Designer of Ladies, Men’s, Children’s Nightwear, Homeware and Babywear

Designer and illustrator of prints and patterns. Working with clients designing bespoke prints and graphics which can be applied digitally and to printed products. Specialising in menswear prints, digital floral prints and conversational prints. Prints for clothing, soft homeware and kitchen products

o Designing products with specific customer profiles in mind o Liaising across departments to coordinate products and understanding expectations of designing for different product areaso working to tight margin constraints to produce garments with perceived added value. o Work closely with the buying and merchandising team to develop a cohesive range, based on range plans, previous figures and store spaceo Visiting factories in India, China and Singapore to develop new products and source new fabrics and trimso Working to varying lead times with factories in different countries to deliver meeting samples for sign offso managing critical path to ensure products are delivered in to store for key timings in the year.o Attend trade shows, shopping trips to research and develop trims, fabrics, garment trends and report findings to key stakeholderso Competitor analysis to ensure we are relevant in comparison to other retailerso Work closely with the technical team to ensure correct fit of garments, colour fastness, colour continuity and fabric reliability

· Re-designed a small business company website and managed their social media · Designed logos to be ready for print and embroidery· Prepared digital artwork ready for embroidery and vinyl print

· Designed underwear, nightwear, loungewear and all prints and embroideries· Worked to specific brief with multiple customers managing workload across all areas· Work to a critical path to meet deadlines and ensure products are delivered on time· Produced technical cad rawings and prints for factories · Managing colour consistency on lace for each shipment of fabric· Working within cost to develop different print techniques and fabrics· Good working relationship with factories in UK, China and Bangladesh · Developed trends and new designs for customers· Attend customer meetings and developed a good working relationship with the buyers· Packaging, labelling artwork and presentation boards

I Designed ladies nightwear, underwear and packaging for large retailers, had a brief career break; then produced Cad illustrations and marketing material for a workwear Company.Fully Trained in illustrator, photoshop and in design

Designer of ladies nightwear and underwear, including print design, underwear print design, cad illustration of classic nightwear and loungewear, hosiery and packaging design. I worked on Corel Draw and fully prepared all print artwork for far east factories.I designed Men's nightwear, underwear and socks. I also designed packaging and labelling artwork.

Garment cad illustrator, print designer for ladies nightwear

Cad Illustrator for workwear clothing company