Samuel Shepherd

Designer for the premium Zara Woman collection and Inditex brands.

Researching catwalk trends and inspiration for brand presentations with the clothing side of the business.
Leasing with the factories in Elda Spain, with on site visits. Communications with the Chinese office and translating specification sheets.

Learning to speak Spanish (fours lessons weekly during working hours) in order to communicate with my team and create specification sheets in Spanish.

Working closely with the buyers including regular meetings of sale analysis and current buying patterns for the current and future seasons.

Designs feature in the top selling pieces seasonally.

Worked alongside the Art Directors in the studio with advertising campaigns, window displays and event design. Design work for Westfield shopping centre featured in their ‘Car Boot’ event.
Supported Mary Portas with a new project that included working alongside Clarks and visiting their head office in Somerset.
Worked with the team on a photographic shoot for Clarks Originals, which included artistic visuals, model and photographer sourcing and going on location to photograph the campaign.

Design intern working with designers and contributing to designing ranges.
Attending trend meetings, outlining the future ranges.
Shop reports and competitor analysis, undertaken practically on the high street.
Footwear designed features in the AW 10 and SS11 ranges for KG and French Connection men's.

Working as Jonathan's intern, supporting all areas of his own line business and freelance for
Mulberry, Matthew Williamson and Richard Nicoll.
Researching and designing winter and summer ranges. Attending Lineapelle in Italy withJonathan and factory visit.
Supporting press office with sample requests and publication communications.
General office management including liaising with factories and clients, office administration such as customer invoices and line sheets.

Product copy writer for Kurtgeiger.com.