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Professional Portfolio Reviewer
Hired
San Francisco, CA
Academy of Art University by AAU to review portfolios at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in New York, LA and OC. Give feedback on potential students' portfolios, assess skill level and provide suggestions for improvement
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Couture Design and Pattern Making Intern/Production Coordinator
Lily Samii
San Francisco, CA
* Helped hand sew couture wedding dress and purse for Robin William's wife, Susan Schneider. Create custom patterns from existing patterns for individual clients, costing sheets, moodboards, flats (by hand or Illustrator). Quickly gained responsibility of previous Production Coordinator's job including organization of studio, specs, tech packs
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Key Stylist
Quicksilver/Roxy/DC Photo Studio
Huntington Beach, CA
* Style On-figure fit models for E-Commerce and wardrobe styling for Quicksilver Boys and Mens, DC Boys and Mens, Roxy, Roxy Girl and Teenie Waheenie. Style Laydowns, mannequins, and hard goods such as bags, backpacks and laptop carriers and maintain an extremely high shot count of at least 100 shots per day for an average week
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Soft Goods Stylist, Prop Stylist
Restoration Hardware
Corte Madera, CA
Photo Studio Soft Goods Stylist, Prop Stylist, Assistant Stylist * Work as Prop, Lighting and Soft Goods Stylist on my own set for Catalog and Web. Assist Prop and Bedding Stylists (Suzie Holmstrom, Jasmin Hamed, Hiroshi Yoshida, Rob Oxenham, Janis Bakken, etc) on various shoots for Web and Catalog. Handle all possible needs of stylists and photographers on set including gathering props, cleaning set and prepping bedding and garments, cabinets, rugs, lighting fixtures, furniture and more
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Ready to Wear Assistant Creative Designer, Technical Designer
Boditecture
San Francisco, CA
Content Editor, Stylist * Design and Style from concept to execution convertible fashion construction for retail and runway shows. Designs featured in LA fashion week. Extremely fast-paced turnaround and problem solving design skills
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Designer for Clients
Often clients will reach out to me locally or
on Facebook for custom garments. I am available to design one-of-a-kind dresses or gowns as requested. I prefer flat sketching and rendering utilizing computer-aided design within the Adobe Creative Suite umbrella, but I can also illustrate by hand as well as sew professionally Integrated Marketing Solutions
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Freelance Writer and Editor
Graphic Designer * Compose time sensitive literature for ads on various social media accounts. Edit Press Release write-ups for clients including non-profit organizations, individual professionals and marketing campaigns for apartment complexes. Research trends for marketing and prepare appropriate graphic design art for ads
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Designer
JC Penney
Plano, TX
JC Penney Kids * Relocated to Texas as the new Designer for Arizona brand (School Age Girls). Worked under the Senior Designer and was responsible for creating, presenting and selling the line to leadership and the buying team. Shopping and research of competitive brands and styles (including travel) were part of my job responsibilities, as well as delegating sketching work and line-sheet color fills to an outsourced team in India, and working with a technical designer to ensure accuracy of fit and style. Designating key looks, tech packs, approvals of trims, sourcing novelty fabrics and managing seasonal developments as well as attending daily, weekly and monthly scheduled meetings under an extremely tight deadline were crucial to success
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Featured Runway Designer
Project Inform
San Francisco, CA
Evening of Hope Benefit Featured Runway Designer * Applied and was chosen out of several designers to have my design featured on the Runway at Evening of Hope Benefit for several years running. Designed, sewed and styled a condom-couture dress to raise awareness for Hepatitis C and HIV. Dress standards must include a couture garment made of at least 25% condoms. San Francisco Magazine also featured my dress
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Key Stylist and Senior Outfitter
Trumaker
San Francisco, CA
* Style On-figure models for E-Commerce and Outfitting for men. Style Laydowns, mannequins, and hard goods such as shirts, bags, belts, and some creative photo styling with materials. As a Senior Outfitter for the company, I built a customer base of 104 clients from my own self-generated leads
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Assistant Stylist
GAP
San Francisco, CA
Online Assistant Stylist * Assist various Stylists to achieve a daily shot count of 35 by preparing a minimum of 45 garments per day by steaming, pressing, properly tagging and checking in garment in the system, as well as stuffing 15 garments per day for lay-downs