EDUCATION

​

Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY, New York, USA

• MA, Art Market, 2016

• BFA, Textile Surface Design, 2012

• AAS, Fashion Design, 2010

​

École Nationale Supérieure de Création Industrielle, Atelier National

d’ Art Textile, ANAT, Paris, France, Spring 2011

​

DESIGN EXPERIENCE

​

• Product Development Manager SAFECO France, June 2021 – Present, Aix en Provence, France

• Freelance Textile Designer FWSS, Fall/Winter 2020 collection, Oslo, Norway

• Textile Designer SAFECO France, June 2019 – November 2021, Aix en Provence, France

• Design Manager and Artist Liaison BravinLee Editions by BravinLee Programs, May 2016 - June 2019, New York

• Textile Designer Echo Design, Ralph Lauren and Echo Custom scarves and accessories- January 2017 – January 2019, New York

• Freelance Textile Designer Royale Linens, June 2015 - December 2017, New York

• Freelance Textile Designer Sunham Home Fashions, June 2016 - December 2016, New York

• Freelance Textile Designer Arlee Home Fashions, April 2016 - October 2016, New York

• Design Manager Indigo Home, August 2016 - January 2017, New York

• Design Manager Tufenkian Carpets, August 2015 – August 2016, New York

• Textile Design CAD Specialist NedGraphics Inc., January 2013 – July 2015, New York

• Design Manager Sacco Carpet, June 2012 – January 2013, New York

• Trend Researcher - Print Designer Ready Made Graeff + Schmelzer GmbH, June 2010 - August 2010, Hamburg, Germany

• Textile Design Assistant Ana Livni, September 2003 - November 2004, Montevideo, Uruguay

​

FASHION RETAIL EXPERIENCE

​

• Sales Associate Jil Sander, May 2008 - September 2008, New York

• Sales Associate Etro, September 2006 - May 2008, New York

• Sales Associate Issey Miyake, March 2006 - September 2006, New York

​

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

​

• Computer Aided Design - NedGraphics Fashion Studio and Easy Weave, Fashion Institute of Technology, 

SUNY Spring 2018 - New York

​

OTHER EXPERIENCE

​

• Executive Assistant Special Representative of the World Bank to the United Nations, September 2008 - June 2010, New York

​

AWARDS

​​

• 2012 Home Fashion Products Association

• 2011 Warp & Weft Rug Design Competition

• 2011 Fondation Carla Bruni-Sarkozy Scholarship

​

SKILLS & EXPERTISE

​

• Drawing and hand-painting 

• Concept development and art direction

• Good understanding of emerging and current trends in both fashion and interior design markets

• Ability to adapt vintage designs to fit current trends

• Ability to easily interpret inspiration to create new designs that relate back to a brand identity

• Good color sense and ability to create striking colorway options for any design

• Expert in color indexing and cleaning tonal and flat artwork in preparation for engraving screens

• Jacquard design development

• Experience developing placement prints in ready to wear

• Experience working fast and effectively in the development of product for a fashion show and catalogue photo shoot

• Attention to detail

• Fast critical thinking to solve design problems

• Excellent organisation and communication skills

• Ability to liaise and communicate successfully between design teams and factories for the production of textile designs,

garments and home goods

• Experience creating specs for product development

• Excellent networking skills

• Ability to lead and teach, as well as working in a team

• Proficient in several spoken and written languages

​

COMPUTER SKILLS

​

• Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro)

• Pointcarre Jacquard Weaving

• NedGraphics Fashion Studio, Printing Pro, Easy Weave, Dobby Pro, Easy Knit, Easy Map and Storyboard

• Microsoft Office

​

LANGUAGES

​

Fluent in English - Spanish - French – Italian 

Basic Norwegian - Portuguese

​

INTERESTS

​​

• Member of Independent Curators International

• Member of the American Alliance of Museums

• Member of the Hajji Baba Rug Society of New York

• Member of The Film-Makers' Cooperative, New York

​