About me

I have experience as a Designer for Puma, and retail development experience as a Product Developer for luxury brand Burberry Prorsum. Previous to those position I worked as a Freelance Production/Design Co-ordinator for luxury Accessories brand, Chris and Tibor. Since graduating with a BA Honours in Fashion Design with Marketing from Central Saint Martin's College, London in 2007 I have gathered many years of fashion and retail experience which gives me a strong and broad knowledge of the fashion industry.

I have experience working with Global brands designing collections for corporate clients.

For the past year I have set up a luxury menswear brand. As director I have managed the production, logistics and design of the brand, to develop a sustainable brand. The set up of the company required setting the critical path that would follow the fashion season from suppliers trade shows to sampling to the launch of the collection to coincide with the fashion season.

Skills

Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Powerpoint, SAP Processing, Lotus Notes

Sector Experience

Menswear Designer, Accessories Designer, Production Co-ordinator, Product Developer, Product Designer

Awards

For my Final Year Collection at Central Saint Martins College, London, I achieved an individual sponsorship for my Degree final collection by Aston Martin, A capsule collection based on Grand Prix Racing which achieved a high-end sportswear collection. I was solely in charge of arranging the design and manufacture of the collection. I was also responsible for the marketing for the project. The collection was well received., During my Industrial Placement year, I was a volunteer for a Princes Trust team, which consisted of UK residents aged 16-25 who were unemployed. My role was to help those who lacked confidence or qualifications, and support them through activities to improve motivation, teamwork, communication, and leadership, amongst other character building exercises., During my first year of A-Levels I enrolled in the Young Enterprise Scheme, which gave young people the experience of setting up a company.

Clients

BMW Motorsport, Burberry, Ceva Logistics, Chris and Tibor, Coca-Cola, Deher Aerospace (Rolls Royce), DHL, Mercedes AMG Petronas, Puma (Ferrari, Santander, Shell), Virgin Active

Trade Associations

A member of Emtex - an Industry Trade Association for the Clothing and Textiles Sector. Emtex also incorporates The Designer Forum, a membership based support organisation for fashion & textiles. The Design Forum also offers the UKs most comprehensive trend library with access to leading trend prediction