Design Assistant
Resume:
CHRISTINE GRIFFITH
Los Angeles, CA
******@*****.***
SUMMARY:
An inspirational, driven, and productive worker, Christine Griffith is an inspiring artist in the fashion
world. She has always been an artist that is efficient and observant to her work. Over ten years of designing
experience, she has become skillful in all art materials, as well as accomplishing a fashion design degree.
QUALIFICATIONS:
• Advanced visual art mediums and materials such as; paint, sketching in all elements, and 3Dimentional
design. Experience in mediums for garment esthetics; design prints, Photoshop, screen print, clothing dye
process, heat transfer printing, knitwear designing experience, Graphi c design, and product development
• Fashion Designing skills: CAD designing, collection development, design analysis, Photoshop design,
draping and garment construction, pattern drafting, technical designing, Gerber programing and designing
• Computer programs and illustration: Adobe Photoshop CS6, Illustrator, Gerber program, and sketch
illustration programs, Microsoft Excel, Word, and Powerpoint
• Communicative skills: collaborative skills with others, assist and service for another, comprehends task at
hand to be accomplished skillfully and swiftly, Trend forecasting, and project management.
EDUCATION:
FIDM/ Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising: Los Angeles, CA June 2011- April 2013
Major: Fashion Design er
Honor Roll: Fall 2012, Winter 2012,
Overall GPA 3.4
Santiago Canyon College: Major: Fine Art Orange, CA Jan. 2009 - April 2011
Honor Roll Spring 2011
Overall GPA 3.4
Fullerton College Major: Fine Art Fullerton, CA May 2007-April 2011
EXPERIENCES:
Truehitt/ YM Knitt Co. Rancho Dominguez, CA Sept. 2013-Aug. 2014
• Assistant Fashion Designer; Conceptual fashion designing for casual beach wear, graphic
designing for garments, developing multiple designs into samples, textile graphic designing
-Developing from latest trends to create concept designs worthy of developing for samples, yarn
selection, dye sampling, and garment construction. Graphic designing Textiles and graphics
-Brand modeling and campaigning, designing imaging, create demographics for Truehitt brand
TheEternal/ Sonima Los Angeles, CA Apr. 2013-Sept. 2013
• Assistant Fashion Designer; develop technical packs for collection for high end yoga wear (Sonima) and
off the runway (Atlas) and assist with garment development
-Creating technical flat sketch, measuring sample garments, assist in product development
AIKO / AND Los Angeles, CA Feb. 2013- May. 2013
• Fashion Design internship; Assistant design, assisting with garment constructions old denim company
-assistant in pattern making, assisting in Gerber technology, assist in developing samples
Precious Hands Venice Beach, CA Jan. 2013-Mar. 2013
• Designer Internship; Create basic concept sketch for designing bag accessory items
-Include target market research and the demographics
-Design with limited material that was supplied from the people of Guatemala
-Research and be inspired for themes and create purses and bags for brand.
Miller’s Cleaners of Claremont dry-cleaning Claremont, CA Oct. 2012 – Present
• Alterations and Repairs; completed clients request for clothing adjustments.
-Clients request and commission for clothing repair or alteration
ADDITIONAL:
Streaming Hope Hollywood, CA Feb. 2013-Sept. 2013
• Painting performances in front of a live audience, using multiple mediums and utilizing a different theme
every month in the show. After each performance, I would speak to the audience about the finished piece
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