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New York, New York
210.705.4405
jacquelineccarrillo@gmail.com
WORK EXPERIENCE
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WESTCOTT LLC, New York, NY, May 2010 Present
Associate Designer Womens RTW and Handbags, May 2012 Present
Duties include hand sketching, flat sketching (by hand and Adobe Illustrator), sourcing fabric via Première Vision NYC and local fabric agents, sourcing trims and buttons; draping first muslins, cutting; using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to design company website layout and working with web designer to ensure website embodies brand aesthetic; directing photo shoots and post-shoot image retouching; creating line sheets and look books using Adobe InDesign; creating handbag tech packs; assisting designer in private client sales appointments and buying appointments; assisting
during fittings; managing office interns and sample room supplies; general office management responsibilities including data entry and bookkeeping.
Assistant Designer, May 2010 May 2012
Hired full-time upon graduation; demonstrated ability to manage sample room, overseeing samplehand to ensure techniques are to designers standards, assisting patternmaker with drafting, light hand sewing and machine embroidery
Paid Internship, Summers 2007 2010
General sample room duties including cutting, hand sewing and drafting.
PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN, New York, NY August 2011-Present
Part-time Faculty
Fashion Design instructor for Parsons Pre-College Academy grades 6-8; writing and implementing syllabus for the course which covers sketching, draping, fabric treatments and manipulations; writing lectures covering fashion markets and industry.
DREAMS OF A PETRIFIED HEAD, New York, NY Summer 2010 & April 2011
Costume Designer and Stylist
In collaboration with director Dan Ouellette and Carla Westcott, designed costumes for independent film Dreams of a Petrified Head; duties included styling on set.
BABY PHAT, VIDA BRANDS INTERNATIONAL, New York, NY Summer 2009
Graphic Design Paid Internship
Created graphics and layout for brand homepage using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator; designed packaging for footwear in Adobe Illustrator to be sold at Kmart stores; footwear advertisement using Adobe Illustrator distributed to Finish Line stores; assisted in brand development and acquisition.
RONALD KOLODZIE, San Antonio, TX, Spring 2005- Fall 2007
Fashion Design Mentorship
Assisted Coty Award-winning designer and Parsons graduate and former faculty in archiving his
artwork; teaching assistant for his illustration course at the Southwest School of Art.
ACHIEVEMENTS
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2010 Louis Vuitton Reconstruction Live Competition, Semifinalist
2007-2010 Gallen BFA Fashion Scholarship, Parsons The New School for Design
2007-2010 BFA Deans Scholarship, Parsons The New School for Design
SKILLS
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Mac and PC platforms: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe InDesign, Adobe Bridge, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, QuickBooks Online, HTML knowledge; sketching, flat sketching, cutting, draping, patternmaking; handknitting; fluent in Spanish.
