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•EDUCATION:

- Parsons The New School for Design: New York, NY December 2012, AAS Fashion Design Degree.

- Vantan Design Insititute, Tokyo, Japan: March 2011, Design Foundation Course for Parsons AAS.

- Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan, March 2011, BS Political Science Degree.

•EXPERIENCE:

- Fulltime, Product Management Assistant and Graphic Designer, Portage Worldwide Inc -
Manhattan Portage, NY, May 2013 - Present

- Adobe Photohshop Tutor for Fashion Design Student, Parson October 2012 - March 2013.

- Internship for Photo Retouching, Lei Ujika INC. in NY, January - March 2013.

- Internship for Textile CAD Design, hook+ALBERT in NY, November - December 2012.

- Internship for Fashion Show as a Fitter at H.P. France in NY, September 2012.

•SKILLS:

- Proficient on both Mac and PC.

- Adobe Illustrator CS6:

1. Flat Sketching for presentation and technical Cads.
2. Pattern and Plaid development with ability to scale, rotate, and re-color.
3. Graphics for T-Shirts, hangtags, labels, logos, and Technical Packages.
4. Create Colorways for graphics and fashion flats for merchandising purposes.

- Adobe Photoshop CS6:

1. Moodboard creation
2. Establish Color Card
3. Index Color separation techniques
4. Plaid and Pattern design & development
5. Graphics for garment placement
6. Retouching

- Sewing, Patternmaking and Draping

- Microsoft Powerpoint

- Microsoft Word

- Fluent in Japanese