My name is Eleni Noulas and I am a keen and ambitious designer with a passion for designing fashion accessories and jewellery.
I moved to the UK in March 2015 with a EU passport from Melbourne, Australia where i was a gratuate of the Textile Design and Development Diploma at RMIT.
I have been successful in starting my own accessory and jewellery brand elenii in 2014. I am passionate, self motivated and have designed many jewellery collections.
Having started my own brand I am very hands on in making all the products, creating technical packs, following fashion forecasting and analysing competitors. I have great hand making jewellery skills and have a strong understanding of technical knowladge on how jewellery is made.
While pursuing my brand i have always successfully been simultainiously working full-time at the prestigious fabric store Broadwick Silks, Soho.
I have a vast knowledge of materials and the skills of working in a fast paced environment.
I am more then proficient in industry standard design softwear including Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.
Work history
Textile Consultant to Film and Theater
London, United KingdomFull Time
Textile consultant for film and theatre costume departments. Discussing mood boards with costume designers and consulting on appropriate fabrics and working with their ideas.
Producing fabric swatches and colour schemes for the customers. Always staying up to date with textile trends, patterns, colours and fabric demands from customers. Retail Sales in store and over the phone enquires. Visual merchandising duties and window displays.
Extensive knowledge of textiles and able to work in a fast paced environment.
Head OF Design
London, United KingdomFreelance
Head Designer/creator of jewellery and knitwear independent brand elenii. I design and create all elenii pieces in London and is a small yet well established brand.
Knitwear designer and jewellery designer. Designing products both by hand and with CAD.
Proficient in Adobe suite. I operate a domestic knitting machine and hand knit elenii all of the pieces.
Also creating templates for laser cut stainless steel jewellery.
Marketing, social media management and maintaining a online store (www.elenii.com).
Creating mood boards and multiple collections. Self motivated and with a strong work ethic.
Skills
- Design Knitwear
- Knitting Machine
- Knitwear Design
- Knitwear Trends
- Art Jewellery
- Design Jewelry
- Jewellery Artist
- Contemporary Jewellery
- Jewelry Making
- Visual Merchandising
Education
BA Textile Design