Margot Bayles
Potts Point,NSW
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Offshore Product Developer
Carla Zampatti
05.2024 - Current
- Arrange seasonal lab dips and work with designers to confirm fabric samples and colours
- Create detailed tech packs with construction information, BOM and specifications for each garment.
- Using Adobe illustrator, create detailed technical drawings
- Measure all patterns to ensure they conform to size specifications before sending to offshore suppliers
- Flag any variance in sizes prior to fit meetings and ensure factory is informed where appropriate
- Plan and organise offshore style fit meetings with designers and patternmakers
- Record all offshore style fit comments and relay to the factories, ensuring amendments are accurately reflected in future samples or production
- Work with patternmakers to support the factories to solve specific make or construction queries
- Request, monitor and chase all offshore samples
- Request, inspect and assess pre-production, top of production and shipment samples. Flag any issues that could impact delivery with the Production Manager
- Report on quality, faults and production each season detailing each factory performance against target
Design Assistant
Carla Zampatti
05.2023 - Current
- Responsible for setting up season style trackers, collaborating with patternmakers to gather information. Update with any changes during design development to ensure they are tracked and recorded.
- Set up BOM for all styles in the range, communicate with Production team with any changes.
- Allocate style numbers for the range and develop the range sheet for the season, turning all the Designers hand sketches into CADs.
- Attend fittings with the Designer and Patternmakers, taking notes to track any alterations or changes is design
- Collaborate with Designer/Patternmakers on fittings after each session to have clear process of fit note deliveries
- Track the process of grading for each style and handover variants to Production as they are signed off by Patternmakers to meet cutting timelines.
- Oversee the production of samples, making sure cut work is distributed ahead of time to sample cutters/machinists and patternmakers have updated range sheet/fit notes for the season
- Support with sample cutting if necessary
- Responsible for the oversight of all sampling inventories/handovers to Production and PR each season
- Liaising and supporting with communication with local makers
- Schedule maintenance for equipment such as sewing machines, iron and scissor sharpening
- Assisted in training new cutters, ensuring they were well-versed in company procedures and best practices
- Digitize patterns done by hand.
- Grade simple patterns using Gerber.
Design Room Assistant
Bianca Spender
12.2022 - 05.2023
- Responsible for cutting and sewing toiles/samples for fittings and first stage prototypes.
- Knowledgeable about the fabric range for the core and seasonal collections, including the fusing, vilene and finishings.
- Worked on repairs for garments that have been sent back due to rips/stains.
- Assisted in sending out external cut work, as well as receiving and checking cut work once it has been completed.
- Responsible for cutting and carrying out fabric swatch testing and seam testing.
Intern
Romance Was Born
02.2022 - 05.2022
- Laid, marked and cut patterns for custom made garments/samples.
- Hand-sewed embellishments and beading.
- Packed deliveries, using Shopify to fulfill orders and scheduled pick up times with AusPost.
- Corresponded with customers through customer care email.
- Assisted in Sydney fashion week with set design, dressing models and last minute alterations.
- Measured prototypes for production specification sheets.
- Assisted in organization of archived collections and garments.
Education
Diploma - Applied Fashion Design And Merchandising
TAFE
Ultimo12.2022
Certificate III - Applied Fashion And Technology
TAFE
Ultimo NSW11.2021
Bachelor of Arts - Sociology And Music History
New York University
New York05.2018
Skills
- Machine/hand sewing
- Microsoft 365 and Adobe Creative Cloud programs, including Word, Excel, Photoshop, Illustrator and Indesign
- Excellent interpersonal communication
- Highly organized
Timeline
Offshore Product Developer
Carla Zampatti
05.2024 - Current
Design Assistant
Carla Zampatti
05.2023 - Current
Design Room Assistant
Bianca Spender
12.2022 - 05.2023
Intern
Romance Was Born
02.2022 - 05.2022
Diploma - Applied Fashion Design And Merchandising
TAFE
Certificate III - Applied Fashion And Technology
TAFE
Bachelor of Arts - Sociology And Music History
New York University
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