Resume

July 2016 - Oct 2016
Brisbane Australia

My role at Sacha Drake was spread between the design room and the marketing office. Main roles included working with the production team and external makers, making sure all fabrics, patterns and components were ready. Pattern cutting for in house samples. Collating all trims and components for sampling. Editing photos from location shoot and in studio shoots for the website and new season look book. Creating content for social media and the company website. Creating and editing banners for the website. Stock checking and working with warehouse, packaging and liaising with customers for the sales team. Assisting on photo shoots and many other design room tasks.

Jets swimwear

Oct 2015 - May 2016
Sydney Australia

I was employed at Jets as a design assistant and as a pattern makers assistant. Roles included:
-Cutting fabric for samples and mocks,
Gathering accessories to go with the cutting,
-Technical drawings on illustrator,
Setting up specs on illustrator for new styles & Inputting the specs into ap21.
-Using ap21 to add measurements, thread colours, lining etc,
-Setting up offshore specs on excel,
-Working with pattern makers to check the specs are correct,
-Taking part in handovers,
-Sewing/mocking new styles of swimsuits for the design room to see and develop,
-Using pathfinder to cut garments,
-Helping with lining up print placements for cutting,
-Assisting with the web shoot,
-Assisting with showings to buyers (dressing the models, making sure the garments are worn correctly and look appealing)
-Checking the SMS samples when they come in from the factories and informing QC of any issues.

Milano Pro sport

June 2014
UK

-Helped with altering Commonwealth Games leotards for all British and Welsh teams.
-Helped construct Norway's training leotards and British teams training leotards.

-Designing sublimation printed cheerleading kits.

-Designed and produced a sublimation printed kit for my own university cheerleading team.

-Knowledge of all aspects of the business, designing, marketing, sewing, sales and stock and delivery.
-Taught how to make the leotards in the specific way of heat fixing and bonadawebbing.
-Taught to use AssistBullmer, a pattern cutting system. 
-Designed and made my own leotard with the AssistBullmer programme 
and also printed the pattern on Graphtech.
-Helped make alterations to the new season catalogue.

Tatu Couture

May 2013 - June 2013
UK

Helping with many tasks such as pattern cutting, finishing and sewing garments.
- Market research, competitor research and trend research.
-Moodboards.
-Price costing of new garments and lay planning.
-Packaging and sending Christmas deliveries in bespoke packaging.
-Set up Tatu Couture's official Instagram account.
-Advertising (Instagram/Facebook/Pinterest).
-Launched the new SS4 collection. 
-Sent out Thank you cards and letters to Stock holders.