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About me

Cheshire based Surface Pattern Designer and illustrator, known for my inspiring designs, with a fresh, fun and contemporary style with a strong commercial sensibility.

I'm a highly experienced and versatile designer with an ability to mix hand drawn, traditional or hand rendered and digital techniques, known for my strong sense of colour, creative vision, ability to identify trends and consistently delivering high quality work with a great understanding of client's needs. I've worked in house in NYC for some of the top design studios in Manhattan. Selling design collections internationally in the US, UK, Europe and Japan for Homewares & Stationary, Textile and Trend Led Prints, Fashion & Childrenswear. Recently developing my own style for pattern design for development of bespoke products.

Clientele:

Gizmobots - Mark Haig of BBC 'Money for Nothing / Print and Pattern Book: (No.1) A publication by Lawrence King / M&S Homewares / Converse / Kookai / Gap Kids / Gap womenswear and Menswear / Old Navy Kids / Bloomingdales / Macy's / Target / Carters / Osh Kosh B'gosh / Banana Republic / ABC carpets NYC / Barjis / Big Stuff Co. - Pepe Group / Courtaulds Textiles Ltd

Qualities & Skills:

- Natural leader, problem solver and project management, working to tight deadlines

- I'm positive, intuitive, enthusiastic

- Interpreting ideas from trends, briefs and colour forecasting, intuitive of current trends

- Inspirational trend/mood board ideas and layout presentation skills

- Artwork professionally executed to a high standard

- Creation of artwork from concept to product development and brand awareness

- Exceptional use of colour and pattern to create striking designs and artwork

- Wide range of technical knowledge incl; hand drawn, digital design, screen print, Fabric transfer, hand painted, heat press, applique

- Sales delivery, presentation and promotions at trade fairs

- Excellent Visual and verbal communication

- Works well alone or within a team

- Entrepreneurial flair

- Liaising with national and international clients

Details

AvailabilityLooking for work

ContractFreelance

LocationMacclesfield: United Kingdom

Working LocationsMacclesfield

Skill LevelSenior

Tagged Job TitlesSurface Pattern Designer

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Skills

adobe, Childrenswear, homefurnishings, Illustration, stationary, Team Management, windows365, womenswear

Sector Experience

surface pattern design, Textile Design

Clients

Bloomingdales, Converse, Gap, Gapkids, Gizmobots, Gosportgallery, M&S, Macys, Pepe

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