I am a senior accessories and handbag designer, with head of design experience. I have been working in the industry for over 10 years designing for fashion and lifestyle brands such as Animal, Religion, Duck and Cover, 883 Police, Pacha Ibiza, Ringspun, Chilli Pepper, Pineapple Dance, Disney, and high street stores such as ASOS, River Island, BANK, Topman, Topshop, Sports Direct, BANK and many more. I have worked on a variety of different product areas, primarily fashion handbags, wallets, belts, technical backpacks and travel luggage. With experience also in jewellery, knitwear, sunglasses, stationery, packaging, logo and graphic design.
With strong illustrator and photoshop skills I can bring your design ideas to life. I am able to take your initial ideas through sketches to cads, technical specifications and sampling, or build a range for you to suit your brief.
I have an in depth knowledge of fabrics and printing techniques and with a background in printed textile design I can offer a service creating prints and graphics to use on your products.
Please get in touch to talk further about any work you are interested in.
Projects
- Travel Luggage RangeTravel luggage collection for action sports brand Animal. Brief was to design a range that encompassed the companies roots in the action sports industry. Final designs included waterproof wet pockets for wetsuits, branded skate wheels, padded laptop/i-pad pockets, key fobs and a branded luggage tag.
Work history
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Accessories DesignerAnimal
- Poole, United KingdomFull Time
Designing and developing commercial, exciting and innovative accessories and travel luggage ranges for the action sports brand Animal.
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Head Accessories Designer7 Vision LTD
- Bridlington, United KingdomFull Time
Leading the team in the design and development of the Religion accessories main line collection, 883 Police, Duck and Cover, Disney and Pineapple Dance Studios.
Skills
- CAD
- Technical Specification
- Design Production
- Bag Design
- Jewellery Design
- Accessories Design
- Graphic Design