CURRICULUM VITAE
Chantal De La Hogue 021 5575456 (home) 0824858588 (mobile) 72 Ville du Cap, Hopley rd, Table View, 7441 chantal@mooi.co.za ,
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Yellow bird studio OWNER OF TREND FORCASTING AND DESIGN COMPANY 2008 JAN - 2011 Responsible for Analyzing International and local interior trends Producing a forecast of interior trends, colours, fabrics & hard products for the Ackermans and Ackermans home comforts target market. Presenting these trends & colour, through workshop & storyboards Providing each Buyers with a specialized trend book for their area, with which suppliers are briefed. Conceptualize coordinated product ranges working with buyer and suppliers to developing artworks.
Ackermans DESIGNER AND TREND FORECASTER 2002 MAY - 2007 DEC Responsible for Analyzing International and local interior trends Producing a forecast of interior trends, colours, fabrics & products for the Ackermans and Ackermans home comforts target market. Presenting these trends & colour, using PowerPoint & storyboards Providing each Buyers with a specialized trend book for their area, with which suppliers are briefed. traveling and Working with buyer to implement these trends. Give input to brand managers with store layout and packaging. Conceptualize & Produce artworks for buyer using Coral draw, Photoshop and illustrator.
Ackermans TRAINEE TEXTILE BUYER 2002 FEB - APRIL Involved in product selection. Acquired a good understanding of the Ackermans buying process.
V V Rouleaux: ASSISTANT MANAGER AND SALES CONSULTANT (London) Responsible for Customer consultation and sales of the latest interior trimmings and accessories 2001 FEB NOV and was responsible for making sales projections and achieving sales targets. I was also responsible for dealing with trade, retail sales & press marketing. Responsible for selecting stock for new fashion season. Designed shop displays & store layout to promote sales. Work closely with design room in customer product development.
Puma Textiles: KNITWEAR DEVELOPMENT DESIGNER (Cape Town) Responsible for trend forecasts presentation boards and colour trend
1998 2000 books, produced using CorelDraw and Photoshop. Presented trend forecasts for seasonal colours and fabrics to South African fashion retailers and manufactures Designed and managed the yarn dye stripes and jacquards Produce designs using Photoshop on Apple Mac. Responsible for directing teams of two to five people.
Chisin Design: TEXTILE DESIGNER (Cape Town) Originate hand painted designs for apparel and household printing industry.
1996-1997 Interpreting commercial clients briefs. Mastered a variety of paint and drawing techniques. Developed an eye for reading print and colour trends. Conceptualize and assimilation presentation boards for clients.
TERTIARY EDUCATION UNISA (Cape Town):
RETAIL MANAGEMENT COURSE 2004 Qualification obtained:
Certificate with distinctions City Varsity (Cape Town):
FREEHAND & PHOTOSHOP COURSE 2003 Qualification obtained:
Certificate Monarch (Leicester UK):
JACQUARD KNITTING DESIGN TRAINING COURSE 1999 Qualification obtained:
Selected by Puma from various candidates to attend this intensive Apple Mac Jacquard knitting design course. Certificate New horizons (Cape Town):
NEW HORIZONS COMPUTER COURSE: 1998 Qualification obtained:
Windows 95, Corel Draw8.0, Excel 97 Certificate Cape Peninsula University of Technology, (cput) :
TEXTILES TECHNOLOGY COURSE 1998 Qualification obtained:
Selected by Puma from various candidates to attend this intensive Textiles technology course. Certificate with distinctions Cape Peninsula University of Technology (cput):
TEXTILE DESIGN COURSE 1994-1995 Qualification obtained:
Subjects passed: Botanical drawing, Fabric application, Figure and Fashion drawing, Historical ornament, History of textiles, Textile design.
National Diploma Textile Design Cape Peninsula University of Technology (cput):
INTERIOR DESIGN 1992-1993
SECONDARY EDUCATION Fairmont High School, (Cape Town) Qualification obtained:
University pass
PERSONAL DETAILS ID number: Date of birth: Marital status: Children: Citizenship: Languages:
7112270212083 27 / 12 / 1971 Married three South African English and Afrikaans
REFERENCES Ackermans:
V V Rouleaux: Puma: Chisin Design:
Johan Wasserfall, Pepcor Director,
Cell: 083 658 8155
Rachel Chorley Senior Buyer, bedding, Ackermans E-mail: rchorley@ackermans.co.za Tel: (021) 900 1025 Cell: 082 658 3501 Annabel Lewis Managing Director E-mail: atelier@vvrouleaux.com Ken Neil Development manager E-mail: kpneil@iafrica.com Tel: (027-021) 7943341 Cell: 082 8242967 Mike Chisin Managing Director E-mail: chisina@ctech.ac.za Tel: (027-021) 4474531