Conni Zafiris Email & Phone Number

Toronto, On, Ca

Toronto, Canada Area

Fashion: Men's, women's & children's apparel (specializing in ready-to-wear & activewear) & footwear of all categoriesInterior Design: Interior space planning + styling• Market trends & analysis• Mood & trend direction boards• Range plans, CAD & line drawings• Pattern development & sampling• Domestic & overseas manufacturing

Toronto, Canada Area

Founder of e-commerce based women's brand featuring functional and versatile jumpsuits & rompers. • Designing & developing product range• Creative direction of design, branding & marketing• Fabric research, sourcing of textiles and handling communications and relationships with suppliers• Working with domestics and overseas partners• Managing team of contractors & interns and leading branding strategy and direction

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

• Work directly with founders to develop seasonal range plan of women’s & men’s activewear• Presenting trend research & concepts, sketches and design direction• Creating technical flat drawings, specification sheets and tech packs for all product tocommunicate with overseas vendors• Managing sampling process• Travel overseas to work directly with vendors

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Women's yoga & athleisure apparel designed for everyday wear.• Developing seasonal product range of women’s active apparel & yoga wear• Seasonal colour, material & trend research• Managing design team and overseeing design process• Communicating with overseas vendors throughout and managing samples• Developed processes & structure for building seasonal ranges and product development calendar

Toronto, On

• Management of Canadian design devision• Working directly with sales team to build out customer product range• Working with client base to design & develop seasonal footwear collections• Developing presentations and pitching product design direction to current and new clients• Domestic and international retail (Asia, Europe, North America), market & trend researching• Using Adobe suite to do line drawings and render CADs• Traveling and working directly with overseas vendors to manage development and sampling process• Sourcing textiles & materials domestically and overseas

Toronto, Canada Area

Toronto, Canada Area

• Research and development of mens & womens all-over print garments through dye sublimation• Design, pattern drafting and sample development using PAD system software• Curating artwork and collaboration with international artists• Lead digital art layouts and graphic design using Illustrator & Photoshop• Lead pattern drafting and development of childrens clothing line• Development of teen hospital gown in collaboration with Starlight Foundation• Work directly with in-house manufacturing to develop and oversee sampling and production process. • • • • • Training new staff and leadership of junior team members.

Toronto, Canada Area

• Assisted in pattern drafting and product development for variety of designers and brands• Assisted in sampling process for clients and in-house production• Development of technical forms and spec sheets for clients• Assisted in Q.C. and overseeing of production at a variety of factories for clients.

Interior Design Certificate, Interior Design

Diploma In Fashion Design, Specializing In Women'S Wear

Students acquire the pillars of fashion design adapted to women, the largest segment of the prêt-à-porter market. A designer in women's.

Business/Commerce, General