Julia Burrows Email & Phone Number

Portsmouth, England, Gb

United Kingdom

The TSC supports Textile Teachers in Second Schools through online and Face to Face CPD and F to F work shops, plus mentoring programs.

London, United Kingdom

Teaching an ABC accredited, level1 and 2 pattern cutting certificate course. Over seeing the development of new courses and growth.

London, United Kingdom

Teaching a level 1 and 2 pattern cutting awarded. Classes are for students who wish to go into the clothing industry or those setting up businesses working with personal clients.

London, United Kingdom

Cats in Orbit is an online retail store selling Vintage and Retro, Clothing, Accessory Jewellry and Home Accessory you can find my store at www.etsy.com/uk/shop/CatsInOrbit

London, United Kingdom

Book keeping and finance and clothing businness consutation

London, United Kingdom

6 Month contract with Pom & Granat, a start-up plus size Fashion Label owned by Durbadaire and co. Patten cutter and adviser on all aspect of clothing and design development and a introduction to a knowledge of textiles.

London, United Kingdom

Advising on all aspect of clothing construction, design development and planning and understanding textiles

London, United Kingdom

(With responsibility for ISO 9001 accreditation) Take 3 is a corporate moving image production company, producing films with clients such as BP, EE, and Southern Water. In addition to ensuring the smooth running of the offices, personnel and finance manager's role, (Forecasting budgets and cash flow, finance management and reporting to the director, online banking, processing invoices, petty cash control and allocation)• I chair and participate in the bi-annual business development meetings.• Structuring a marketing concept to assist the business to source new clients and re-establish past clients to generate a higher turnover with an emphasis on the expansion of our social media channels resulting in the hiring of a SMO apprentice. • Designing a job and finance management database in conjunction with a FileMaker developer• Managing the working system to meet ISO 9001 requirements, which at our annual audit this year passed without fault. • I have gained knowledge of video production management and research.

London, United Kingdom

In May 2004, I decided to take time out from full employment to be able to spend more time with my two children. During which time I worked on the following: • Census Coordinator - managing 15 field collectors, their daily work output of information and submission to ensure accuracy of information for the 2011 Census. (7th Feb 2011 to 28th May 2011)• Finance Manager for The Map Consortium (October 2007 to June 2013) Administrator for Sheila Dillon LTD (June 2010 to2013) and Administrator for Adroit Consultants LLP (February 2011 to present) Invoicing, payments, recording monthly transactions, VAT returns, running a small Pay Roll. Income and expenditure. Budges and annual return. • School Governance o (Jan 2002 to present) St Marylebone Bridge School Secondary SEN School. o (Sep 2011 to present) St Marylebone Secondary School. o (Nov 2008 to present) St John’s Primary School, Highbury Vale. o (Jan 2002 to July 2009) As Vice-Chair of the Governors of St Marylebone, I chaired the personnel, curriculum and extra curriculum/extended schools’ committees, taking responsibility for recruiting staff, writing policies in line with the government’ s guidelines and performing other statutory duties of a school governor in the management of a school • Media Analyst for Millward Brown Précis- Media Content Analysis, (From September 2004 to 2007 ad hoc)• Direct selling Jamie Oliver's Jamie at Homes Kitchen range. In my first quarter I was the top seller for our region. (September 2010 to August 2012 )• Jewellery design, for sale at local markets plus organising two craft markets. • Coordinated many community fund-raising activities, including annual fairs, street parties, and children’s organised activities and sat on various community committees.

London, United Kingdom

Oriental Weavers Sep 01 - May 04 transferred with the Rug Division from Delta to Oriental Weavers UK,. I was also responsible for planning and running the design and development for OWUK, a subsidiary of Oriental Weavers Egypt and establishment of new accounts. During this time the product range expanded requiring the sourcing & supply from India & China which needed to meet the ethical production standards required by the UK retailers. Delta Jan 92 to Aug 01 Managing the clothing design process for factories based in Israel and Egypt, liaising with selectors and technologists at Marks and Spencer and overseeing all of the three in-house company divisions and the launching of new products. In 1997, I established a successful new rug division to service a growing demand from Marks and Spencer’s Interior homes division, as sole supplier taking it from zero to £3,000,000.00 at retail. This involved - Managing all aspects, sample ranges, sales, critical path, shipping monitoring, stock control & recruitment through to display & sales staff training regarding the product. Working with teams with in the company to insure the smooth running of the department. - Financial organisation of a department - keeping track of our customers’ sales figures and best sellers, packaging, critical paths,- Excellent customer relationship skills having work directly with high street buyers, merchandising and technology teams. - Balancing the work of multiple clients and meeting their deadlines. - Planning, setting up, coordinating and delivering training days for 200 M&S sales staff on product awareness. - Range planning, theming and creating story boards, presentation and day-to-day design and development discussions. - Delivering in house training on presentation skills. - Planning the sampling required to maximise sample time on the loom. Coordinating the flow of sample and stock from the factory to the warehouse to the store

Bristol, United Kingdom

BD Architects was a small architectural and design practice working principally on commercial interiors. I assisted with the interior design concepts.

Shorehamby Sea

Ladies and Children’s Lingerie and Sleepwear – I headed up the Ladies' Wear and Children’s Wear divisions. Designing ranges and liaising with the selectors of Marks and Spencer, BHS and Knickerbocker. Co-ordinating the design processes and managing the design room staff.• Managing teams of designers and sample machinists and liaising with customers and managing ongoing accounts. • Fashion Design • Design and Development Research, attending the major trade fairs. Creating seasonal colour and fabric selections.• Co-ordinating the design processes from design development, garment pre-production, selecting trims and fabrics and working garments into cost. • Product licensing • Balancing the work of multiple clients and meeting their deadlines

Durban South Africa

Designer In South Africa of Men’s Active Sportswear and Surfwear at Scotford Mills, moving on to Ladies’ and Girls’ Outerwear Designer at Linofra and finally to Head of Design at Rifle Clothing, a major clothing manufacturer who supplied all the major South African retailers, working side-by-side with the Managing Director. I oversaw all design and development, managing a staff of fifteen. Travelling to Europe and USA, visiting the major trade fairs and undertaking market research.

Ba, Clothing Design

Activities and Societies: we had not time for societies, we work long hours in the studio. Design, illustration, life drawing, pattern.

Matriculation, English Language And Literature/Letters, History, Geography, Maths, Biology And Business Studies

Activities and Societies: Drama, Chess, Swimming, Hockey and Netball

Fashion Design, Fashion Design

Fashion Design - which included, creative design, fashion Illustration, textiles, pattern cutting and grading.