Experienced and organised senior BA with both strong analytical skills and commercial awareness with a key creative eye and strong individual personal style. Versatile skill set developed working on two very different teams during 2 and a half years at ASOS. Managed over 60 brands with over 1500 options helping to drive gross sales of £53m. Key insight and development specifically gained in critical path management, trend forecasting, supplier negotiation and the importance of consumer research. Have achieved two promotions since joining the company. Skills lie within the sphere of communication a confident and outgoing member of the team that thrives in a fast paced creative environments Strong analytical and advanced MS Office skills, particularly in Excel, PowerPoint & Word. Highly driven to achieve motivated by my determination to build a successful career within the fashion industry.
I have recently undertaken styling along side my full time job as a buyers assistant. The jobs are usually for music videos and involve working with the artist and production team to put together fits that represent the artist and song. Styling is an extra creative outlet which coincides perfectly with my career, being submerged in the creative culture where music and fashion sit hand in hand. It is a fantastic opportunity to spot up and coming trends and to network with other creative professionals.
Projects
- PG Cert In Fashion Buying and Merchandising at UAL, LCFUndertook 15 week Postgraduate Cert in Fashion Buying and Merchandising at London College of Fashion where I have I acquired a broad understanding of not only the complete buying and merchandising cycle but the Fashion industry as a whole during a very interesting and changing time. The course demanded me to work in an extremely fast paced environment both independently and as part of various teams with students from all over the world. The course really set me up for my career in fashion buyi
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Work history
Senior Buyers AssistantASOS
London, United KingdomFull Time
ASOS SENIOR BUYER ASSISTANT WOMENSWEAR BRANDED DENIM — SEPT 2019-PRESENT
Moved to branded Denim after two years on going out to gain a more strategic and analytical insight into buying. Now managing large established accounts such as PVH (Calvin Klein and Tommy Jeans), Polo Ralph Lauren and Fred Perry. During my time on Denim, gained further insight and experience in planning intake strategically, planning and placing trade repeats and critical path management on longer lead times and international brands.
ASOS SENIOR BUYERS ASSISTANT WOMENSWEAR BRANDED GOING OUT DEPARTMENT — SEPT 2017-SEPT2019
Valued member of the biggest cash driving team in branded womenswear. Acting assistant buyer on multiple brands in which I oversaw the complete buying cycle from selection meetings to sign off independently. Worked to both find and onboard new brands across seasons. Responsibilities include, selection meetings, creating buys and buy sheets, supplier relations, performance analytics, order raising, sample management, shoot and styling board curation, critical path management and competitor and company analysis. Weekly presentations on both trends and department performance as part of weekly trade meeting. Managing a challenging workload in a competitive and fast paced environment, ASOS has taught me resilience and personal skills, whilst simultaneously providing me with a broad knowledge of the fashion industry and the complete buying cycle. Also trained and supported three new BA’s on the whilst on this department two of which have now been promoted. Often deputised for Buyer who we're regularly out of office. Nominated Superuser on new ASOS system, and new BA Trainer as part of ASOS academy holding monthly presentation to all new BAs into the business.
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FREELANCE STYLISTNadine Coton Styling
London, United KingdomFreelance
London based freelance stylist available for editorial and commercial bookings.
Previous experience in fashion buying Nadine is now working as a freelance stylist based in London, UK. Specialising in music videos and editorial in both men and womenswear. Open to work both independently or with other creative freelancers and assist on shoots. Have previously assisted Jaime Jarvis and worked with Easy Life, Juice Menace, UKNWN, Arron Watson-McNab and Olivia Chan.
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Skills
- Marketing PR
- Creative Event
- Festival
- Music Event
- Party Planning
- Promotional Event
- Social Event
- Coordination
- Event Execution
- Event Organisation
- Event Planning
- Excel
- Powerpoint
- Word
- Fashion
- Buying
- Personal Assistant
- Social Meda
- Event Organising
- Fashion Buying
- Fashion Assistant
- Styling
Education
Pgcert: Fashion Buying and MerchandisingUniversity of The Arts London (UAL)
London, United Kingdom
Modules: Buying and Merchandising, Marketing, Supply Chain Management, Integrated Project.
Developing a broad understanding of the Fashion industry as whole in the current climate. Studying the entire Buying and Merchandising cycle. Working in real time on a project with Debenhams and Principles by Ben De Lisi. Mixing theoretical and practical work, participating in live negotiations from both a supplier and buyers perspective.
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International Events ManagementThe University of Brighton
- London, United Kingdom
Ba (Hons) achieved a 2:1
Relevant Modules: Event Customer, Economics and the Business Environment, Marketing Principles, PR, Theorising the event industry, Accounting and Business Strategy.
Completed a dissertation focusing on the influence on social media marketing on UK music festivals.