Experience

Groovy UK Ltd

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

• Design Manager

  • Sep 2015 - Present

  Managing a team of designers to create unique, imaginative and beautifully designed products that retailers sell successfully due to their strong USP. Ensuring product constantly evolves and is delivered on a critical path within our sales buying cycles. Working on trend and innovation, thinking ahead of the market by investing time in brainstorming for product development and marketing. Managing a team of designers to create unique, imaginative and beautifully designed products that retailers sell successfully due to their strong USP. Ensuring product constantly evolves and is delivered on a critical path within our sales buying cycles. Working on trend and innovation, thinking ahead of the market by investing time in brainstorming for product development and marketing.



Currently Freelancing and seeking new opportunities

• Trend design, product development and market and consumer insight and analysis

  • Nov 2014 - Present

  Trend forecasting: Trend, colour, fabric, styling & detail. Market and brand/consumer analysis, insight and design. Sourcing new fabrics and innovations.Presentation packages. Trend forecasting: Trend, colour, fabric, styling & detail. Market and brand/consumer analysis, insight and design. Sourcing new fabrics and innovations.Presentation packages.



Courtaulds Ltd UK

• R&D Design Manager

  • Jan 2011 - Oct 2014

  Responsible for the running of the design team in the Research & Development Dept in the UK. Trend Forecasting and project work with our brands and design teams that include marketing, market and consumer analysis, insight and design. Sourcing and developing new innovations such as fabrics, cup and garment developments and creating ranges that sit with our forceasted trends and commercial teams. Responsible for the running of the design team in the Research & Development Dept in the UK. Trend Forecasting and project work with our brands and design teams that include marketing, market and consumer analysis, insight and design. Sourcing and developing new innovations such as fabrics, cup and garment developments and creating ranges that sit with our forceasted trends and commercial teams.



London College of Fashion

• Arts & Crafts
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Short course Lecturer

  • Mar 2011 - Jun 2012

  Writing and lecturing the Lingerie & Swim short course.The course covers market changes over the past decade, today's and tomorrow's trends, and the major players in both designer and High St. Designing your own capsule collection - with a suitable retail concept, relevant to market trends, thoroughly researched, and include fabric and trim swatches.The course includes a seminar on:Range planningBasic drawing workshopPros and cons of starting up independently.Consumer researchUnderstanding seasonal buying patternsBrand DNAComponent sourcingCostings and pricing



M&Co

• United States
• Interior Design

• Trend Designer for Lingerie & Swim

  • Jun 2010 - Nov 2011

  Creating the lingerie & Swim trends with a strong colour influence. Researching and presenting key items for lingerie and swim and helping on product, presentation and packaging design. Creating the lingerie & Swim trends with a strong colour influence. Researching and presenting key items for lingerie and swim and helping on product, presentation and packaging design.



DeMontfort University

• United Arab Emirates
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Fashion & Contour Lecturer

  • Sep 2001 - Jun 2011

  Design lecturer on the Ba Hons. I have worked across all year groups and also on the MA course. Teaching the design process from start to finish which includes drawing skills, research, trends, market/consumer insight, designing, range building and sourcing. Design lecturer on the Ba Hons. I have worked across all year groups and also on the MA course. Teaching the design process from start to finish which includes drawing skills, research, trends, market/consumer insight, designing, range building and sourcing.



MAS Holdings

• Apparel & Fashion
• 700 & Above Employee

• Trend Designer & Researcher

  • Sep 2006 - Mar 2011

  Designing ranges for M&S Ceriso, followed by trend design and product research, fabric sourcing and special project work. Promotion and presentation of design ranges and CAD. Designing ranges for M&S Ceriso, followed by trend design and product research, fabric sourcing and special project work. Promotion and presentation of design ranges and CAD.



Sarah Fisk Ltd

• Director/Designer

  • Jun 2000 - Apr 2008

  I ran my own lingerie brand called Sarah Fisk Ltd.It was all designed, sourced, pattern cut and sampled by myself and made in the UK.It sold to Fenwicks, Coco de Mer,Top Shop, Liberties - London Barneys, Henri Bendel, Lingerie On Lex- NY, Printemps, Galleries la Fayette, Bon Marche- Paris, Aqua girl, Isetan Tokyo, to name a few.Worn by Kate Moss and Lily Cole and featured in Vogue, Elle, Intima, Lingerie Insight, Sunday Telegraph, Daily Mail etc I ran my own lingerie brand called Sarah Fisk Ltd.It was all designed, sourced, pattern cut and sampled by myself and made in the UK.It sold to Fenwicks, Coco de Mer,Top Shop, Liberties - London Barneys, Henri Bendel, Lingerie On Lex- NY, Printemps, Galleries la Fayette, Bon Marche- Paris, Aqua girl, Isetan Tokyo, to name a few.Worn by Kate Moss and Lily Cole and featured in Vogue, Elle, Intima, Lingerie Insight, Sunday Telegraph, Daily Mail etc



WGSN

• United Kingdom
• Information Services
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Lingerie Trend Designer and Journalist

  • Jun 2000 - Jan 2002

  I assisted Katie Dominy in running the lingerie content. It included creating trend boards, designs,colour, fabric and styling. Reporting on new brands and products and covering exhibitions such as the Paris and Lyon Lingerie and Interfiliere shows. I assisted Katie Dominy in running the lingerie content. It included creating trend boards, designs,colour, fabric and styling. Reporting on new brands and products and covering exhibitions such as the Paris and Lyon Lingerie and Interfiliere shows.