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EDUCATION
PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN
Associate of Applied Science with Honors, Fashion Design New York, NY - 08/2008
DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY
Master of Business Administration ranking in top 10%, Major: Marketing Leicester, UK - 09/1996
ECOLE SUPERIEURE DE COMMERCE DE RENNES
Graduate Degree Rennes Business School Rennes, France - 06/1996
Bachelor of Arts, International Business Rennes, France - 06/1995
EXPERIENCE
NILI LOTAN Assistant Designer New York, NY - 05/2012-10/2012
Researched trends and developed concepts and ideas (trends, color, concept and fabric boards creation, sketching)
Assisted with fabric/trim research and selection
Communicated with in house sample room, vendors and oversea factories on garment development
KATE SPADE Designer, womenswear (freelance) New York, NY - 04/2012-04/2012
Prepared SS 2013 color/print palette, colored flats and merchandising boards in Illustrator
VICTORIA SECRET PINK Designer (freelance) New York, NY - 01/2012-03/2012
Created flat sketches, tech-packs (intimates, apparel) and prints in Photoshop and Illustrator (design, repeats, colorways)
AEROPOSTALE Designer (freelance) New York, NY - 03/2010-01/2012
Developed prints and textile in Nedgraphics (design, color reduction, cleaning, repeats, colorways)
Sketched embroideries layouts in Illustrator and Nedgraphics
Assisted the Menswear Knit Designer in preparing flat sketches, tech-packs, line sheets and presentation boards for SS 2011
LES FILLES by Designer and Founder New York, NY - 11/2009-12/2011
Designed and art directed SS2011 capsule collection
Co-directed communication, promotion, sales and brand concept development
PEABODY&CO ¬Designer (freelance) New York, NY - 12/2009-12/2011
Researched, sourced and co-designed tote bags and pouches
Responsible for sample development and production with local factories
DELIAS Concept Designer (freelance) New York, NY - 05/2011-08/2011
Assisted the concept and trend director in preparing trend boards, presentations and color palettes by delivery
CALVIN KLEIN Assistant Designer (freelance) New York, NY - 06/2009
Re-colored prints, prepared colorway charts, tech-packs and actual size artwork for Calvin Klein Performance Spring 2010 prints
VPL Design Intern and Assistant Designer (freelance) New York, NY - 01/2009-09/2009
Co-designed and draped pieces for SS 2010, patternmaking, sewed alterations of FW 2009 samples, assisted the designer in preparing tech-packs, cutting tickets, flat sketching, briefing factories, fitting and preparing the FW 2009 fashion show
MAYLE Design Intern New York, NY - 12/2007-05/2008
Assisted in preparing tech-packs, cutting tickets, flat sketching, sourcing trims, fitting, checking in fabrics received from the mills and preparing the FW 2008 Style Book for buyers
DKNY Pure Design Intern New York, NY - 06/2007-08/2007
Designed embroideries for SS 2008 and assisted the designer in flat sketching, fitting for SS 2008, trend researching for FW 2008, preparing the showroom and organizing the fabric library
AWARDS / HONORS
PROJECT EARTH DAY STUDENT COMPETITION Honorable Mention New York, NY - 2009
ARTS OF FASHION INTERNATIONAL STUDENT COMPETITION Finalist San Francisco - 2008
PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN - Line Debut New York, NY - 2008
SKILLS
Flat sketching, illustration, sewing, patternmaking, draping, mood boards, fabric and trim sourcing
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, U4ia, Nedgraphics, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), Lotus Notes, HTML and CSS
French (Fluent), German (Conversational)
