Rebecca Garner Email & Phone Number

London, London, GB

London, London, GB

• Setting the strategic direction for circularity at ASOS, developing the internal and external facing strategy, KPI's and roadmap to meet commitment by 2023.
• Overseeing the sustainability data including developing a new fibre data methodology and reporting of Scope 3 carbon footprint.
• Continuous horizon scanning across emerging sustainability legislation to monitor risk and develop compliance processes.
• Engaging with other leading fashion brands to establish the Circular Design Consortium, accelerating impact and foster consistency across the industry to align our approaches across circular design terminology and.

London, London, GB

• Horizon scanning sustainability legislation including Green Claims Code, French Product Traceability and the regulations and directives within the Circular European Action Plan.
• Working closely with legal, corporate affairs, and commercial operations to monitor risk against emerging legislation and develop compliance processes.
• Representing the sustainability team in Fashion With Integrity (FWI) steering committee with senior leadership, measuring performance against sustainability initiatives and goals.
• Manage reporting requirements associated with our circularity memberships such as Textiles 2030, EMF, and collaborating on wider ESG report such as Annual Report, UNCG, TCFD, Fashion Transparency Index.
• Developed a second circular range, all product teams included across 50 products, June 2022.
• Introduced ASOS' first circular denim collection which meets the Ellen MacArthur ‘Jeans redesign’ requirements.

London, London, GB

• Providing high level project reports through weekly health status reports, risk management reports and critical path management.
• Managing memberships with our circular fashion partners, The Ellen MacArthur Foundation, Textiles 2030 and Global Fashion Agenda.
• Managing the partnership with the Centre of Sustainable Fashion to design, to develop & roll out bespoke training across the product development teams as digital workshops accompanied with strategy toolkits.
• Developed and tested our 9 circular design strategies through a circular collection, Sept 2020. Managing a cross functional team of product developers from backgrounds in design, buying, garment tech and pattern.
• Building strategic relationships with suppliers to embed our circular fashion strategies, identifying barriers, minimising waste and creating solutions within our supply chain.
• Collaborating with marketing technology leads to build a customer facing website connected through product QR code and circular design attributes, ensuring a personalised digital circular customer experience.

London, London, GB

Design lead developing and delivering the inclusive strategy for Kidswear launching the ‘Adapted For Easy Dressing Collection’, an inclusive range using innovative garment solutions to make dressing easier, quicker and more comfortable for children with sensory and physical disabilities. Working with our customers, suppliers and a paediatrician to develop.

London, London, GB

• As an Assistant Designer in the childrenswear fashion team I designed and managed the product development of my own independent ranges.
• Combining knowledge of the customer, market, emerging trends, key shapes and fabric innovation to identify and deliver direction for my independent ranges.
• To build and deliver an effective strategy to market share growth and take ownership over ranges through to product design, sample and product development.
• Designing a product range to achieve the department pricing architecture, margin and retail prices whilst also balancing core product and newness. Identifying considered risks with key shapes and colours to maintain a.
• Writing clear and detailed technical specifications to achieve the desired make up and fit.
• Working with the buying and technology teams to manage the product development process whilst applying supplier and cost awareness to deliver quality products with customer value.

London, London, GB

As an Assistant Designer across all licensed childrenswear, I designed the apparel ranges for daywear, nightwear, underwear, essentials and babywear. I managed the Direct To Retail licensed accounts for key partners such as Warner Brothers, Disney, Marvel and Star Wars. Producing creative direction for each season, setting our trend focus and translating.

Bristol, England, GB

• Project managing this pioneering scheme for M&S in collaboration with Unilever and Google, I led and mentored colleagues through a process of design, development and rapid prototyping to address the SDG of Inequality.
• Developed an employee programme to increase engagement with our sustainability commitments challenging issues of inequality, titled ‘Collectively’.
• Networking across the business and managing key stakeholders and partners to ensure that the program was an authentic platform for our colleagues to be heard by the business and to create change.
• Delivered the programme against a tight critical path and budget.
• Drove employee engagement across the business, using both traditional and disruptive methods of communications to build a community passionate about sustainable business.
• Lead, empowered and managed the M&S cohort during the Collectively programme to move from inspiration through to action.

Nottingham, GB

Product Design BA sandwich course – First Class Honours with Placement Diploma - Distinction Dissertation – ‘Product Honesty: The importance of transparency within supply chain, have we reached a turning point?’ – First Class.

Burbank, CA, US

• Managing the product partnerships for home & accessories across UK licensees ensuring they were up to date with the latest trends, film releases, customer data and forecasts.
• Managing the product approval process from design, pre-production and production samples to provide quality assurance, ensuring the products meet the requirements & upheld brand integrity.

Gaydon, Warwick, GB

Automotive interior design Internship at Aston Martin with the colour and trim team. During my time with the team I predominately worked on the centenary project celebrating their 100 years anniversary. Conducted research and wrote a statistics report and research report for the company.

Product Design Ba Hons, Industrial And Product Design

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