Stacey Ellis is a design consultant and manager living in Fortitude Valley, Queensland. She has a Masters in Design from Massey University with Distinction and a Bachelors in Design with Honours. Her skills include design, management, digital printing, weaving, and embroidery. She is currently the Design Centre Manager at Newstead Design Center, where she coordinates builders and clients. Previously she has held roles at PGG Wrightson, The Formary, and Karen Walker International, and her work has been exhibited internationally.
• Creating/visualizing an idea and producing a design by hand.
• Visit textile showrooms and study to keep up to date with emerging fashion trends as well as general trends relating to fabrics and shapes.
• Working with the design team composes with the master cutter, sewer embroiderer and finisher to create prototype designs.
• Sourcing, selecting and buying fabrics, trims fastening and embellishments
• Developing a patterns that is cut and sewn into sample garments
• Select fabrics, embellishments, colors, or style for each garment or accessory and oversee the final production of their designs
• Design a pattern for embroideries and showing sample textiles, embroidery, details for the design to our clients.
• Market designs directly to our clients
• Creating/visualizing an idea and producing a design by hand.
• Visit textile showrooms and study to keep up to date with emerging fashion trends as well as general trends relating to fabrics and shapes.
• Working with the design team composes with the master cutter, sewer embroiderer and finisher to create prototype designs.
• Sourcing, selecting and buying fabrics, trims fastening and embellishments
• Developing a patterns that is cut and sewn into sample garments
• Select fabrics, embellishments, colors, or style for each garment or accessory and oversee the final production of their designs
• Design a pattern for embroideries and showing sample textiles, embroidery, details for the design to our clients.
• Market designs directly to our clients
Older resume showcasing samples of work with permission from Disney. It would be nice to receive our licence again so we are able to work here in America too which helps families and people.
Older resume showcasing samples of work with permission from Disney. It would be nice to receive our licence again so we are able to work here in America too which helps families and people.
1. Personal Information
Address: 729/1000 Ann Street,
Fortitude Valley, QLD 4006
M: 0406456319
E: staceyroseellis@gmail.com
W: cargocollective.com/staceyellis
Skills
Management
Design consultation and Quotations
Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator
AVL computerised loom
Computerised embroidery machine
Screen and digital printing
Sublimat printing
Felting
Devore and discharge printing
Education & Training
Mdes (Distinction) (2013)
Massey Masters Scholar
BDes (Honours) (2012)
NCEA Level 1–3 (2005–7)
Personal skills and attributes
-- Energetic and passionate with a positive and mature outlook to life
-- Hardworking, goals orientated and results driven.
-- Excellent oral and written communication skills, ability to convey.
information in a poised and clear manner.
-- Trustworthy with integrity and complete professionalism.
-- Excellent time management and planning skills, ability to handle
high-pressure situations.
-- Approachable, patient, efficient and effective.
-- Ability to work in a team environment and self motivated to work
independently.
-- A thirst for learning, picking up new techniques and developing skills.
-- Excellent problem solving capabilities, ability to look at the situation and
think of a solution.
-- Highly motivated and not afraid of responsibility.
-- Good attention to detail.
-- Ability to gather and analyse data, compile information.
Achievements
-- Masters collection selected for the Talente Exhibition in Munich,
Germany (2014).
-- Transforming Waste’ wool study published and article written on the
Campaign for Wool website (2013).
-- Scholarship for Post-graduate study (2012).
-- Internship at Karen Walker International, New Zealand Fashion Designer,
Auckland (2012).
-- Exhibition of final BDES work for Designmade Wellington store (2012).
-- Exhibition ‘Textacular Spectacular’ Screen-printed fabrics (2012).
-- Jim Wood Memorial Scholarship, Woolyarns, Wellington (2012).
-- Massey Masterate Scholarship (2012).
-- Couleurs de Plantes & Tissus d’Avesnieres Excellence in Screen-printing (2012).
-- Massey University Merit Award for Grade Average (2010–2011).
-- Exhibition ‘Flourish’ Sublimat printed scarves for a charity auction (2010).
-- Ashford Wheels and Looms Weaving Scholarship for ‘Top Student in
Weaving’ (2010).
-- Massey University Outstanding Achievement Award for Textile Design (2009).
-- George Alfred Scholarship for Grade Average Achievement (2008–2011).
-- George Alfred Scholarship for Grade Average Achievement (2008).
2. Employment History
Design Centre Manager/ Design Consultant - Full Time
Newstead Design Center
(June 2014 – Current)
National Tiles, Newstead Architectural/ Builders Design Centre
-- Responsible for 100+ residential builders
-- Coordinating builders and clients; booking selections and maintaining relation-
ships.
-- Client consultations for main flooring, wet areas, facade and external tiling, carpets
bench tops, cabinetry, internal and external paints.
-- Raising quotes and orders, rolling purchase orders, allocating and checking stock,
manifests and extra orders.
-- Liaising with post order support and site supervisors, site call ups, short/ un-availa-
ble stock, re-selections, samples, extras.
-- Training and mentoring team members, creating office manuals for staff develop-
ment.
-- Design centre fit out and visual merchandising - Project management, organising
quotes, trades, sample library’s, displays, colour boards and suppliers.
-- General showroom maintenance and upkeep.
-- Cash handling/ banking, time sheets.
PGG Wrightson (2013)
-- Product knowledge and informing clients on wool development in New Zealand.
-- Marketing New Zealand wool as a sustainable resource.
-- Promoting wool, design and development within the industry.
The Formary (2012)
-- Commissioned to develop a series of interior furnishing fabrics for commercial/
hospitality applications.
-- Experimented with a new yarn clients had developed and produced fabrics.
-- Developed fabrics that were sent to China for production
Karen Walker International, New Zealand Fashion Designer (2012)
-- Designed and developed artwork for upcoming collections.
-- Design and product development and dispatch.
-- Trend research and forecasting.
-- Creating mood and colour boards for upcoming collections.
-- Created print and design templates for manufacture.
References
Graham Hunter
Commercial BDM Manager
National Tiles
0428103188 (Work)
0449256221 (Personal)
Sandy Heffernan
Senior Textiles Lecturer,
Massey University
+644 801 5799 ext 63225
S.L.Heffernan@massey.ac.nz
Karen Walker International
New Zealand Fashion Designer
(On request)
Neil Mackie
Managing Director,
Woolyarns Limited
(On request)