Maria Azevedo
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Maria Azevedo

Fashion DesignerPortugal
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Maria Azevedo
Available

Maria Azevedo

Fashion DesignerPortugal
About me
Dear Sir or Madam I’m extremely interested on your opening for any fashion related position. My background includes: Researching and identifying seasonal color palettes, prints, patterns, fabrics, styles and details; Working directly with the sales team to develop line plans for each product category; Identifying target markets for designs, considering gender, age and socio economic demographics; Assisting all senior designers from research to sketching to final product development; Sketching rough and detailed drawings of apparel and writing specifications such as color schemes, construction, fabrics and material types; Developing seasonal inspiration boards and delivered all creative inspirations; Collaborating with a wide variety of functional areas such as sales, engineering, marketing, manufacturing, and operations to develop and provide product definitions responsive to customer needs and market opportunities; Coordinating technical product development for release to production; Developing and maintaining a prioritized list of customer and market requirements for product; Coordinating and developing marketing, sales, engineering, and financial plans for product line; Providing financial and technical justification for product selection and definition; Preparing product development objectives and schedules for all phases of product development and introduction to market; Developing and executing product designs that achieve design objectives and price point; Participating in key sales situations for the product; Maintaining communication and contacts to collect and analyze technical, financial, schedule, and sales information for product line.; Attending trade fairs and textile markets to gain hands on experience dealing with different textiles; Communicating with other designers, suppliers and manufactures. Most recently, I worked as product developer in a textile company in New York, developed mostly patterns for yarn dyes collections. Before this I used to design and propose garments to Inditex group out of a textile factory in Portugal. Thank you for taking the time to consider this application and I look forward to hearing from you in the near future. Yours sincerely Maria Azevedo
Work history
    Fashion Product Developer
    New York, United StatesFull Time
    Research and exploration of new trends related to the market Creating indigo yarn dyed collection for the US an EU markets Preparation of fabric/garments collections for the Denim Trade Show - Kingpins Post Show preparation of swatch samples for customers Developing garment samples with Asia for promoting fabrics and full package
Skills
  • Fashion
  • Abobe Illustrator
  • 11. Photoshop
  • Fabric Design
  • Trend Research
  • Prints
  • Sculptor
  • Fashion Illustration
  • Textile Design
  • Denim Design
Education
    Fashion Design
     - Portugal
    Fashion Project;Fashion Drawing; Fashion Prints; Fashion Trends; Photography