Sara A. Drazba

** ****** ***, *** *

Brooklyn, NY 11206

acxp71@r.postjobfree.com

510-***-****

Education

University of San Francisco, 2012

Bachelor’s of Arts, Psychology

Parsons School of Design, 2016

Associates of Arts and Sciences, Fashion Marketing

Employment

Annelore, October 2016 – Current

Production and Sales Associate: Maintain client list and meet sales goals; strategically, visually merchandise the store; process wholesale orders, phone orders, and e-commerce orders as well as pack and ship these orders; check, clean, and steam all finished garments in the atelier before putting them on the sales floor; create a current press list and maintain contact with press; markup prices for products; keep regular track of all inventory; source fabric for upcoming collections; make trim sheet for each collection; communicate with mills and vendors to place and follow up with all orders; track samples going out and coming in; assist styling and providing general help at photo shoots; work in direct contact with the designer, the sewers, the tailor, and the patternmaker to accomplish any necessary tasks to produce the garments.

Blue Star Silk, December 2015 – September 2016

Textile Associate: Be completely fluent in color, natural and synthetic fibers, wovens and knits, and screen, digital, and discharge printing; understand design and the way a fabric would perform as a garment; effectively communicate the direction from clients to the mills and vice versa regarding fabric, prints, color, finishing, or logistics; fortify positive relationships with new and established designers as well as with the mills; keep track of exchange rates and calculate fair prices accordingly; maintain highly organized spreadsheets to track sampling and production orders from lab dips to bulk yardage for about 50 clients; daily research of the industry and trends; intermediate knowledge of Adobe Photoshop.

Education First, Guangzhou, China, October 2013 – December 2014

Kids and Teens English Teacher: Taught English for 30 academic hours a week to children 3 to 18 years old, attended workshops and trainings, and fulfilled administrative requirements.

AmeriCorps VISTA, Union Settlement Association, August 2012 – August 2013

Youth Advocate: Planned field trips and workshops, taught the Career Readiness workshop, kept in regular contact and counseled 150 students on various issues, maintained good relations with partner high schools and worksites, developed an alumni network of over 10,000 graduates via social media, and wrote and edited the seasonal newsletter.

Unpaid Experience

New York Model Management, October 2015 – December 2015

Art Department Intern: Worked with the art director to trim photos and compile model’s books, wrote and updated the blog, created presentations of models for clients, communicated needs to and from the models, helped with any necessary tasks for all departments in the agency.

Travel

Belize, January 2010 Philippines, April 2014

Puerto Rico, August 2011 Hunan, China, May 2014

Fiji, March – May 2012 Vietnam and Cambodia, October 2014

Thailand and Laos, February 2014 Beijing and Hong Kong, January 2015

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