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Allison Jones

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Founder and Design Director of Alegria Home. Working with artisans in Mexico and Guatemala to create modern handmade home decor products. Seeking a permanant position with a modern, global home decor company.

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  • Category

    Home Fashions
  • Market Segments

    Bedding
    Stylists
  • Availability

    Freelance
    Permanent
  • Hourly Rate

    40.00
  • Relocation

    Yes
  • Technologies

    Adobe Illustrator CS7 and later
    Microsoft Powerpoint
    Adobe Photoshop CS7 and older
    NED Graphics Fashion Studio
    Microsoft Excel
  • Schools/Training

    Syracuse University
    Rhode Island School of Design

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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Alegria Home, LLC, Mexico City, Mexico, April 2013 – Present
Founder and Design Director:

• A home décor company collaborating with global artisans to create a line of modern textile products that are cohesive in design and color
• Partner with non profits such as Aid to Artisans and Nest to insure that the artisans we work with receive a fair wage
• Includes solo travel throughout Mexico and Guatemala to source new artisan partners as well as to artisan cooperatives to work directly with
the artisans on product development
• Create all designs and spec packets for our product assortment in Photoshop and Illustrator. Adapt designs to indigenous techniques and local
cultures while appealing to a broad US market
• Create and design all promotional materials for the company including logo, product photography, look book and line sheets
• Participate in leading industry trade shows, specifically NY NOW in February 2014 and August 2014

Nostalgia Home Fashions, New York, NY, February 2012 – March 2013
Senior Designer:

• Design Manager for the Dransfield and Ross House license- collaborated with John Dransfield and Geoffrey Ross to bring their design
aesthetic to the independent specialty channel as well as a sub brand specifically for Bed, Bath, and Beyond
• Design Manager for the Laundry by Shelli Segal license - responsible for adapting and designing the fashion label into bedding collections
specifically for Bed, Bath, and Beyond
• Solo travel to factories in Jinan, China to oversee sampling for the Dransfield and Ross license and the Laundry by Shelli Segal license
• Trained and managed the Assistant Designer and Intern

Nostalgia Home Fashions New York, NY, December 2008 – February 2012
Designer:

• Serviced the design needs of key U.S. retailers that included Neiman Marcus, Serena & Lily, and Bed, Bath, and Beyond among others in
hand crafted, top of the bed categories that included: quilts, bedspreads, coverlets, comforters, and duvets
• Designed new bedding collections based on current trend research for each Spring and Fall Market season
• Responsible for adapting and designing the fashion brand Laundry by Shelli Segal into bedding collections under that license for each market
season
• Traveled to the company’s factories in Jinan, China to oversee the production of samples for each Spring and Fall Market season

Patterson, Flynn, & Martin, New York, NY, August 2007- November 2008
Artist:

• Created original rug and carpet designs for a luxury floor covering company serving the interior design trade
• Collaborated with interior designers to create original custom rug designs for their project needs
• Adapted original design ideas to the various line qualities of rug and carpet products for each season
• Original rug design, “Leclaire Sprig” was featured in the September 2009 issue of Traditional Home
The Company Store Weehawken, NJ, June 2006-August 2007
Assistant Designer
• Print development and product development for the categories of bedding, rugs, sleepwear, and bath products
• Developed specification packets for the sampling and production of all products
• Communication with foreign vendors through the sampling of each product or print development

The Company Store, Weehawken, NJ, June 2006-August 2007
Assistant Designer:

• Print development and product development for the categories of bedding, rugs, sleepwear, and bath products
• Developed specification packets for the sampling and production of all products
• Communication with foreign vendors through the sampling of each product or print development

EDUCATION:

Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, Sept. 2002 – May 2006

• College of Visual and Performing Arts; Bachelor of Fine Arts, Summa Cum Laude
• Major: Surface Pattern Design; Minor: Textile Design, Fashion Design
Division of International Programs Abroad, January – May 2005
• Syracuse University, Florence, Italy
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, Summer 2003
• Fashion Illustration

PROFESSIONAL SKILLS:

Operating Systems: Mac and Windows Proficient
Software: Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator CS6 ( and older); Age Technologies, Clic Design Plug-Ins: Style Draper Pro & Plaid Maker Pro; NED
Graphics Fashion Studio; Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Outlook)
Creative Skills: Batik, Screen Printing, Jewelry Making, Sewing, Fashion Illustration, Acrylic and Watercolor Painting

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