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Design and Art Direction at We Are KIN an emerging label with a real focus on form and fabrication. Check out our latest collections on www.wearekin.co Communication and Administration - • Product costings and pricing structures, looking at commercial figures for range planning. • Managing press and garment pull requests. • Leading a team of freelancers and interns. • Social media - managing various brand channels, strategy and content creation. • Day to day running of the business. • Handling customer care support • Creating and maintaining the social media calendar, updating the calendar with relevant events and - information. • Curating engaging content for Stories and Snapchat Design - • Research development and design for seasonal collections. • Print design and development, print engineering, digital & screen printing • Creative pattern cutting and draping . • Sampling of key details and garment construction - knowledge of tailoring, seam finishes, fabric treatments and construction methods, manufacturing and construction techniques. • Excellent sewing skills, able to use industrial flatbed machine, walking foot, and over-locker with professional level skill. • Sourcing of materials and specialist manufacturers. • Proficient use of Adobe Creative Suite CS6 and Microsoft Office. • Garment Manufacturing • Liaising with manufacturers for production of each collection. • Size and fit • Technical packs and range planning. • Grading • Liasing with buyers and stockists. • Product shipments and stock control. Special Projects -Launching the label with a presentation during London Fashion Week at The Apartment. - A project with Wacom - see video

Fashion Lifestyle blogger iamnrc.com freelance social media content producer. a I started my blog over 10 years ago and successfully ran an e-com store for 2 years alongside it before closing it to concentrate on finishing my degree. I have now worked on and continue to work on various projects with fashion, fitness, food and travel brands. -Highlights include running a 10K in Milan with Nike, various projects with La Mer, Samsung, The Outnet, Omorovicza, Next, Karl Lagerfeld, Boden, Swarovski, Larsson Jennings, Cult Furniture and traveling around Switzerland with the Swiss Tourism Board. On day to day and week by week basis I : - Communicate with PR agencies and brands arranging call-ins and returns. -Write and edit weekly stories for my online journal on fashion, art, exhibitions, restaurants, sustainable living and other social media articles. -Write copy and scheduled organic and paid social media and blog posts as well as curate content for Instagram stories and snapchat. -Deliver concise, descriptive copy for weekly newsletters, online and in-store graphics, paid advertisements, as well as supporting key brand projects for other brands. -Attend workshops, panels and presentations with Key figures in the industry. -Cover live events from different perspectives (brand and consumerr) -Curate monthly Spotify playlists for readers. -Cover press events and posting live updates to all social platforms. -Research and developed ideas and concepts for articles with an eye on creativity and commerciality. - Analysing analytics and how best to use ads. -Pitching for projects and reviewing pitches. I have gained invaluable experience in creating engaging and dynamic content for various social media platforms and brand, working to tight publishing deadlines, pitching ideas, working to briefs and networking and liaising with PR's and brands be they fashion, tech or beauty. I am also a team player and enjoying being challenged and thrown into new concepts.

-Social Media. -Hand and Machine stitching. -Pattern manipulation and creation. -Content curation -Fabric sourcing. -Toileing. -Hand embroidery and embellishment. -General studio day to day tasks

Freelance Articles for the The Guardian.

Production Intern duties including but not limited to redrafting patterns, shipping packages, quality control, stock check, archiving, helping with sample sale garment organisation etc.