Resumé

Jacqueline Zaffarano 735 Washington Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11238
jacquelinezaff@gmail.com
631.219.4987
Work Experience:

Toby NYC New York, NY
Assistant Designer / Showroom Merchandiser March 2012 - Present
• Designs accessories in Newborn, Infant, Toddler, Girls, Boys and Junior categories
• Visually merchandises showroom to communicate trend and design direction and showcase key styles
• Communicates and coordinates with designers, merchandisers and sales on a daily basis to insure that showroom merchandise reflects the needs of accounts prior to appointments
• Assesses where the showroom needs to be strengthened visually, and directs sample maker to make or edit samples accordingly
• Specifies instructions for creating development samples to factory agents overseas
• Creates planograms that cater to the needs of buyers and their specifications of their accounts
• Merchandises products on linesheets for buyer presentations
• Maintains trim, swatch and stitch libraries, sources new trims and shops local market

Haute Hippie New York, NY
Apparel and Accessories Design Intern December 2011 - March 2012
• Sourced and selected fabric, trim and notions for accessory and garment sample production
• Personally communicated with Garment Center contractors and vendors in their factories to ensure correct production of samples and sketched accessory specs
• Created tech packs and edited linesheets
• Acted as the liason between design team, pattern room and local factories

Destination Maternity Corporation Philadelphia, PA
Apparel Design Intern Feb. 2011 – May 2011
• Conducted initial research, sketched designs, created mood boards, sourced fabric and trims
• Patterned samples and perfected fit of samples on fit models
• Assisted pattern maker and technical designer with paper pattern edits, and scanned them to create digitally

Mau Mau Studios New York, NY Freelance Production Assistant Sept. 2011, Jan. 2010 – March 2010
• Assisted with production of shows for New York Fashion Week by seeing to smooth set up and run of shows
• Dressed and styled models, assisted stylist, set looks, kept correct order in the model line up

MTC Casting New York, NY
Freelance Casting Assistant Dec. 2010 – March 2010
• Coordinated castings for Fashion Week shows, editorials and ad campaigns
• Maintained professional relationships with agents, models and designers while coordinating castings and keeping all parties on schedule
• Maintained social media, wrote blog entries, maintained database of model information

P.R. Consulting New York, NY Fashion Public Relations Intern June 2009 – September 2009
• Cataloged details of samples, prepared samples for pick-up or international shipment
• Serviced clients: Balenciaga, Dries Van Noten, Jil Sander, L’ Wren Scott, Narciso Rodriguez, Nina Ricci, Pierre Hardy, Pomellato, Proenza Schouler, Raf Simons, Repetto, Rag & Bone

Education:

Bachelor of Science in Apparel Design, University of Delaware Newark, Delaware
Fashion Study Abroad Program, Paris American Academy. Paris, France May 2011

Skills:

Visual merchandising, excellent written and verbal communication, garment and accessory construction, sewing, pattern making, draping and fitting, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop

Projects by Jacqueline Zaffarano