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Jewelry Designer
Princeton, NJ
Oct 2011 - Present (12 years 9 months)
• Create hand-woven beaded jewelry and hand-sewn crafts to sell
• Construct and manage store page, customer correspondence and business marketing
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Fashion Advisor
Technology Student Association
South Brunswick Township, NJ
Sep 2010 - Present (13 years 11 months)
• Advise students for annual creative competitions in theme synthesis, design, illustration, CAD, flat patterning, draping, construction, fitting, presentation, and portfolio
o 2012 and 2013 – Third place award in Fashion Design at TSA State Conference
o 2011 – First place award in Fashion Design at TSA State Conference
o 2010 – Fourth place award in Fashion Design at TSA National Conference
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Freelance Art and Design Projects
Personal Endeavors
Princeton, NJ
Jan 2010 - Present (14 years 6 months)
• 1st place award in Berwick Offray ribbon and Duck Tape competition for innovative design
• Designed logos and graphics for a promotional products company
• Commissioned to paint art mural on 6’ x 3’ wooden canvas using acrylic and ink
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Fashion and Textiles Teacher
South Brunswick Board of Education
South Brunswick Township, NJ
Mar 2008 - Present (16 years 5 months)
• Designed and implemented new Fashion and Textiles curriculum for Fashion and Textiles I, II and III; Fashion in the 21st Century; Fashion Production Marketing
• Planned instruction for fashion courses, Independent Living, Parenting, and 21st Century Foods
• Prepared and supervised teacher workshops for all NJ districts at The College of New Jersey
• Coordinated guest speaker series for design professionals, and arranged field trips for industry exposure
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Design Intern
Kay Unger New York
Jul 2012 - Aug 2012 (1 month)
• Created Spec sheets using CAD; assembled tech packs
• Contributed to Spring 2014 design meetings and presentations; edited fabric choices and trims
• Sewed prototypes, dyed fabrics for final production, performed lab dips
• Organized and maintained swatch library and style binders
• Assisted Design and Product Development team in all design-related tasks
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Art Exhibition - By The Yard
Part Time Studios
Philadelphia, PA
Nov 2011 - Dec 2011 (1 month)
• Showcased hand-sewn trims and beaded stud earrings at gallery event; participant by invitation only
• Earned highest number of event sales
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Buying Intern/Sample Coordinator
Free People
Philadelphia, PA
Nov 2007 - Mar 2008 (4 months)
• Coordinated buyer meetings, prepared samples for upcoming styles and photo shoots,
• Systematized product information: specs, buying quantity, factory correspondence, style shoots, shipping
• Improved office efficiency by creating a new organizational system that categorically sorted samples
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Design Product Development Intern
Anthroplogie
Philadelphia, PA
May 2005 - Mar 2006 (10 months)
• Assisted Senior Product Development in “Chase Department” for quick turnover production
• Conducted meetings with production department and technical designers for quality control assurance
• Added new styles and data to PDM Gerber Technologies
• Designed productions and samples specs; created technical illustration sketches