Akanksha Sthalekar

E mail id – adl9em@r.postjobfree.com

Mob. No – 787-***-****

Address – J 604,

Vrundawan Heights, Kothrud,

Pune

About me :-

I am a people’s person and have worked in various capacities involving interaction with customers. My understanding of the customers, opening them to talk freely helps me in my work of guiding them towards making a choice of purchase. I have also helped in styling brides for photo-shoots, styled brides and helped them with wedding looks. I have done visual merchandising at retail shops too.

I am a creative person by nature, and have an aesthetic eye for the beauty and alignment with one’s nature, which makes it conducive for my kind of work.

Education :-

Being a creative person I have been into the creative line of studies right after schooling.

HSc from SNDT college in Home Science, specializing in Baking and Confectionery

BSc in Fashion Design from International Institute of fashion design, Pune - 2016

Post-graduation in Luxury product design from the National Institute of Fashion Technology ( NIFT) Mumbai.- 2017 to 2018

Post- graduation in Creative pattern making and apparel design, from NIFT, Mumbai – 2018 to 2019

Workshop in jewelry design from Farah Khan fine Jewelry, Mumbai

I have inherently been trained since childhood in communication skills, motivational techniques, imparting training and meditation from my mother who is a known international trainer from UK.

Work experience :-

Currently I work with my father, at his company, Maxout Consulting, handling the vertical of anything related to fashion, branding and styling projects. (Since 2017)

Faculty for fashion design and styling at Times & Trends, Pune (Jan 2020 to May 2020). Stopped due to Pandemic

Worked with Woodland as fashion consultant while at college (July 2014 to May 2015)

Tommy Hilfiger (Oct 2015 to Jan 2017) as a fashion consultant while at college

Done visual merchandising while at Tommy Hilfiger

Project work –

Branding and designing of men’s apparel named Corion for a Spain based company. (10 months project in 2017)

Designed jewelry for Reliance Project Eve, through the vendor based at Jaipur, which is an export house (2 months August 2018)

Designing and production management for kid’s wear brand Balakam (June 2017 to present)

Worked with top photographers for bridal styling and photo-shoots

Freelancing for luxury hotels branding and design enhancing

Executed paintings of more than 100 in number for luxury hotel Saj, in Maharashtra

Executed paintings for law firm in Pune

Styling at Rina Dhaka fashion show (2015)

Personal shopper, influencer and fashion supporter on a freelance basis. ( since 2015)

I now look towards working in production houses, export houses and such, in various departments like production, merchandising, embroidery and accessories where there is exposure to global market and I can grow exponentially in various departments and keep reinventing myself.

I am willing to relocate as the job needs.

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