Customer Service Sales

Mary Suzanna Karatassos

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QUALIFICATIONS

I am an exceptional communicator, negotiator, and critical thinker with the ability to comprehensively deliver complex information to diverse groups and the willingness to excel in all work assignments. My office and computer skills are proficient, especially in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. I have developed a personal design aesthetic and style that would be a great addition to any team. Fashion must constantly move forward and improve season after season so I excel at innovation, overcoming any obstacle set in my path to generate groundbreaking designs all year long.

KNOWLEDGE DETAILS

• Exceptional skills on home and industrial Sewing Machine

• Established Patternmaker and Seamstress

• Familiarity with all natural Fabrics

• Excellent grasp on Technical Flat Design

• Proficient in Fiber Arts

• Constructed Leather and Fur Garments

SKILLS

• Screen Printing

• Floor loom Weaving

• Vat-Dying Fabrics

• Quilting

• All forms of surface embellishments

• Repeat-pattern design

• Well-versed in all major computer applications used in Fashion Designing (Adobe, CS5)

EDUCATION

MFA, Academy of Arts, San Francisco Currently Pursuing (Thesis Focus is Swimwear) (2009- May 2012)

Major in Fashion Design and

Minor in Fine Arts, Savannah College of Art and Design, Georgia 2001-2006

INTERNSHIP

Design Intern at SPANX in Atlanta, Georgia September-December 2011, 40 hours per week.

Responsibilities: Designing hardware and swimwear, Swimwear/Shapewear research, Fabric Sourcing, Trained in PLM, Assistant Swimwear Designing, and Office Assistant to design director, Tosha Hays

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE IN FASHION RETAILING

Zara, Union Square, San Francisco April 2010 – September 2010

Sales Associate

Responsibilities: Sales Floor, Changing Rooms, Styling, Mannequin Dressing, Stocking

Nordstrom Jan 2009- April 2010

Customer Service

Responsibilities: Cash Register, Returns, Sales, Opening/Selling Nordstrom Accounts (Credit Cards), Answering Phones, All Forms of Customer Service including Personal Shopping

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE IN DESIGN AND RUNWAY

Part-time modeling. Knowledge of showrooms at AmericasMart, Atlanta. Fashion Blogger for Examiner.com. Freelance Designer. Couture Bridal Seamstress. Helped with organizing and styling for an Anne Barge Bridal Wear show @ 103 West in Atlanta, GA and for Drop Dead Gorgeous. Attended Fashion Haus (fashion club at SCAD). Senior project at SCAD won through online vote for best design at Jeffrey Kalinsky Fashion Show at Lenox Square Mall in Atlanta.

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