Work history
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Events Manager / DesignerSelf Employed
United KingdomFull Time
- Collaborated with event planners and luxury fashion brands to produce high-end creative events with live-painting experiences and design services, building a strong network of suppliers and colleagues.
- Creatively interpreted each client brief to produce unique proposals and bespoke creative services on and off-site.
- Managed and trained a team of artists to deliver high-quality painting and creative practices, designing stationery suites, menus, signage, hand-painted dinner services, napkins, props, gifts and more.
Negotiated contracts and salaries, managed budgets, organised travel and accommodation, and scheduled deliveries.
- Clients include: Sarah Haywood; Fiona Leahy; The Isle of You; Event Republic; Miu Miu; Google; Shopify; Ralph Lauren; Guerlain; Boden; Fenwicks and Hugo Boss.
Costume ManagerBlack Rabbit Projects
- London, United KingdomFreelance
- Designed and created costumes for entertainers and staff at a high-end private event.
- Researched and identified key aesthetics and functionality, i.e. high movement, and designed within these constraints.
- Organised fittings and timings with performers and staff, liaising with costume makers and venues for pickups and deliveries, building relationships with suppliers.Successfully brought the costume spending in under budget, managing orders, book-keeping and invoice reconciliation.
- Maintained clear communication with the CEO and wider team, working on-site in the run-up to and on the day of the event, unpacking, maintaining an organized workspace/green room, doing fittings, and final looks for all performers.
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Skills
- Print Design
- Illustration
- Drawing
- Painting
- Artistic Calligraphy
- Styling
- Project Management
- Art Direction
- Team Collaboration
- Content Creation
Education
BA (Hons) Textile Design Falmouth University
Falmouth, United Kingdom
2009 – 2012
BA (Hons) Textile Design - 1st class, specialising in printed textiles.
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CIM Diploma in Event ManagementThe Event Academy
- London, United Kingdom
Distinction
Awards
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DesignerTexSelect
Nominated by my tutors and then selected from nationwide nominees, I was one of 24 top emerging Textile Designers of 2012.
I exhibited my designs at Chelsea College of Arts, London and Premiere Vision in Paris, where I sold designs from my collections to international buyers & clients from the luxury fashion industry.