About me
Over fifteen years’ experience designing Generic and Licensed on apparel ranges, hardlines and stationary. Retail and Product Development experience in the UK and Australia. Companies include Disney Store EMEA, Disney Consumer Products - Australia, Merlin Entertainment UK , Target Australia and Poetic Gem, Watford.
Strong background working for the retailer and supplier across multi-product. I worked at Poetic Gem as Head of Brands Design across women’s, men’s and unisex. Prior to that at Poetic Gem I was Boyswear Design Manager. Managing a team of four designers across Swim, Shirts, Wovens, Jersey and Jackets. Fabric ordering, liaising with overseas sourcing and sampling offices.
Manage, lead and organise seasonal colour and trend direction. Create, design a new unisex brand and present to customers, such as John Lewis, George, Next, Amazon Kids, Primark etc.
Brand experience designing airlines amenity kits for Emirates, Qantas, Virgin, American Airlines. Working on brands such as The Gap, Ted Baker, Armani Casa, Lulu Guinness and skincare brands such as Jurlique and Kiehl’s.
Hard working, ambitious, confident, reliable, strong work ethic and I have a bright bubble ‘can do attitude’. I have a strong Commercial eye, excellent communication skills and I’m confident presenting to Buyers and Directors at all levels. I have the ability to multi-task, meet tight deadlines and thrive in a fast paced environment.
Work history
Senior Designer KIDSWEAR NIGHTWEAR AND BABYPEPA & Co.
Watford, United KingdomFull Time
Lead and design all age kids sleepwear boys and girls (toddler and older), babywear (unisex, boys and girls). Design apparel and graphics. Clearly present and lead trend direction, cads, graphic ideas and pitches in both formal and informal meetings. Design all DTR for Disney and Warner Bros across both departments.
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boyswear design managerPoeticgem ltd
- Watford, United KingdomFull Time
Originally employed as Senior Boyswear Jersey Designer and was quickly promoted to Boyswear Design Manger reporting to the Head of Design. Managed a team of four designers across Swim, Woven, Jersey, Jackets and Shirts. This involved graphic, trend, aop print, colour and cad direction. Responsible for driving the design team, leading and organising seasonal colour and trend direction in Boyswear whilst driving innovation. Supported the Boyswear Sales manager in achieving budgets, presenting to buyers and travelling to factories in India and Bangladesh. Worked closely with Men’s design Dept across all areas to ensure we utilised fabrics and savvy design i.e. developing mini me’s – example ‘Lad n Dad’ print swimwear for Next mens and kids. I designed one of the best selling prints for Next lad
and dad swim.
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Skills
- Print Design
- Mac
- Adobe Create Suite
- Printed Textiles
- Childrens Fashion
- Graphics
- Product Design
- Communication
- Creating Moodboards
- Colour
Education
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Printed Textile DesignWinchester School of Art, University of Southampton
- Winchester, United Kingdom
BA Hons Degree