BFA in Fashion Design -- The Illinois Institute of Art -- Chicago
Open to connecting with designers and companies.
Skills:
-Advanced pattern-making
-Technical design flat sketches in Illustrator and Photoshop
-Sewing/construction
-Pattern grading (both physical and digital)
-Self-taught how to import physical sewing pattern and grade in Illustrator to create own PDF sewing pattern
-Pattern instruction writing
-Experience with Gerber software
-Working knowledge of U4ia, Web PDM, AccuMark
-Surface design techniques such as basic screen printing and creating pattern repeats in Photoshop
-Heavy customer-service and management related professional background