Michelle Chen Email & Phone Number

Toronto, ON, CA

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Designer and creator of Avery Swimwear - a sustainable women's swimwear line focused on being eco-friendly, size-inclusive and ethically produced

Toronto, Canada Area

• Creates and edits compelling style content for 3000+ Instagram followers on a regular basis
• Writes blog posts on topics related to fashion, beauty, travel and women’s lifestyle
• Styles and directs shoots to maintain a steady flow of up-to-date fashion content

Toronto, ON

• Communicated with the head designer on a daily basis to produce a womenswear capsule collection
• Assisted creative director with daily tasks such as pattern drafting, cutting and sewing
• Produced multiple samples to perfect style and fit before sending out to manufacturers

Toronto, ON

• Provided customers with amazing customer service and styled outfits according to their needs
• Styled customers in accordance to the occasion and their specific needs
• Maintained good communication amongst all sales associates to build teamwork skills
• Built good customer relationships to develop customer loyalty over a prolonged period of time
• Responsible for achieving daily goals and utilizing promotional strategies

Toronto, ON

• Aided in the design process and communicate new ideas to head designer
• Cut and sewed garments under the direction of the designer using industrial machinery
• Stayed on top of deadlines to ensure all customers receive their orders on time

Toronto, ON

• Designed a full collection for the upcoming season under direction of head creative director
• Produced technical drawings using Adobe Illustrator and manipulating textile prints in Photoshop
• Made specification sheets for all proposed garments to ensure good communication with manufacturing companies overseas
• Maintained good communication with product development team to maintain a clear direction of designs

New York, NY

• Researched and made technical sketches of key pieces for S/S 2013 fashion line
• Created graphics on Adobe Illustrator for fashion catalogues under the direction of head fashion designer and creative director
• Used Adobe Photoshop to create compelling trend and style guides for client web pages
• Styled photoshoots with appropriate accessories on location
• Touched-up images to be put into print and onto the client website using Adobe software

Toronto, ON

• Communicated with designer to carry out the production of S/S 2012 skirts
• Completed technical sketches on Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop for window display
• Created and grade patterns to be test fitted to mannequin for ensured quality
• Sewed final garments to be displayed in store window and sold in retail store

Toronto, ON

• Multitasked throughout shifts to serve customer needs while maintaining store conditions
• Responsible for achieving daily sales goals and actively utilizing promotional strategies
• Provided customers with product knowledge to purchase with ease and confidence
• Cashed out and packaged customer purchases in a timely fashion

New York, NY

• Created paper patterns and pattern blocks under the instruction of pattern makers
• Carried out various tasks such as filing, photocopying and delivering pattern blocks to be put into production
• Assisted in weekly fittings including preparing spec sheets for fit notes
• Actively aided buyers in the Spring 2012 showroom

Toronto, ON

• Developed technical drawings under the direction of product development manager
• Aided in the design process and communicating new ideas to design manager
• Created fabric swatches for patterned garments on Adobe Illustrator
• Maintained good communication with design team to execute the new 2012 collection

Advanced Diploma With High Honours, Fashion/Apparel Design

Graphic Communications Management