"Ever since I was a little girl, I have always dreamed about being an artist. I've always wanted to create something beautiful. From when I was old enough to hold a pencil, I have utilized my sketching talents to depict my creative visions down on paper. Through sketching and painting, it has always been a passion of mine to express myself creatively. It has brought me the up most joy to see my work come to life over the years. As I continue on my career path as an artist, I hope that eventually my work can bring joy to others too."
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Education
August 2013- May 2017
Fashion Institute of Technology
- Fashion Design Student- Received AAS Degree in Spring 2015 and a BFA Degree in Spring 2017 with a double minor in Italian and Art History
August 2015- June 2016
Politecnico di Milano
- International Fashion Design Student
Work Experience
September 2020- Current
Steve Madden
Steve Madden
Steve Madden
New York, NY
-Senior Designer for Anne Klein Accessories. Responsible for designing collections every season alongside the Design Director. Our categories consist of hats, toppers, scarves and gifting.
-Manage a Designer and an Assistant Designer to help with the execution of design and development for these brands.
-Manage several private label brands across multiple categories for Kohl’s. I design hats, toppers and scarves for Sonoma and Lauren Conrad along with tights and anklet socks for Vera Wang.
-I research, design and present trend boards at the beginning of every season for Anne Klein and Kohl's. These trends include an overall mood board, print research and building a color palette that reflects both top tier and mid-tier designers.
-I build a collection of garments each season based on our trends, work with our international factories to
arrange prototypes of the styles I design and carry out the process through production until it reaches the stores.
-I oversee this process and coordinate our internal calendar and arrange all samples to be developed by our
meeting dates in order to get the product in front of our customers by market week.
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Graphic Design:
-Responsible for designing packaging for our gift sets. This includes any prints or graphics, the specs of the boxes or carding and the placement of products.
-Create prints every season for multiple trends to be used cross categories on our products.
-Design page layouts for presentations of product or CADs.
May 2020- Current
Frankie Baby
Marlboro, NJ
-Started a baby company whose devotion is to make one-of-a-kind baby clothing. We design custom birthday outfits that fit into any child's birthday party theme. We also custom make christening gowns, Halloween costumes, and all other festive outfits based on our customer's requests.
December 2019- May 2020
Collection XIIX
New York, NY
-Promoted to designer in the outerwear division and took on more leadership responsibilities which included taking on larger private label accounts such as Kohl's.
October 2017- December 2019
Collection XIIX
New York, NY
- Worked as an associate designer in the outerwear division and designed for private label companies such as JCP, Lane Bryant, Catherine's, Express, Saks off Fifth, Bloomingdales, Francesca's, etc.
July 2016- May 2017
Kidpik
New York, NY
- Worked with the design team to assist with sketching and coloring garments, creating tech packs and shipping samples for production
December 2014- January 2015
Guess
Freehold, NJ
- Worked as a holiday sales associate. Responsibilities included assisting customers with purchases, ensuring the store was stocked and neat, assisting manager with opening and closing the store and operating the cash register.
May 2014- August 2014
LJP International
Edison, NJ
- Worked with the design team to assist with taking pictures of the sample shoes, editing the photos on Photoshop for the website, creating ads for the clients and working with buyers during FFANY.
August 2012
Banfi Zambrelli
New York, NY
- Worked with the design team to assist with trend forecasting, hand sketching and fabric rendering for shoes, packing and shipping samples and meet with buyers to discuss their orders.
December 2011- August 2013
Tiffani's Vintage Closet
Matawan, NJ
- Worked as a volunteer to organize store displays and assist customers in making clothes, accessory and jewelry selections.
August 2011
Sally Fischer Public Relations
New York, NY
- Assisted with office administrative responsibilities, writing press releases and taking photos of new products.
May 2010
Footwear News
New York, NY
- Wrote a published article on male High School teenagers and their shoe preferences.
September 2009
Women's Wear Daily
New York, NY
- Wrote a published article on female students at the 2009 FIT Summer Live Program.
Awards and Activities
August 2015- June 2016
President
- FITSA (Fashion Institute of Technology Student Association): responsible for coordinating activities and trips for students studying abroad.
May 2014
Metropolitan Museum of Art Gala
- Chosen as one of the ten second semester FIT students invited by First Lady Michelle Obama to join her on Monday, May 5th for the ribbon cutting of the newly renovated, and newly named, Anna Winter Costume Center at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
March 2010/2011/2012/2013
Family Career Community Leaders of America (FCCLA)
Cherry Hill, NJ
- Participated in several competitions and won gold for all of them
January 2011/2012/2013
Cinderella's Closet
Monmouth County, NJ
- Participated in a prom gown fundraiser competitions and won awards in 2011 and 2013
Volunteer Service
March 2011/2012/2013
Cinderella's Closet/ Monmouth University
West Long Branch, NJ
-Served as a personal shopper and helped students from different schools choose prom wear including dress, jewelry, shoes and makeup
Skills
Word, Power Point, Excel
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Sewing Machine and Machine Knitting
Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign
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Bilingual- English and Italian
Kaledo Weave, Print and Knit
