CV

Profile

First Class BA (Hons) Garment Technology graduate from Birmingham City University. Qualified in

various technical aspects of clothing production such as grading, sampling and tech packs. 

Key Skills / Achievements

• Interned with Victoria Beckham for 3 months.

• Confident using Adobe Illustrator and Microsoft office.

• Knowledge of how to use Excel to produce size charts.

• Experience attending fit sessions and sampling garments.

• Strong understanding of pattern cutting techniques such as dart manipulation.

• Familiar with using industrial sewing machines and overlockers.

• 9 years’ experience of making clothing using domestic machines and overlockers.

• Received the Most Accurate Pattern Cutter Award in the BCU 2020 end of year awards ceremony.

• Creativity – in my free time I enjoy designing and making clothes and accessories. 

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Relevant experience

T-shirt printer / Warehouse team member (Christmas temp) | Bristol Fashion Co | Oct 2021 – Dec 2021

• Demonstrating organisation, efficiency, and high levels of accuracy.

• Keeping to tight deadlines and working at a fast pace. 

• Carrying out quality control checks and applying heat transfers to garments.

• Training new team members in various tasks.

Victoria Beckham | Product Development Intern | Jan-Mar 2020

• Assisted the technical team in measuring garments, producing tech packs, and creating shipments.

• Learned about the structure of the company, the role of a Product Developer, and working in the fashion industry.

Education

Birmingham City University                                                      2017-2021

• BA (Hons) Garment Technology – First Class

• BA (Hons) Architecture – level 4 completed

Ashton Park School (Bristol)                                                     2010-2017

• 3 A-levels – Textiles A*, Mathematics B, Physics B

• FSMQ Additional Maths grade B

• 11 GCSEs A*-B including Textiles, English, Maths and Statistics 

Other Experience

Sainsbury’s    |    Assistant Product Technologist, Childrenswear    |    Sep 2021

• Sending gold seal approvals to factories and learning how to risk assess garments prior to the gold seal stage.

• Attending buying meetings and fit sessions both virtually and in person.

Volunteer    |    Sue Ryder charity shop    |    Jul-Sep 2018, Sep-Oct 2021

• Served customers at the till and answered customers’ queries.

• Maintained stock levels across all types of garments and products, and assisted with visual merchandising.

• Independently priced and tagged clothing using the computer system, teaching me about levels

      of clothing manufacture and respective price points.

Exhibitor   |   Art on the Hill    |    6th-7th Oct 2018, 5th-6th Oct 2019      

• Took part in a local Arts Trail where I exhibited crocheted characters I made, and sold hand

       stitched brooches and crocheted earrings I designed and made.

• Built on my knowledge of branding and pricing from 2018 with the aim of selling more items in 2019.

• Evaluated the time and materials used to decide on pricing.

Pattern designer   |   Love Crochet magazine, Immediate Media   |   2016

• Designed three crochet patterns that were published in the magazine, from briefs set by the editors.

• Learned about the structure of the publishing company and the process of getting work published.

• Discussed my designs with the editors before they sent me the materials to make the items.

Working part-time  | Oliver’s Ice Cream Ltd.      | Jul-Sep 2019

Work experience    | DKA architects                    | 2017, 1 week

Work experience    | Amalgam Model Makers   | 2016, 1 week

Shape My City        | The Architecture Centre    | 2015

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References available on request