Experience

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  James Dunlop Textiles

  • New Zealand
  • Textile Manufacturing
  • 100 - 200 Employee

  • Account Manager

    • Nov 2019 - 4 years 7 months

    Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

  • Zepel Fabrics Showroom Manager

    • Aug 2016 - Nov 2019

    Brisbane, Australia

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  National Tiles

  • Australia
  • Retail
  • 300 - 400 Employee

  • Design Centre Manager / Interior Design Consultant

    • Mar 2014 - Aug 2016

    Fortitude Valley, Queensland, Australia — Responsible for 100+ Builders. — Coordinating builders and clients, maintaining relationships. — Client consultations for main flooring, wet areas, facade, external tiling, carpets, bench tops, cabinetry, internal and external paints. — Raising quotes and orders, rolling purchase orders, allocating and checking stocks, manifest and additional orders. — Communications with post order support, site supervisors, site call ups, stock issues - reselections and… Show more — Responsible for 100+ Builders. — Coordinating builders and clients, maintaining relationships. — Client consultations for main flooring, wet areas, facade, external tiling, carpets, bench tops, cabinetry, internal and external paints. — Raising quotes and orders, rolling purchase orders, allocating and checking stocks, manifest and additional orders. — Communications with post order support, site supervisors, site call ups, stock issues - reselections and sampling. — Training and mentoring team members, creating training and office manuals for staff development. — Design Centre fit out and visual merchandising - Project management, trades, sample library, displays, colour boards and suppliers. — Showroom maintenance and upkeep. — Cash handling, banking, staff time sheets. Show less

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  Pgg Wrightson Ltd

  • New Zealand
  • Farming
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Textile Designer / Visual Merchandise

    • Apr 2013 - Apr 2013

    Gisborne & Hawkes Bay, New Zealand Hosted the Campaign for Wool Exhibition, Set up, Inform clients, Marketing and promoting wool in New Zealand through product and design.

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  Usedfully®

  • New Zealand
  • Environmental Services
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Textile Designer

    • Mar 2012 - Mar 2012

    Wellington & Wairarapa, New Zealand I was commissioned to develop a series of fabrics using an experimental yarn they had been developing. We discussed ideas and there vision. I wove and developed fabrics that met their brief and these were sent to China for development and manufacture.

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  Karen Walker

  • New Zealand
  • Retail Luxury Goods and Jewelry
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Graphic Design Intern

    • Jan 2012 - Mar 2012

    Auckland, New Zealand Head-hunted during my masters year to be the graphic designer. Still studying, I took on an internship. Working in the following areas: — Design — Dispatch — Showroom — This included researching trends and design components for in-house/ upcoming design collections and colourway options. Assisting in changes to artwork and making print templates.