Work history
visual merchandiserRalph Lauren
Bicester, United KingdomFull Time
Oversee the execution of all in-store displays in line with head office guidlines.
Optimised Customer journey through intuitive site merchandising, ensuring customers are easily able to access desired products.
Training sale staff on new products and up coming collection, with details that can be relayed to the customer. Using my styling skills when outfit building and dressing mannequins for in-store and store windows.
Traveling to other stores to assist with new store launches.
Developed close working relationships with head office and brand warehouses when ordering and requesting stock.
Completing comp shops and indepth research of competitor brands.
Planning stock allocation to boost overall sales while keeping inline with the brand and store aesthetic.
Using my own fashion knowledge to train staff on fabrication and garment manufacturing.
Also part of the Ralph Lauren Purple Label department using my knowledge of Luxury fashion to boost sales when interacting with customers.
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garment tech work placementF&F clothing
- Hatfield, United KingdomInternship
Related abd prepared fit comments to the factories to ensure accurate execution.
Creating CAD designs when needed.
Assessed the risk and safety of kids wear products according to british standards and international regulations. Researched eco friendly frabics and explored diffrent cost effective strategies to lower the brands carbon footprint.
Completing work book amendments for all new garment samples.
Creating trend mood boards for up coming kids wear collections.
Worked with buyers to find innovative ways to bring costs down and boost sales.
Liaising with overseas factories on the delivery status on samples.
reporting and presenting back to the designers and buyers with trends, costing of competitors.
Skills
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Machine Sewing
- Industrial Sewing
- Fashion Concept
- Art Fashion
- Fashion
- Pattern Cutting
- Technical Specification
- Hand Drawing
Education
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BA (Hons) Fashion DesignThe University of Hertfordshire
Hatfield, United Kingdom
Throughout to process of my degree I gained lots of design experience such as concept creation, which allowed me to use my skills in contemporary fashion understanding and visualization, along with understanding of todays fashion market. For Each project I was expected to create a garment, along with design portfolios and specification packs this gave me great understanding and knowledge in garment manufacture. Throughout my time at university I gained a passion for cad work which needed to be completed with each project, my love for adobe photoshop and illustrator has only grown from my time at university. In my final year I designed and created a six outfit collection inspired by split personality disorder, the collection featured an oversized aesthetic and a new take on classic woman’s tailoring, this collection also featured print which I used my skills in vinyl printing to create abstract prints that adorned the garments, my experience at F&F really helped with my final collection as I was able to put my skills to use in terms of the fit and overall look of each garment. This collection allowed me to use my strong garment manufacturing skills as well as making sure the collection and all samples were complete in line with the very strict deadlines. As well as a collection I also had to create my own brand, this was a great opportunity for me to use my skill in understanding todays current fashion market, I had to use my initiative to organize photoshoots, campaign videos as well as all other branding materials. University has given me invaluable experience that I think I can now use in a fashion design role.