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Creative Consultant in Fashion Design and Illustrator
Freelance Fashion Designer and Illustrator
Mar 2013 - Present (11 years 2 months)
Working independently as a fashion consultant offering advice and technical assistance to develop the creative projects of a diverse client base, in particular by:
• Guiding client through initial consultations to understand project requirements and scope
• Researching catwalk and retail fashion trends
• Helping client build a successful brand position
• Creating moodboards and customer boards
• Developing a full range of illustrations and technical sketches (front and back flat drawings or other, as required)
• Sourcing appropriate fabrics
• Creating specification sheets for manufacturers
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Fashion Design Teaching Assistant
Fashion Awareness Direct
Feb 2015 - Mar 2015 (1 month)
Fashion Awareness Direct (F.A.D.) is a creative charity supporting young people to bridge the gap between education and the fashion industry.
My responsibilities included assisting the Workshop Supervisors with the weekly courses, as well as mentoring the students in:
• Garment design
• Sewing skills
• Design specification
• Fabrics and trimmings
• Pattern cutting
• Construction
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Freelance Designer
Start-up Fashion Label - freelance design work commissioned by Mr. Chris Child Santos
Sep 2011 - May 2012 (8 months)
• Research of themes and imagery
• Creation of moodboards
• Suggestion of initial concepts for silhouettes, colour combinations, details, and prints
• Design (front and back flat drawings and illustrations) of t-shirts, jeans, shorts, swimwear and flip-flops for both women and men
• Print design according to Mr. Childs Santos's exacting brief
• Working together with Mr. Childs Santos's graphic designer, Luisa Baeta, to help finalize the look-book of the collection
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Intern/Studio Assistant
Goodone
Sep 2010 - Sep 2011 (1 year)
• Worked as a Intern/Studio Assistant helping designers Nin Castle and Clare Farrell (Studio Manager)
• Helped put into production four particular collections: Fall/Winter 10, Spring/Summer 11, Fall/Winter 11 and a Basics Range for ASOS
• Pattern cutting and grading
• Sampling
• Making alterations to the patterns to ensure a better fit
• Quality control
• Ensuring that the daily to-do list was adhered to