Laura Bryan
Tufnell Park Prodigy Living,
Huddleston Road,
London,W70EG
Studying towards a BA in Fashion Promotion at Ravensbourne, my career ambitions within fashion are set incredibly high. This drives me to grasp as many opportunities I can get and work towards my goal as a creative director. Because of this I strive to apply myself to my highest ability within my work placement opportunities. I am confident in both Apple and Microsoft software, including programs like Excel, Photoshop and Premier Pro. I have experience in Visual Merchandising, Creative direction, Personal shopping and styling, all of which has enabled me to work amongst different teams and communicate with a variety of customers.
Current eduction:
BA Fashion Promotion at Ravensbourne university of digital media and design.
Past education:
Alcester Grammar Sixth Form Warwickshire, 2012-2014
Achieving A levels in History, Art and Fashion Design Technology.
Chipping Campden Academy, 2007-2012
Gloucestershire
Achieving 10 GCSE's (English, Mathematics, Science, Philosophy and Ethics, Cooking, History and Art) and certificates in ICT and English information and ideas.
Experience
Hollister Co.
Sales Associate
March 2013 to current
Working at Hollister for just under two years I gained extensive knowledge in many areas within retail. I assisted customers with various services such as picking out sizes and outfit building, I helped ensure the appearance of the store kept up with company high standards, I worked on tills to process transactions, I maintained a personal level of appearance and ensured I was wearing the appropriate look book outfits to help push certain items of clothing and finally I helped to prevent stock loss and theft.
SILK model management
Birmingham and West Midlands
March 2013 to current
I’ve been a part time model with Silk model management for roughly 2 years. I’ve walked at major events in Birmingham at the NEC centre. I’ve also done commercial work with companies like Next and Hermes delivery services. This work has enabled me to gain information about the world of fashion and commercial modelling. I understand the in-depth stages of model selection and castings, the importance of personal and brand presentation and also the ways in which huge events like the clothes show live and fashion embroidery and stitching awards.
Ralph Lauren Womenswear
Brand presenter and style consultant
Bicester Village, Oxfordshire
Working in such a luxurious store like Ralph Lauren Women's meant I was constantly learning the crucial elements within the store which directly contribute towards targets. I was responsible for personally assisting customers with outfit building, working with regular shoppers, understanding their own personal style and then using this knowledge to handpick clothes from the store that is appropriate for the specific customer. I quickly became very interested in working with the Black Label section within the store, contributing to how each item is hung, where it’s placed and how this section of the store is generally presented. I also worked alongside the head visual merchandisers of the store to help keep the store to in store style guidelines and helped the team with any notes we may have received from head office to improve the in store appearance. Every week the store would be photographed and sent to head office to keep optimum standards. Finally I helped with styling mannequins and windows.
Harvey Nichols, Knightsbridge
Intern
April/May 2014
At Harvery Nichols I worked alongside the creative direction team to construct the window displays for the Knightsbridge store. I was lucky enough to oversea the initial concepts right through to installation of the displays. I then worked with the in store visual merchandisers to choose and dress the mannequins in the windows.
SMA Trust
Volunteer
Compton Scorpion estate, Gloucestershire
The SMA trust is a charity I feel very passionate about. I began volunteering with the charity in July 2013. I helped meet and greet at events, serve refreshments at sponsor days such as fun runs and charity walks, generally I did anything that needed doing to ensure events moved smoothly. I helped organise and plan key events with the charity. I got involved with the charity through a close family friend. Since starting last year I’ve witnessed the extensive progress that the trust has achieved towards finding a cure for SMA.
Outfit, Arcadia
Sales Associate
June 2013 to January 2014
At outfit I continued to develop similar skills I was learning at Hollister but working at both stores simultaneously helped me to see the vast differences in marketing, styling and PR approaches that was present in high street fashion. At Outfit I was responsible for contributing towards in store graphics and promotions, fixture placement and mannequin styling.
GPD Design consultants
Intern
September 2011
I did one weeks work experience at a local graphic design consultants. I learnt a great deal at this placement including the importance of time keeping, organisation, and how to successfully use Apple software.
Skills
At my previous work experience placements I gained and developed many skills, these include; Organisation skills, due to working with stock I developed key skills in how to organise and present stock correctly. Time keeping was another skill I gained, I understand the great importance of arriving on time and the impact lateness causes upon business. I have learnt how to be part of a team and how to be efficient within a team. Finally I developed great customer service skills, and the importance of providing a good environment within a business whether it’s in a shop, café or event.
Referrals
References and letters of recommendation available on request.
