About me
My name is Catherine and I am currently studying a Post Graduate Diploma in Interior Design at the British Academy of Interior Design and working as a Freelance Interior Stylist and Interior Design Assistant.
Work history
Freelance Home Stylistonefinestay
Freelance
- Responsible for preparing and styling the homes for photo shoots which are published on the company website and on other social media accounts associated with Onefinestay.
- Working closely with a number of different photographers and taking into account camera angles, key camera focal points and how to maximize key features of the home through styling – while making sure all photographs uphold the same Onefinestay brand image.
- Meeting clients and making them feel comfortable with you working in their home and moving around and reorganizing their possessions.
Visual StylistMarks and Spencer
- Full Time
- Responsible, along with a team of visual stylists, for maintaining the stores display standards and brand image and resetting the store to a high visual standard at the beginning of every day.
- Working as part of a small team of stylists responsible for carrying out window schemes – learning to deal with quick changes and high pressured deadlines and environments has been vital. Forging and maintaining good relationships with head office, regional windows managers and window scheme fitters is extremely important as well in order to make sure windows are of the highest standard as they are the first part of the customer journey.
- Responsible for the first seven months for the styling of the Homeware department, including table dressings and displays, high level displays, the dressing of beds and also wall displays as well as the general upkeep of the area.
- Dressing mannequins and making sure all clothes are recorded steamed and pinned correctly in accordance with the M&S styling principles, allowing us to showcase fabric properties and the fit of the clothes in the most flattering way.
- Forming and maintaining good relationships with all shop floor staff, allowing us to work alongside each other with any floor moves that will be done.
- Keeping up to date with stock levels and sell outs to make sure we are always refreshing and reviving our displays with the newest and most on trend product available in store.
- Remaining up to date with décor ordering and paperwork for seasonal phase changes and refreshes and making sure these changes are completed in the given deadlines and completed to a high standard.
- Completing competition shops and researching what is trending on the high street.
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Skills
- Print Design
- Design
- Sketchup
- Hand Rendering
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Sourcing Materials
- Digital Textiles
- Adobe Indesign
- Microsoft Office
Education
B
B
POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA COURSE IN INTERIOR DESIGNBritish Academy of Interior Design
London, United Kingdom
L
L
Printed Textiles and Surface Pattern DesignLeeds College of Art
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BA (hons)
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