Kate Aikins Email & Phone Number

Preston, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Brunswick East, Victoria, Australia

● Coordinating wine-making members, ticket sales, online wine orders and wholesale.● Managing the calendar that runs: the bar, events, wholesale and wine production.● Managing main inbox - answering/directing enquiries as needed.● First response to any event enquiries - customising responses, creating bookings.● Developing the Training and Procedure Manuals in the bar for the team.● Client meetings (private events): site-visits, planning, invoicing and execution.● Reconciling bank transactions, following up over-due accounts, banking cash sales.● Managing bookings, ensuring great communication and experiences for guests.● Competitor research, floorplans and developing Event Sheet templates (weddings).Previously:● 2IC/managing the bar (Thurs - Sun) plus any adhoc events.● Managing payroll, co-ordinating roster (team of 5), ordering stock and perishables.● Developing wholesale customers, product updates and processing stock orders.

Parkville, Victoria, Australia

● During COVID-19: reporting to Clerical Supervisor & Nursing Floor Unit Coordinator.● Registering patients at ED/triage in Epic EMR/iPM (also ambulances/helipad arrivals)● Answering phones and directing calls within the department, greater hospital.● Maintaining a high level of privacy for patients and staff.● Ensuring 100% accuracy of patient registration, insurance, medicare, data entry.● Also clerked COVID-19 screening clinic, short stay & behavioural assessment units.● 4 x COVID-19 vaccinated (updated 2022)

Coburg, Victoria, Australia

● Managing warehouse, inventory, receiving and organising stock from suppliers. ● Ensuring stock levels are accurate on webstore, stocktakes, coordinating sample sales.● Processing online customer orders, organising daily courier pick ups.● Customer liaison and dealing with any enquiries or missing parcels.● Developing and managing customers for wholesale, monthly look books and orders.● Scouting locations and managing photoshoots (on location).● Assisting at e-com photo shoots, run sheets, styling, BOH Social media.● Coordinating samples to be sent to the Iconic for photoshoots, managing Iconic BOH.

Melbourne, Vic.

● Buying and liasing with suppliers overseas in China and Korea.● Data entry, processing orders, ensuring goods are dispatched..● Communication liason between director, graphic designer, warehouse and clients.● Organising freight, documentation and shipping for goods from China/Korea/etc.● Assisting Director with daily tasks and support. ● Analysing L/Dips, colour references, quality references for client based projects.● Stock, sales and ordering liaison with our agents across the nation.● General filing, ordering, stationary and maintaining supplies within the office.● Preparing and dispatching samples of our current range to our Sales Agents and customers alike.

Melbourne Area, Australia

● Plus-size womens wear label targeted at a twenty-something audience.● Marketing, co-ordinating photoshoots and online store/social media.● Designing, pattern-making and sample making.● Showcased at Full Figure Fashion Week (FFFW) in New York, NY in June of 2015● Featured on industry website: Ragtrader.com.au

Melbourne, Vic.

● Conducting research for VM displays/store fit outs & attending styling shoots and meetings.● Graphic design for Visual Merchandising Manuals for each VM campaign.● Styling mannequins and photographing product/displays to Photoshop into in-store VM manuals.● Data entry and creating costing spreadsheets for promotions that rotate fortnightly.● Assisting the VM team and liaising between all departments about product and sales figures.

Northcote, Vic

● Dealing with clients first hand to determine their needs, custom design work.● Graphic Design of company logos and other tasks requested by clients. ● Self-organising workload for the day, prioritising dead-lines and maintaining stock levels.● Being methodical with admin and paperwork, responding to emails in a professional manner.● Competent at using InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Imposition and the Microsoft suite.● Getting files digital print compatible and ready and able to digitally colour match.

Melbourne, Australia

● http://www.ts14plus.com.au/● Acting Manager over Summer 2012● From April 2013, spending one day a fortnight working with the Design Hub of TS14+/Virtu● Motivating and directing a small team towards budget, expectations & common goals● Visual merchandising of store, mannequins – creating a positive and inspiring environment● Personalised Styling Sessions focussing on body shapes and individual needs● 96% Customer Care Appraisal result, consistent positive MYER feedback, 1-on-1 styling sessions.● Receiving stock, processing sales, initiating transfers, maintaining data integrity

Brunswick, Vic

● http://www.harlowstore.com.au/● Assisting Designer: trend research, social media planning, marketing, network events.● Preparing content for webstore (incl. Garment prep, description, photography and images)● Illustrator and photoshop skills – story boards, trade sketches, presentations, for spec etc.● Sourcing fabrics and liaising with local manufacturers, preparing technical packs for samples.● Pick and packing orders – via online store.● QA/measuring and spec sheets for samples and production runs.● Photoshoot prep and assistant – steaming, modelling, styling, accessories, editing and so on.

Bachelor Of Design Studies, Majors In Architecture And Landscape Architecture

Activities and Societies: Architecture Students Association (President), STUFF Art Exhibition (organiser and contributor), Bachelor.

Advanced Diploma Of Fashion Design And Technology, Pattern-Making, Garment Construction, Marketing, Visual Merchandising, Fitting And Draping.

Advanced Diploma of Fashion Design and Technology

Master'S Degree, Architecture

Offshore Studio collaboration with METU, Ankara, Turkey. Completed intense semester overseas. Didn't continue with Masters upon returning.