 to assist with sales and logistics.• In the time since then I became increasingly more involved in the design process within the company.• I moved from Cape Town to Johannesburg to set up an office for the company.• Duties included: store builds and merchandising, t-shirt logo design, production planning, stock control and quality checks, traveling on sales trips around South Africa and logistics.

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  The Range Function & Conference Centre

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Manager

    • Apr 2014 - Jul 2016
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    • I started as a part-time bartender for their Chilled Food Market on a Friday evening.• In May 2014 I started as their bar manager for this event while still working as a bartender for events still on a part-time basis.• In August 2015 I took up a full time role as the market manager and the duties associated with the position.• I would also be involved facilitating other events.• Duties Included: logistics, staff payroll and discipline, bar stock takes and maintaining overall 60% GP on bar sales, bar orders, event management, coordinating suppliers and traders, invoicing, booking entertainment, overseeing the event from start to finish, coordinating front and back of house staff, authority to act on directors behalf as and when required, cash-ups and banking, planning, site management.

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  Freelance, self-employed fashion design and pattern making.

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Pattern Maker and Designer

    • Mar 2011 - Jun 2015
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    • I freelanced for a couple of local designers, drafting patterns and product development.• I took on private clients designing and producing eventwear for them.• Items worked on include: bags, knitwear, men's wear; t-shirts, dress shirts, trousers and shorts, ladies dresses, weeding dresses, matric dance dresses, bidesmaid dresses and cocktail dresses.• Duties Included: to create pattern from concept point and to work on the development process working closely with sample hand and making adjustments to perfect the pattern to achieve the desired design. Working closely with client to achieve design goal. Working on private clients design from sart to finish, designing the garment, creating the pattern, sewing the garment and delivery to the client, 100% Hand made garments.

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  Take Care

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Design And Production Assistant

    • Jul 2013 - Jan 2014
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    • I joined Take Care to assist the designer and owner with all aspects of running a small local design label.• Duties Included: coordinating production and planning on a day to day basis, working closely with CMT to get production completed on time, patternmaking and product development, coordinating with suppliers, restocking our store as well as stores we supplied on a weekly basis, receiving sales reports and from store and planning production accordingly for stores and markets we attended, maintaining online sales and orders and having them produced within a week.

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  Guess Store

  • Cape Town Area, South Africa

  • Junior Store Manager

    • Feb 2010 - Feb 2011
    • Cape Town Area, South Africa

    • Duties Included: operational functions of the store, cash-ups, banking, unit counts and administration, responsible for overall image of the store, responsible for staff management, setting targets, motivating, moral and appearance, manage housekeeping responsibilities.