Creative Designer Be A

SOFIIA MATVEEVA

APPAREL DESIGNER

Arlington, VA / (571-***-**-** / **.********@*****.***

https://www.linkedin.com/in/sofiia-matveeva

https://matveeva.store/

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

• Creative designer & business owner with over 8 years’ experience of running a fashion brand in Kyiv, Ukraine

• Gained trade-show experience of presenting the brand & negotiating with international buyers

• Launched “MATVEEVA” boutique & ran design studio with 7 employees

• Created garments, that were used by Ukrainian music celebrities in their performances & videos PROFESSIONAL SKILLS

• Knowledge of garment construction, patternmaking, silhouettes & profound tailoring skills

• Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator

• Hand & technical sketching skills

• Native: Ukrainian, Russian

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

EZRA PAUL CLOTHING / DUPONT TAILORS Washington, DC Menswear / Womenswear Tailor & Tailor Shop Manager Nov 2023 – Present

• Perform tailoring and alterations on Italian made-to-measure suits for company’s clients

• Conduct fittings & marked garments

• Maintain communication with customers & ensured execution in timely manners MATVEEVA FINE GARMENT

Kyiv, Ukraine

Creative Designer & Business Owner Feb 2014 – Mar 2022

• Designed womenswear & menswear seasonal capsule collections based on customer requests & trends

• Produced samples

• Supervised customer fittings to ensure garment quality

• Completed design packages - sketching, tech packs, line sheets

• Managed design studio team (4 tailors, a patternmaker, a cutter, a client-service manager)

• Maintained communication with brand’s customers

• Supervised brand’s photoshoots & produced social media materials ZARELY Germany

Freelance Designer / Fashion Consultant April 2017 – Oct 2017

• Designed 12 sportswear garments for the brand’s launching collection & managed the development of sample prototypes ELENA GEE FASHION HOUSE Almaty, Kazakhstan

Creative Designer June 2016 - Nov 2016

• Designed womenswear collection of 16 looks & led the production with the team of patternmakers, cutters & tailors. The collection was presented at the Runway of Almaty Fashion Week 2016 EDUCATION & CERTIFICATES

• Cherkassy State Technological University, Bachelor, Fashion Design

• Parsons Fashion Business Essentials, Yellowbrick.co

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