CAREER OBJECTIVETo become a valued member of an innovative and exceptional design team in the fashion industry where I can further develop and hone my design and teamwork skills.

SKILLSDesign: Proficient in creation design, pattern drafting, draping, hand sketching, Design: Proficient in creation design, pattern drafting, draping, hand sketching, sewing, technical floats/flats in Illustrator and print/photograph manipulation in Photoshop. Office: Adept in Microsoft Office, Excel, Powerpoint, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop; excellent communication, event planning and coordination skills.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEMaison Laponte/Milan, Italy/February 2016-presentRole: Assistant DesignerRole: Assistant DesignerDesign: Create designs in diverse areas such as activewear, ready-to-wear and Design: Create designs in diverse areas such as activewear, ready-to-wear and graphics. Transform creative director’s hand sketches into production ready, technically accurate drawings using Illustrator. Select colors for colorways and types of fabrications. Attend sample fittings to correct errors prior to production. Travel to Company’s Spain location to create graphic designs and assist clients. Office: Email sketches, technical notes and other information to production office, organize sketches, tech packs etc. into an easy and accessible system; take detailed and in depth notes during design meetings.detailed and in depth notes during design meetings.

Colomba Leddi/Milan, Italy/June 2015- August 2015Role: Design InternDesign: Drafted and draped patterns from the creative director’s hand sketches, sewed samples for fittings, sketched technical drawings of details to be sent with samples to production. Multitasking: Juggled drafting and draping several designs simultaneously under tight deadlines. Communication: Styled and assisted clients in the showroom as well as processed and documented purchases.

Sara Roka/Milan, Italy/February 2015Role: Tradeshow AssistantOrganization: Unpacked, hung and styled new collection at the Milan “Super” Organization: Unpacked, hung and styled new collection at the Milan “Super” Tradeshow in a visually pleasing manner as well as supervised pack up of collection at the end of the show. Communication: Spoke to clients in English and Italian and answered questions about the collection.

Valerie Schlitt Associates/Philadelphia, PA area/June 2013- June 2014Role: Professional Caller Communication: Made up to 400 outbound business-to-business calls per week to Communication: Made up to 400 outbound business-to-business calls per week to deliver sales prospects to business clients, throughly documented all outcomes of calls, communicated with clients on results via email and phone calls.

Erin Fetherston/ New York, NY/ February 2013- May 2013 Role: Design Intern Design: Manipulated prints and fabric on Photoshop, selected inspiration photos Design: Manipulated prints and fabric on Photoshop, selected inspiration photos for moodboards to present to creative director, sewed beads and embroidery onto samples, sourced trims, buttons and fabrics in the garment district. Organization: Inspected factory samples and documented necessary changes, created white card book for production with all fabrics and colorways for the new collection.

Giulietta New York/New York, NY/ September 2012Role: Fashion Week Design InternRole: Fashion Week Design InternDesign: Sewed labels and embroidery onto final garments for the presentation. Organizaton: Dressed models backstage at the show and tracked handout and return of all garments and coordinating accessories.

Rasta Imposta Costumes/ Philadelphia, PA area/ May 2012-August 2012Role: Design InternDesign: Heat transferred logos onto costumes, cut out patterns and fabric, sewed Design: Heat transferred logos onto costumes, cut out patterns and fabric, sewed samples and searched for inspiration photos online. Multitasking: Managed tasks from 3 different designers at once to meet all deadlines.

-Phi Theta Kappa honor society: 2012-2013

-Garment selected to be featured in the FIT AAS end of term presentation: 2013

-FIT in Milan study abroad:2013-2015

-3 month workshop in partnership -3 month workshop in partnership with Red Valentino creating a mock capsule collection from concept to merchandising plan: 2013

-1 week intensive design workshop with Kartell plastics:2014

-Fluent in Italian -Fluent in Italian

The Fashion Institute of Technology: 2011-2015 BFA: Fashion Design Speciality: Sportswear

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

HALEY MANOCHI

FASHION DESIGNERPiazza Sant Agostino, 8 Milan, Italy 20123 c. 334 160 5952

haleymanochidesign@gmail.com portfolio: www.haleymanochi.weebly.com

EDUCATION