Dessislava Ivanova Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

Leicester, England, United Kingdom

Yeovil, England, United Kingdom

• Responsible for creating new product designs across all categories including – Home & Garden, Kitchen & Tableware, Pets, and Children.• Developing designs for seasonal gifting occasions such as Christmas, Mother’s Day, and Father’s Day, and all year-round occasions such as birthdays and weddings. • Working on variety of projects that include internally set or created briefs as well as external briefs from major retailers such as Next, Joules, Not On The High Street, and Gifts Less Ordinary. • Managing the design of all products from initial concept, through developing and manufacturing, to launch. • Liaising with team members throughout the product journey to ensure all designs are viable for production, meet design and cost requirements, and are launched on time.• Working simultaneously on multiple projects in a fast-paced retail business with quick turnover of products.• Liaising with suppliers and manufacturers both local in the UK overseas.• Constantly researching and keeping up to date with seasonal trends to ensure that all new designs are exciting and relevant to the consumer.• Presenting design concepts to external buyers and senior members of staff.• Training the studio team on the production of new products and supporting them when needed.• In charge of organising and executing photoshoots, working closely with a photographer, and highly involved in image editing.

Siegen Area, Germany

• As an Industrial Designer I was involved in multiple new projects from the exploratory concept stages, and ongoing projects being involved in consumer understanding and market research, creative ideation, development, prototyping, visualisation, and testing.• Worked both in a team and individually, and participated in many workshops working alongside people from different professional and cultural backgrounds. • Was also responsible for the creation and adaptation of new graphic designs for variety of packaging formats using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.

United Kingdom And Bulgaria

• Commissioned to promote several businesses including Wakeboard Park Gradina and international events like the Six Nations Rugby Championship.• As a volunteer, provided photography services to a charity magazine, the National Windsurf Competition in Bulgaria and many events for different surf schools.

Bulgaria

• Taught people of various ages and nationalities.• Coordinated with other instructors to ensure even teaching time among students.

Ma Design: Products And Furniture, Industrial And Product Design, Distinction

• Took projects from initial problem, through formulating a brief, to ready for production products. • Worked on the business side.

Ba Product Design, Industrial And Product Design, 1St Class

Activities and Societies: Course Representetive, Surf Society, Snowsports Society• Designed a wide range of products both individually.

A Levels, In Design And Technology, Art And Design, Photography, Mathematics And Welsh Baccalaureate

• Presented with Innovation Award for AS Design and Technology project from The South Wales Institute of Engineers