Resume

• 2003

  MFA

  4.0 GPA

  Fashion

  Fashion Design and Costume Design

  Savannah College of Art and Design

• 1994

  English

  BA

  3.94 GPA

  Dean's List every quarter

  Summa Cum Laude

  Art

  Omicron Delta Kappa: President & member\nChi Omega: Vice-President

  Secretary & member\nPlaymakers: President & member

  Oglethorpe University

• Styling

  Illustration

  Fashion Illustration

  Fashion

  Sketching

  Textiles

  Art

  Adobe Creative Suite

  Photoshop

  Mood Boards

  Creative Direction

  Fashion Design

  Illustrator

  InDesign

  Concept Development

  Pattern

  Mac

  Sewing

  Draping

  Drawing

  Phillips Collins

  Sarah

  Phillips Collins

  Spanx

  Bento Box Entertainment LLC

  Brrr!

  Savannah College of Art and Design

  Freelance designer for two new potential product lines. Responsible for category research

  line development

  fabric and color selection

  presentation boards and flats and spec packs and first samples.

  Freelance Designer

  Greater Atlanta Area

  Spanx

  Responsible for the direction and growth of the department in an innovative and results-oriented\nmanner. Oversees 5 full-time faculty and 3 part-time faculty and 2 staff members as well as 300 students. Duties include faculty evaluations

  course scheduling

  curriculum development and\nrepresentation of the department at industry events and in the media.

  Savannah College of Art and Design

  Brrr!

  Atlanta

  GA

  Designed and developed new fashion apparel products for Fall and Spring lines. Designed two lines at two price points to meet vendor needs. Prepared tech packs for products. Worked with manufacturer in Taiwan and assisted with fittings. Assisted with repeat pattern development. Also created e-mail blasts and print invitations for trunk shows.

  Fashion Designer

  Teach courses covering the following topics: \nHistory of Fashion

  computer aided fashion design (Adobe Illustrator

  InDesign

  Photoshop

  Premiere Pro)

  concept and collection development

  draping

  pattern drafting

  construction

  sketching

  visual merchandising

  brand and logo development

  and fashion promotion.

  Savannah College of Art and Design

  Program Coordinator-Fashion

  Savannah College of Art and Design

  Savannah College of Art and Design

  Atlanta

  GA

  Responsible for the direction and growth of the department in an innovative and results-oriented\nmanner. Oversees 5 full-time faculty and 150 students. Duties include faculty evaluations

  course scheduling

  curriculum development and representation of the department at industry events and in the media.

  Associate Chair of Fashion

  Fayetteville

  Georgia

  Temporary

  part-time soft goods fabricator for an upcoming BBC children’s TV Show. Assisted soft goods department with sewing and construction related to puppets used in the show.

  Soft Goods Fabricator (costume)

  Bento Box Entertainment LLC

  Fashion Group International