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Education

-Louisiana State University August 2012-May 2016
Bachelors of Science—Apparel Design, Textile Science and Merchandising
Organizations—American Association of Textile Colorist and Chemists, Fashion Association at LSU, Textiles
and Costume Museum Student Chapter, Alpha Phi Sorority, and Bengal Book Club

Experience

Freelance 2008-present
Designer—Design Custom Apparel and Mardi Gras court costumes for clients, provide alterations and monogramming for clients. Graphic Design Advertisements, print and social media. Photograph events, sports, portraits, products and families. Tutor Students in graphic and web design using Adobe Photoshop and illustrator.

Southern Marsh Collection October 2015–December 2015
Apparel Design Intern—Assisted Design, Production and Website Teams. Created vector renderings, researched trends and colors, created technical illustrations, designed apparel and outerwear, created original textile prints, organize sourcing materials, organizing samples and fabric swatches.

Elaine Turner Designs June 2015–July 2015
Fashion Design and Production Intern—Assist Apparel and Accessory Design and Production team with everyday tasks. Including: creating line sheets, technical packets, vectors of apparel and accessories, creating trends reports, garment measuring, color matching, creating original designs based on trends, organizing fabric and trim swatches, assisting with sourcing materials, and archiving shoes, handbags and accessories.

Tiger People Clothiers March 2014-June 2015
Ecommerce Merchandiser, Graphic Designer and Photographer—Adding merchandise online, writing product descriptions, Organizing products, inventory, and collections, model casting, styling, scheduling photo shoots, photographing merchandise, designing advertisements, print ads, magazines, billboards and social media graphics.

Victoria’s Secret PINK LSU September 2014-August 2015
Brand Ambassador—Market the PINK brand on LSU’s campus, design social media graphics, organize and plan events to promote the brand, distribute coupons, marketing materials and flyers, manage social media accounts.

Skills
• Fashion Design
• Block/ Sloping pattern drafting
• Flat pattern making
• CAD pattern making
• Technical flats
• Textile Print Design
• Graphic Design
• Technical Design
• Technical Pack development
• Hand sewing
• Domestic and Industrial sewing machine
• Color Matching
• Painting Fabric
• Hand sketching
• Vector Rendering
• Digital Illustration with pen tablet
• Embroidery
• Millinery
• 3D printing
• Laser cutting fabric
• CNC milling

Software
• Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Bridge
• Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint
• Lectra Modaris
• Rhinoceros 3d

Exhibitions of Work
• Atrium Wall 3D Ways and Means Exhibit. LSU Art + Design Building. May 2016
• New Orleans Fashion Week Top Designer. March 2016.
• Uncommon Thread Wearable Art Show Designer. December 2015.
• LSU Human Ecology Apparel Design Department Display. April 2016.