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• Directing departments through original commercial design in line with brand direction.• Ranging multiple departments ensuring cohesion.• Driving forward newness ensuring diversity within a competitive market.• Identifying and interpreting key shapes and global market trends.• Liaising with product developers and planning to identify and analyse key sales drivers.• Designing to margin expectations and price structures.• Directing tech packs.• Directing fabric packs.• Presenting ranges to key stake holders.• Maintaining deadlines and critical path to ensure deliveries are maintained.

• Trend forecasting and analysis. • Developing key blocks and driving forward newness through fabrications.• Product ranging in line with buy-plans.• Weekly fit sessions.• Directing the pattern room on key block developments. • Developing international ranges for Southern and Northern Hemisphere.

TOPSHOP UNIQUE CATWALK COLLECTION: • Collaborative designer for TOPSHOP UNIQUE runway collection showcased at London Fashion week 2008 – 2011.• International research trips.• Fabric sourcing trips to PV and Prato.• Briefing pattern room on catwalk development.MAIN LINE:• Interpreting and responding to key trends.• Ensuring quick to market product assisting in maintaining market strong hold.• Designing ranges across top, mid and all store levels.• Liaising with a network of domestic and Far East suppliers.• International buying trips.• Development trips to Hong Kong and India.• Managing design assistants/interns.

Assisting designers with sketches and artworks.Assisting designers in week prior to the catwalk show at the Paris Showroom