Amy Woolmer

Experience

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  Goodone

  Jun 2008 - Jul 2008

  Internship (Assistant)

  Internship at this award winning independent sustainable fashion design company. Key responsibilities: - selection of second hand clothes from textile recycling banks, cutting out and marking up pattern pieces, grading patterns, delivering stock, creating sustainable clothing from recycled textiles and assisting with the launch of a charity collection.

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  Elisabeth Hamlyn

  Jun 2009 - Sept 2009

  Internship (Assistant)

  Assisting a freelance knitwear designer based at the Cockpit Art Centre, London, which specifically supports designer-makers. Key responsibilities: - garment and scarf design development through experimentation with different knitted stitches and yarns and garment construction.

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  Zinc Design Ltd

  Jul 2010 - Aug 2016

  Knitwear designer at a “swatching” company specialising in knit and print. Exhibiting at leading trade shows such as Première Vision New York & Paris and selling directly to companies worldwide.Customers include BCBG Maxazria, Ralph Lauren, Marks and Spencer, Debenhams, Minnie Rose, Victoria's Secret and Chacok.Key Responsibilities: - Designing & producing on-trend womenswear swatches, considering our target customer. - Inducting, training & mentoring new interns on university placements; teaching them how to use a variety of industrial and domestic knitwear machines, demonstrating new knit stitches and techniques and setting project direction.- Identifying and interpreting catwalk trends for the high street and researching forecasts on trend websites, in magazines, at trade shows and in retail stores.- Adapting successful product outcomes in innovative new ways so the collection continues to look fresh and up to the minute. - Communicating and negotiating with fashion buyers at trade shows. Show less Zinc Design Ltd. is a London based swatching company specialising in knit, print & embroidery. The company has developed a team of talented designers, has clients worldwide and a global reputation. Key responsibilities: - women’s knitwear design and manufacture (creating swatches) and exhibiting at leading trade shows such as Indigo (Première Vision) New York & Paris. I am also responsible for identifying and interpreting catwalk trends for the high street and researching forecasts on trend websites, in magazines, at trade shows and in retail stores. Show less

  • Knitwear Designer

    Apr 2014 - Aug 2016

  • Freelance Knitwear Designer

    Jan 2011 - Apr 2014

  • Internship (Women's Knitwear Design)

    Jul 2010 - Dec 2010
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  St. Matthew's Primary School

  Sept 2016 - Jul 2017

  Year 3 Teaching Assistant

  Supporting children with their learning. Collaborating with other staff ensure pupils enjoy learning in a safe and caring setting.

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  London South Bank University

  Sept 2017 - now

  Student Teacher
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  Hillbrook Primary School

  Sept 2018 - now

  Primary Teacher

  Currently working in Early Years at Hillbrook Primary School. Experience across Early Years, Key Stage 1 and Key Stage 2.