1. Sophia Salem
Tel:
+971554466120
Email:
sophie.salem@live.co.uk
London/Abu
Dhabi
Personal
Profile
Postgraduate
from
London
Collage
of
Fashion
in
Footwear
design
and
was
awarded
Jimmy
Choo
Scholarship
out
of
the
year.
Graduated
with
a
First
Class
Honours
degree
from
The
University
of
Northampton
doing
BA
Fashion
(Footwear
Design)
course.
She
has
twice
won
the
prestigious
Cordwainers
Scholarship
Award
off
the
strength
of
her
portfolio
work.
Also
entered
into
London
Graduate
Fashion
Show
With
her
Creative
3D
Printed
Footwear
Collection,
going
on
to
working
in
top
companies
in
London
such
as
Jimmy
Choo.
Education
&
Qualifications
2016
Feb
–
Collection
awarded
and
to
be
shown
at
London
Fashion
Week
2015
–
Dato
Jimmy
Choo
Scholarship
for
excellence
of
work
2014-­‐
2015
–
London
Collage
of
Fashion
(UAL)
Masters
in
Footwear
in
Fashion,
Post
Degree
Full
time
(15
month
course)
2014
–
2015
–
Bryan
Oknyansky
Studio
Work
Learning
CAD
(Rhino)
Marketing
and
Advertising
3D
Print
Footwear
Design
work
2010
–
2013
-­‐
University
Of
Northampton
First
Degree
in
BA
Fashion
(Footwear
Design)
Cordwainers
Scholarship
Award
x
2
London
Fashion
shows
award
–
Creativity
amongst
the
Arts
2007
–
2009
–
Bromsgrove
School,
West
Midlands
A
Levels
–
Graphic
Design
(B)
Art
(A)
Textiles
(A)
AS
Level
–
Business
Studies
(B)
2000
–
2007
-­‐
Dodderhill
Girls
School
GCSE’s
-­‐
10
A-­‐C
grades,
including
English
&
Maths

2. Work
Experience
2014
–
Developing
Footwear
Brand
in
the
Middle
East
2013
–
2014
–
Network
Marketing
Company
Head
of
the
UK
department
• Team
Tasks/
Managing
groups
of
over
300
people
• Events
planning
• Presentations
(3
–
4
per
days)
including
group
presentations
• Travelling
and
recruiting
from
the
Middle
east
to
Europe
2012
–
2013
Jimmy
Choo
–
3
month
Internship
carried
on
to
work
for
them
after
graduating
for
over
6
months
• Working
along
side
head
of
wholesales
department
• Understanding
Product
information
• Visited
the
factory
repairs
and
dealt
with
high
profiled
customers
• Dealing
with
the
materials
and
components
of
the
footwear
• Junior
Designer
2013
2010/2011
-­‐
John
Lobb,
Bespoke
Men’s
Footwear
• Learning
and
understanding
the
processes
of
shoe
making
• Pattern
making
• Leather
craft
and
skills
• Using
industrial
machinery
• Attention
to
detail
and
quality
in
a
high
intensity
environment
2010/2014
-­‐
Jones’s
Bookmakers,
Retail
Assistant
• High
quality
customer
service
• Excellent
use
of
communication
skills
• Working
in
a
team
• Having
a
wide
range
of
knowledge
about
the
products
being
sold
• Using
knowledge
of
leather
to
inform
the
customer
on
how
to
look
after
their
product
Languages
• English
• Arabic
Skills
and
Achievements
• Boxing
armature
competitive
• Show
jumping
horses
in
London
• Opened
a
business
in
London
• Travelled
for
a
year
independently
through
Australia
to
South
East
Asia
and
China
• Worked
with
All
nationalities