chelsey burgess university of cincinnati | daap Cincinnati, OH College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning Fashion Design Major Member of Dean’s List GPA : 3.8 Class of 2016
4247 Swigart Rd. Dayton, OH 45440 | burgesca@mail.uc.edu | 937.903.9858
education
nicholas k
New York, New York - January 2015 - April 2015 Design Intern : Assisted with Fall 2015 Fashion Show during New York Fashion Week, made design and organizational updates to e-com website, helped with all model castings, fittings, and photoshoots, prepped and sent out all press pulls for magazines, bloggers, celebrities, etc., researched for upcoming season and various products throughout fashion week prep, assisted designer on a daily basis
zac posen
New York, New York - May 2014 - August 2014 Design Intern : Draped on form for current season inspiration ideas, assisted with photoshoots, styling, and fittings, created design mood boards/trend forecasting boards for upcoming seasons, assisted with fabric/trim sourcing, helped pattern makers with pattern adjustments, performed necessary hand sewing/hand work, transported samples/fabric to vendors, communicated with vendors daily
aeropostale corporate office
New York, New York - September 2013 - December 2013 Production Intern : Assisted supervisor with costing and communicating with vendors, created charts to organize vendor-specific/season-specific fabrications, organized all samples, graphic submits, and trims received daily, presented graphic submits and findings to supervisors, assisted designers, merchandisers, tech team, and trims team when needed, attended line review and sell review meetings with team and executives
internship experience
saro couture | designer : sandro schwyzer
New York, New York - November 2013 - December 2013 Design Intern : Assisted with pattern development and adjustment, performed necessary hand sewing/hand work, gave insight to design ideas and inspiration, helped organize and carry out fittings/photo shoots
abercrombie & fitch home office
Columbus, OH - January 2013 - April 2013 Technical Design Intern : Created/edited tech packs, prepped fit samples received from vendors, presented fit samples to supervisors and outerwear team, developed construction detail pages for styles, compared home office’s patterns to vendor’s patterns, wrote comments from fittings about styles being sent to vendors
computer
CAD skills with Kaledo progams, PLM, Web PDM, Gerber Pattern Design in Accumark/PDS Adobe : InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator Microsoft Office : Word, PowerPoint, Excel
design
Draping and tailoring skills, machine sewing, hand sewing, pattern making (by hand and computer), machine knitting, fashion illustration drawing, technical flat sketching, photography skills
skills
business
Excellent time management, leadership, communication, speaking/presenting, problem solving, teamwork, positive attitude, organization, proactive self-starter/initiator, Spanish speaking/reading skills
college
Freelance model | Walked in DAAP Fashion Show 2014, Go Red Fashion Show, Azhand Shokohi’s Fall 2014 fashion show, and more Made Dean’s List all years, member of The National Society of Leadership and Success
co-op availability : fall 2015
activities & achievements