Dominique Nicole Fennell

Ladieswear supplier to the high street including brands such as J D Williams, Yours Clothing, Dorothy Perkins, Roman Originals, Peacocks and Evans. Producer of "Classic" own brand concession range stocked in stores such as TJ Hughes, Boundary Mills and Arnott's Ireland. - Designing trend-driven ranges and products whilst taking into account target customers, price and commerciability. - Designing shapes, prints, embellishment details and branding. - Building ranges for concessions with visual and retail merchandising in mind. - Creating visual merchandising guides for concessions stores. - Communicating with factories in Vietnam and China to arrange samples and negotiate prices. - Sourcing fabrics and trims with suppliers in the Far East always aiming to find the best possible price and quality. - Managing customer accounts including design and product development, price negotiations, daily email communication and face to face meetings. - Liaising with other departments, such as Technical and Merchandising, as well as factories in the Far East to ensure all details are followed through from development to production. - Use of Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop & Microsoft Office on a daily basis.

Fancy dress company supplying high street retailers with both own brand range and bespoke ranges. My role involved working on the bespoke ranges for customers including George, Walmart, ASDA, Tesco, Sainsbury's and Universal Studios. - Researching and identifying key seasonal trends, new characters and new product opportunities to support growth and expansion of the business. - Designing ranges for a variety of different seasons including Halloween, Christmas and World Book Day. - Designing with innovation and flair whilst taking into account retailer's target customers, target prices and keeping things commercial. - Designing a range of products including costumes from toddler to adult, accessories, tableware and props. - Managing customer accounts & face-to-face customer meetings, ensuring all design requirements regarding development of products are clearly understood and developed accordingly. - Working within in a rapid paced and energetic environment, whilst thinking outside the box and meeting deadlines. - Excellent knowledge of garment construction and manufacturing process, giving me the ability to produce accurate and detailed CAD designs, spec working drawings and artworks. - Liaising with Far East suppliers and factories on a day to day basis to ensure ranges/styles are executed correctly. - Working closely internally with other departments such as Sales and Technical to ensure the product is fit for purpose, safe and the right price from the start of the development process. - Overseas travel to the Far East to oversee sampling, USA for research and customer meetings. - Use of Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop & Microsoft Office on a daily basis.

Customer service, personal shopping, styling, alterations, stock movement, stock visual merchandising.

Printed fabric supplier to the high street. Customers include Wallis, Dorothy Perkins, Debenhams, M & Co. and BHS. - Supporting the sales team, two production co-ordinators and our in-house design studio. - Liaising with mills in Turkey and the Far East. - Arranging strike-offs, samples and lab dips based on customer requirements, CADS, pantones etc. - QCing prints and bulk samples, relaying comments back to the mills. - Raising POs and SOs on Sage Accounts. - Archiving, organisation, general office admin support.

Summer camp for kids aged 7-15, 2-6 week sessions. - Teaching fashion and textiles classes focusing on hand and machine sewing and crochet skills. - Lesson planning for 6 weeks worth of 1-hour activity slots, bearing in mind that some kids might re-take the classes to learn further. - Being responsible for a group of 13-14 year old girls outside of activity time, taking them on trips and getting them involved with events.

Luxury womenswear brand. - Organising and collecting materials trims, components and specification sheets for production packs to be to factories in the UK, France, Italy and China. - Assisting on production fittings, taking detailed notes to be relayed to factories.

Luxury womenswear brand specialising in prints, embroidery and embellishment. - Producing hand and domestic machine knit samples for showpieces and production based on imagery provided by the design team. - Fabric and trim research. - Assisting on fittings for show and production pieces. Changing models quickly, caring for and organising the garments. - Knitwear intarsia and print placement design on Photoshop and Illustrator. - Creating spec. sheets for amendments to embroidery placements, relaying changes and comments to factories in the UK and the Far East. - Working backstage at LFW, dressing and changing models, ensuring garments were fitted properly and looking their best.

Cassandra is a recent graduate of Central Saint Martins specialising in knitwear. - Highly involved in the setting up, organisation and running of the studio. - Amending show patterns for commercial production. - In-depth yarn and fabric research to find the best materials at the most economical prices. - Contacted potential interns, factories and suppliers over the phone and via email. - Took part in face-to-face meetings with PR and factories. - Day-to-day running of social media. - General business admin and support.

Luxury menswear brand, fully made in Britain. - In-depth fabric, yarn and component research, matching to production samples and brand identity. - Liaising with factories and suppliers to chase samples, bulk orders and check progress through visits. - Updating the product and pricing database per season and in l.ine with sales and demand. - Organising and maintaining product placement on the shop floor. - Scouting locations and creating mood/inspiration boards for photoshoots.