Coroflot

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Simone C. Ralph
Glendale, CA


OBJECTIVE:
To utilize the skills achieved in Fashion Design and Illustration to gain further experience in the fashion industry with the opportunity for career growth.

EDUCATION:
Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA. (SCAD)
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Fashion Design, Magna cum laude, 2007

FREELANCE WORK EXPERIENCE:
Self-Employed, Glendale, CA
Freelance Illustrator. Dec. 2009/Present
Responsibilities: Sketching original designs,
Creating logos, artwork, technical flats and illustration for fashion related companies.

Clients include:
- ICovet
- Liv Dolls
- Leoluca
- Hot Topic
- Petro Zillia
- Lizette Moran
- Jimmy Woods
- Erin Braxton LLC
- LAFashionsnob.com
- The Little Bra Company
- Cowgirl Heaven Fashions


WORK EXPERIENCE:

Twelfth Street by Cynthia Vincent, Los Angeles, CA
Design Intern. Aug. 2010/Sept. 2010
Responsibilities: Re-coloring and re-creating textile prints, Organizing and shipping samples, Dropping samples to showroom, Tracing patterns, Sourcing trims.

Petro Zillia, West Hollywood, CA
Design Intern. June 2009/Aug. 2009
Responsibilities: Hand-Sketching designs and CAD Technical Flats, Creating repeat patterns for textile design,
Organizing high-end merchandise for sample sale.

Dallin Chase, New York, NY.
Production Intern. April 2008/Sept. 2008
Responsibilities: Organizing line-sheets, samples, patterns and trims,
Sourcing fabrics and trims, oversight of sample and domestic production,
Sample drop-offs to Magazines and Showrooms.

The Rose Foundation, St. James, Trinidad, W.I.
Junior Designer. July 2005/Aug. 2005
Responsibilities: Designing clothing for the launch of the company's ‘Pure Love Line’.

The Export Centers Company Ltd., Mount Hope, Trinidad, W.I.
Assistant Fashion Illustrator. May 2001/Aug. 2004
Responsibilities: Designing holiday/resort dresses and Graphic-print t-shirt line,
Assisting in the development of a tutorial for the Company’s Fashion Design Program.


PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:
Fashion Illustration
Garment Construction/Sewing
Draping/Pattern-making
Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft PowerPoint
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Photoshop


AWARDS/ACTIVITIES:
Dress for Success Worldwide, LA, Volunteer, July 2010
The Sachiko Honda Silhouette Award Scholarship, (SCAD), 2006 -2007
SCAD Scholars Award, (SCAD), 2005 – 2007
Dean's List, (SCAD), 2005 – 2007
Treasurer, Caribbean Students Association, (SCAD), 2005 – 2006


INTERESTS:
Illustration, Fashion design, Cooking, Writing, Meeting new people, Traveling, Music, Reading, Working with young women.