Lucy Cauwood
Didsbury, Manchester
Mobile 07966 352238 Email: lucycauwood@sky.com‘I am a highly motivated person who can work well individually, and as part of a team. I have always been passionate about design and my aim is to further my career to a high level, working for a successful company.’
Skills:
Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign, Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash. PC and Mac.
Recent projects
I designed a business card, leaflet and poster for 'Ann Pigott, Reiki Master'. I also designed and built the website. I have also designed and built my own web site. I am continually learning and developing my skills as a web designer and my knowledge of the Adobe creative suite.
Recent Employment
Pinstripe Ltd – Ladies wear designer
February – May 2010
I designed across a variety of product areas including Outerwear, Knitwear and Jersey wear for the stock range and the web site ‘boohoo.com’. The role involved trend and colour research using ‘WGSN’, the Internet and comparative shopping trips. I created design sheets to send to suppliers using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop and created my own specs. I visited Shanghai to meet with suppliers and put my designs into work and research available fabrics. I also designed new labels for our range.
Previous Employment
Whispering Smith (Rajan Imports)- Outerwear designer
November 2007 – October 2009
I designed Outerwear for our Ladies and Girls stock range and a variety of customers including, Republic, D2, Ethel Austin, Matalan, New look, Henley’s, Heatons, and Piazza Italia. I also designed a range of woven shorts and casual trousers. For Piazza Italia, I designed a range of woven shorts, skirts, dresses, playsuit's and denim for girls. When required I can create size specs for my designs. As well as designing garments I designed labels, prints, checks and embroideries. I attended customer meetings and liaised daily with factories and I have been on trips to Naples and Hong Kong.
The Juice Corporation – Ladies wear designer
July 2007 – November 2007
I worked on accounts for Dorothy Perkins, Ethel Austin, Jane Norman, TK maxx and Bank. I also worked under the brand name Katharine Hamnett. The range varied from casual hooded tops and T-shirts to dresses, jackets and also denim. I spent my time developing presentation boards for customers and getting packs ready to send out to the factories.
Danielle International – Designer
October 2006 – May 2007
I predominately worked on the knitwear and leisure wear range for Bonmarche’. I also worked on leisure wear, outerwear and children’s wear for the Heatons and Happits accounts. The role was very diverse and I worked on all areas when needed. After being made redundant I still continued to do some free lance work on the Children’s wear range for Heatons. I designed for girls and boys aged from babies to teens. The range included embroidered, appliqué and printed designs. I used the trend books Cutie pie and Mini pie to help with ideas and research.
J.R.Hosiery – Head Designer
November 2003 – October 2006
I worked as Head Designer for an Importer/ Distributor of Ladies and Men’s wear. My role was to design Ladies knitwear, Outer wear and T-shirts for the 30 plus market and a range of knitwear for Men. The Ladies wear range mainly comprised of embellished and embroidered designs. My duties also included creating colour palettes, colour keys and size specifications. My research included comparative shopping trips locally and to Paris. In Paris, I also attended Premiere Vision to gain ideas and colour predictions for the coming seasons. I would liaise daily with suppliers in the Far East and worked closely with the quality control team.
Stylewise Ltd - Design Room Assistant
April 2002 - November 2003
My role involved looking after orders for our range and our customers, which included Bewise, Matalan, Peacocks and Pilot. My duties included checking samples and lab dips, raising orders and making sure the specifications were correct. It was my responsibility to ensure deadlines were met by liaising with our customers, and suppliers in the Far East and Turkey. I worked closely with the designers in our team and kept up to date with trends by using resources such as WGSN.
Education
University of Central England
(1998-2001)BA Hon's – Fashion DesignKing Edward VI College
(1996-1998)‘A’ Level – Art & Design, Art History, English LiteratureRidgewood High School
(1991-1996)9 GCSE’s grades A-C