Lia Mills

Designer at Aday
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(386) 825-5501
Location
UK
Languages
  • English Native or bilingual proficiency

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Experience

    • United States
    • Retail Apparel and Fashion
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Designer
      • Sep 2022 - Present

    • United Kingdom
    • Sporting Goods Manufacturing
    • 200 - 300 Employee
    • Sportswear Designer
      • Jun 2021 - Aug 2022

    • United Kingdom
    • Textile Manufacturing
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Menswear Designer
      • Nov 2019 - Sep 2021

    • United Kingdom
    • Retail
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Design Assistant
      • Sep 2019 - Mar 2020

    • United Kingdom
    • Manufacturing
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Placement Student
      • Mar 2018 - Sep 2018

      • Supply chain planning: leading innovation and business development pro-jects. • Building relationships and business plans and negotiating prices with suppliers. • Artwork Management: Overseeing the creation and production of artworks, creating forecasts to suppliers to ensure the creation of AW OTIF. • Supporting packaging development activities providing technical guidance to suppliers, marketing and component & colour qualifications. • Supply chain planning: leading innovation and business development pro-jects. • Building relationships and business plans and negotiating prices with suppliers. • Artwork Management: Overseeing the creation and production of artworks, creating forecasts to suppliers to ensure the creation of AW OTIF. • Supporting packaging development activities providing technical guidance to suppliers, marketing and component & colour qualifications.

    • Luxury Goods & Jewelry
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Menswear Print Design Intern
      • Jan 2018 - Jul 2018

      • Supporting the Print Manager and Assistant Print Designers in delivering the print design strategy for current collections• To create timely and appropriate colour palettes in line with seasonal trends• Continually source print inspiration externally• Create Mood Boards and Trend Research• Create lay ups for design development• Print collation design for paper and fabric samples.• Responsible for generally supporting design team.

    • Womenswear Intern
      • Jul 2017 - Jan 2018

      • Photographing & labelling samples. • Deliveries to clients. • Cataloguing and filing fabrics/ trims • Booking samples in and out.• Helping with research & fabric /trim sourcing for approaching seasons.• Mood Boards• Colour Boards• Trend Research • Print collation design for paper and fabric samples.• Cutting swatches for fabric packs• Administrative tasks

    • United Kingdom
    • Retail
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Customer Service Advisor
      • May 2015 - Oct 2015

      • Dealing and solving problems for customers and reporting escalated issues. • Thorough knowledge of all departments within the business working closely with a multitude of departments and areas. • Sending weekly emails updating the department news and tasks. • Minute takings in weekly and monthly meetings. • General admin duties Dealing with high demands of calls and queries. • Gathered and verified all required customer information for tracking purposes. • Defused volatile customer situations calmly and courteously. • Competent on customer service management systems and databases. • Evaluated consumer reports on a monthly basis. Show less

    • United Kingdom
    • Retail
    • 700 & Above Employee
    • Sales Assistant and Visual Merchandising
      • Dec 2014 - Oct 2015

      Responsible for assisting customers and making sure their shopping experience is enjoyable. Being consistent to ensure repeat business is created and maintained to generate money for the business. My duties also included having an in depth knowledge of colour, space, trends and the commercial store outcome to assist in creating the most effective brand perspective of the store visually. Responsible for assisting customers and making sure their shopping experience is enjoyable. Being consistent to ensure repeat business is created and maintained to generate money for the business. My duties also included having an in depth knowledge of colour, space, trends and the commercial store outcome to assist in creating the most effective brand perspective of the store visually.

Education

  • University of Leeds
    Master of Science - MS, Textiles Innovation and Sustainability
    2021 - 2022
  • Loughborough University
    Textiles and Innovation Design, Apparel and Textiles
    2015 - 2019
  • Leeds College of Art
    Foundation degree in Art and Design, Fashion and Textiles
    2014 - 2015
  • Roundhay High School
    2007 - 2014

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