Bethany Leanne Picton

Experience

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  Fanny and Jessy

  Sept 2010 - Dec 2010

  Pattern Cutting Assistant (Intern)

  - Pattern Cutting- Travelling to a wide range of fabric wholesalers to purchase fabric on behalf of the designers

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  ASOS.com

  Jun 2013 - Dec 2013

  Design Assistant

  - Producing Technical Packs/ Hand Illustrated Designs- Producing artworks including embroidery designs, laser cut layouts and commercial print designs- Conducting and collating trend research on behalf of various Senior Designers- Presenting my own trend research within Brainstorm meetings- Creating 'Presentation Packs' for use of the Design Management team- Photographing and logging all 'bought samples' and 'borrowed samples' into the internal system- Travelling to London fabric wholesalers to purchase fabric swatches for new season colour palettes Show less

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  Victoria Beckham RTW

  Jan 2014 - Feb 2014

  Production Assistant

  - Visiting factories to assess the quality of garments before they shipped to retailers- Logging all 'production based' invoice costs (via Excel)- Chasing samples from suppliers

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  Sold within ty hafan's Cardiff Emporium Store

  Jul 2015 - Jul 2016

  Freelance Fashion Designer

  I approached tŷ hafan (a children's hospice charity) with the concept of selling a my label within their Emporium stores. My label is a fusion of welsh manufacture and vintage replica style designs. The collection was launched in store on July 15th 2016.

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  Collectif Clothing

  May 2016 - Feb 2017

  Wholesale Admin Assistant

  - Client base of 400 international wholesale customers- Frequently dealing with customer queries and orders via email/telephone- Excellent telephone manner and ability to form longstanding positive relationships with wholesale customers- Strong ability to quickly problem solve - Marketed and took large orders of new season designs at London Edge Trade Show 2016 and Pure 2017- Processing orders- Producing invoices- Organising parcel shipments- Assisting with deliveries Show less

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  Pin-Up Parade

  Mar 2017 - now

  Designer

  1940s and 1950s Vintage and Retro Clothing Line- Vintage inspired womenswear design- Pattern cutting and sample manufacture- Seamstress- Available via Etsy store

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  Voodoo Vixen

  Aug 2017 - now

  Freelance Fashion Designer

  - Trend research and mood board creation for upcoming AW/18 and SS/19 seasons.- Producing multi-product designs including day and evening dresses, suits, woven and stretch separates, jumpsuits and knitwear.- Producing technical packs for use of overseas factories.- Creating CAD artworks for embroidery designs.

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  Barnardo's

  Feb 2018 - now

  Store Manager

  I am passionate about Barnardo's values and in February 2018 I joined the organisation as a Charity Store Manager.- The store is located near Cardiff Metropolitan University's Hall of Residence and thus I have successfully endeavoured to reach out to the young student population by re-merchandising the store to have a vibrant, youthful welcoming feel. - I champion young and/or vunerable people joining the team especially those who have a connection with the charity and recently I received a special thank you from Barnardo's Retail Director as a career of one of my young volunteers had been so pleased with the experiences the young women in her care had gained within the store that she had penned a letter of thanks to Barnardo's Head Office.- Actively recruited volunteers via indeed.com, contacting local radio stations, visiting student unions, visiting local churches, working with probation officers, creating posters and asking local businesses to place on notice boards as well as running 'volunteer recruitment events' in store.- Increased volunteer weekly hours per week from 15 to 120 in 6 months- Increased volunteer numbers from 3 to 15 active volunteers in 8 months- Paramount to my success in increasing volunteer hours is that I make a particular effort to get to know each and every one of my volunteers individually.- I have been successful in working with volunteers on community service for instance I have one long standing volunteer who originally started with me on a 100 hours of community service basis. However since commencing her 100 hours she has continued to volunteer every Saturday in store as she felt that her time within the store helped her overcome her previous problems.- I regularly run events to increase sales such as bake sales, flash sales and raffles. - Current donated and 'new goods' sales this year on steady increase Show less