Experience

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  A.M. London Fashion Ltd

  • Manchester, England, United Kingdom

  • Accessories & Print Designer

    • Nov 2021 - Aug 2022
    • Manchester, England, United Kingdom

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  Poeticgem Ltd.

  • Manchester, England, United Kingdom

  • Junior Knitwear Designer

    • Oct 2020 - Nov 2021
    • Manchester, England, United Kingdom

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  Self-employed

  • Freelance Designer

    • Sep 2020 - Oct 2020

    Working across high profile accounts such as Marks and Spencers Men's and Hema Mens for AW21 accessories. This includes working with a wide range of fabrics and yarns with overseas factories.

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  Boardmans

  • Manchester, United Kingdom

  • Accessories Designer

    • Oct 2018 - Aug 2020
    • Manchester, United Kingdom

    - Designing and confidently presenting key trends to the management team and buyers. - Main designer for high profile accounts such as Accessorize, Dunnes Ladies and Kids, Monsoon Kids and Oasis.- Attending frequent client meetings in the UK and overseas to present trends, products and development to clients. - Visiting key factories in China to research print, woven and knitted products to lead design and development for seasonal trends and customer requirements. - Maintaining strong relationships with customers and factories overseas. - Working to tight deadlines set by customer briefs and sample lead times to ensure all key dates are met for range builds and sign offs. - Carrying out inspiration comp shops worldwide and presenting findings to buyers and management.

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  New Designers

  • London, United Kingdom

  • Exhibitor

    • Jul 2018 - Jul 2018
    • London, United Kingdom

    Chosen to exhibit my knitwear graduate collection at New Designers graduate show 2018, held at the business design centre, London.

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  Roy Lowe & Sons Ltd

  • Nottingham, United Kingdom

  • Assistant Designer

    • Jun 2016 - Jul 2017
    • Nottingham, United Kingdom

    Worked as a Design Assistant on a placement year specialising in knit design supplying socks and hosiery. High profile clients included Asos, Tesco, Next, Primark and more. Invested large amounts of time into developing my Illustrator and Photoshop skills to a high level.

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  Vale Royal Abbey

  • Whitegate

  • Hospitality Member - Part Time

    • May 2013 - Jul 2016
    • Whitegate

    Communicating with customers, and providing a good service - This is done through helping customers with problems they are facing or enhancing their visit to Vale Royal Abbey. Team work and trust - Trusted to handle money and lock up at the of the day. Also team work is vital within hospitality as working in events and day to day relies on you working in a team, resolving problems which occur. Such as; An order has not been processed, need to speak to the cook to resolve and get the food out to the customer as quickly as possible, and making sure the customer is still happy. Time Management - Arriving on time for my shifts, and delivering what is needed on time. For example,at a wedding, a 3 course meal to be served and finished within two hours starting at a particular time.

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  Bentley Motors Ltd

  • Work Experience - Trim Development Department

    • Aug 2015 - Sep 2015

    During the Two weeks of work experience I learnt many skills such as pattern cutting, embroidery machines, working with leather. However, also learnt how the industry worked, participating in meetings, meeting deadlines and arriving on time.