Experience

Outerstuff

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

• Women's Wear Designer

  • Apr 2023 - Present



DEMKA GROUP

• Türkiye
• Textile Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Fashion Designer

  • May 2022 - Apr 2023

  Turkish supplier specialising in jersey based products. Turkish supplier specialising in jersey based products.



Broteks Global Tekstil A.Ş.

• Türkiye
• Textile Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Fashion Designer

  • Feb 2019 - May 2022

  Fast fashion and license designer for Turkey based supplier, working on multiple jersey products. Fast fashion and license designer for Turkey based supplier, working on multiple jersey products.



Li & Fung

• Hong Kong
• Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Designer

  • Mar 2017 - Feb 2019

  Senior fashion designer working for a Turkish short lead supplier designing casual jersey based products for Primark. Senior fashion designer working for a Turkish short lead supplier designing casual jersey based products for Primark.



COHO TEXTILE LTD

• United Kingdom
• Consumer Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• SENIOR FASHION AND LICENCE GRAPHICS DESIGNER

  • Apr 2016 - Feb 2017

  Short lead Turkish supplier based in central London. Designing licence and non licence garments/ packaging for the high street across multiple departments and varied accounts. Management of own time, samples and design development. Liaising with buyers, licensors and dealing with approvals. Following up trends, producing reports from comp shops and online research. Creating specs, cads, art working and ensuring buyer satisfaction. Short lead Turkish supplier based in central London. Designing licence and non licence garments/ packaging for the high street across multiple departments and varied accounts. Management of own time, samples and design development. Liaising with buyers, licensors and dealing with approvals. Following up trends, producing reports from comp shops and online research. Creating specs, cads, art working and ensuring buyer satisfaction.



WESTEND CLOTHING LTD

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

• SENIOR FASHION AND LICENCE GRAPHICS DESIGNER

  • Oct 2014 - Apr 2016

  Major fashion supplier in West London, supplying on trend, fashion forward designs and licence graphics to the high street. My individual role involved management of design across European and international accounts. Designing across a broad range of Mens, boys, Ladies, girls and accessories on a daily basis. Half the role involves working on predominately fashion jersey based products, such as t-shirts, fashion tops, leggings, lounge, sweats, hoodies, as well as accessories such as socks, jewellery development, new packaging development, graphic designs for girls bags and a whole lot more. The other half involves the development of new licence graphics, incorporated into fashion shapes. This involves liaising with an extremely wide range of licensors, license partners and approvals. Attending design and production meetings, producing new specs for factories, creating mood boards, participating in comp shops and sourcing trips, daily communication with buyers, merchandisers and over sea factories. Show less



Somerbond

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

• FASHION LICENCE GRAPHICS DESIGNER

  • Dec 2012 - Oct 2014

  Desinging for a major supplier in North West London. Supplying to some of the biggests retailers on the high street. Customers such as Topman/ Topshop, Primark, Penny's, Newlook, Burton, River Island, major supermarket chains like Tesco's, Asda, etc. Other clients include Disney. Working closely in a team of designers to produce fashion forward designs at an incredibly fast pace to meet deadlines. Broad multi-disaplinary designer working all across areas including children's/ teens, mens and ladies wear. Occasional shapes and packaging. Designing mainly jersey orientated Licence products for nightwear, underwear and outerwear. Show less



Webwear LTD

• London, United Kingdom

• FASHION | LICENCE | GRAPHICS | PRINT | DESIGNER

  • Mar 2012 - Dec 2012

  Specificially working on graphical / illustrative prints and jersey / casual wear. Developing original ideas from research, following onto first initial design concepts, amendments and final production. Dealing with multiple clients, speialising in Licensed Music t-shirts covering the lyric license with EMI, Warner Chappell and Chrysalis. Factory liason with Turkey to ensure high quality garments are to a commercial standard. Working for Clients such as Esprit, Cancer Research and Lipsy. Show less



Rainbow Winters

• London, United Kingdom

• FREELANCE FASHION GRAPHICS DESIGNER

  • Mar 2012 - May 2012

  Assisting the head designer in London with research and developing the next Spring Summer 2012 Collection inspired by Watercolour Dreams. Working on detailed prints, CADS, specs and technical packages for online fashion high street company DOIN’, incorporating unique technological colour changing prints. Assisting the head designer in London with research and developing the next Spring Summer 2012 Collection inspired by Watercolour Dreams. Working on detailed prints, CADS, specs and technical packages for online fashion high street company DOIN’, incorporating unique technological colour changing prints.



Caesar fashions

• Freelance fashion designer

  • Feb 2012 - Feb 2012

  Freelance position designing woven / tailored products to major high street clients such as Newlook and Primark. Mainly trend research and freehand CAD design work involved. Freelance position designing woven / tailored products to major high street clients such as Newlook and Primark. Mainly trend research and freehand CAD design work involved.



Forever Unique

• Fashion designer

  • 2010 - 2011

  Developing garments for Unique Collections and their sister company Unique Woman. Working on women’s occasional dresses and casual wear. Researching fashion forward trends, creating mood boards, celebrity research, development work such as techs and specs. Creating graphic prints and embellishment work. Quality control of samples. Emailing comments, attending fit sessions. Developing garments for Unique Collections and their sister company Unique Woman. Working on women’s occasional dresses and casual wear. Researching fashion forward trends, creating mood boards, celebrity research, development work such as techs and specs. Creating graphic prints and embellishment work. Quality control of samples. Emailing comments, attending fit sessions.



Kambia Sportswear

• Freelance sportswear designer

  • Oct 2010 - Dec 2010

  Developing techs and technical drawings for client presentations and one off art works for a Sportswear company. Developing prints in swimwear, CADS for tennis sweatshirts and gym polo tops. Developing techs and technical drawings for client presentations and one off art works for a Sportswear company. Developing prints in swimwear, CADS for tennis sweatshirts and gym polo tops.



BYCITY

• Junior garment technologist

  • Aug 2010 - Oct 2010

  echnical and quality control over sampling and production of leather garments. Developing spec sheets and technical drawings for specialise detailing on garments. Attending fit meetings with clients such as Miss Selfridge and River Island to make comments and notes. Communicating with factories over seas, such as China and India for progress and development work. Admin work such as handling accounts for various different clients such as ASOS and Ted Baker. echnical and quality control over sampling and production of leather garments. Developing spec sheets and technical drawings for specialise detailing on garments. Attending fit meetings with clients such as Miss Selfridge and River Island to make comments and notes. Communicating with factories over seas, such as China and India for progress and development work. Admin work such as handling accounts for various different clients such as ASOS and Ted Baker.



Joelle Jerome

• Pattern Cutting and Machinist intern

  • Apr 2009 - May 2009

  Researching at the PURE fashion trade show. Working on developing patterns, sourcing fabrics, sewing and construction for Claire Madelin’s independent label based in Central London. Researching at the PURE fashion trade show. Working on developing patterns, sourcing fabrics, sewing and construction for Claire Madelin’s independent label based in Central London.



100 Meters

• Knitting Assistant Intern

  • Mar 2009 - Apr 2009

  Placement based in Redruth, assisting the designer with machine knitting, allowing me to learn the process of felting for her range of luxury knitted items and accessories. Placement based in Redruth, assisting the designer with machine knitting, allowing me to learn the process of felting for her range of luxury knitted items and accessories.



Norintra

• Hong Kong

• Menswear Designer

  • Jun 2008 - Sep 2008

  Worked Hong Kong to a tight critical path in the whole design process from start to finish. Designed a small capsule collection of ecological menswear for the German market. Created technical packages, spec drawings, attended model fittings, QC checked samples, looked into fabric & trim sourcing. Visited the factories in Shanghai to be informed of the production process and the importance of fair trade certifications. Worked Hong Kong to a tight critical path in the whole design process from start to finish. Designed a small capsule collection of ecological menswear for the German market. Created technical packages, spec drawings, attended model fittings, QC checked samples, looked into fabric & trim sourcing. Visited the factories in Shanghai to be informed of the production process and the importance of fair trade certifications.