Simone A. Beaulieu
Fashion Designer, Womenswear
New York, NY · (212) 555 0146 · name@example.com · linkedin.com/in/simoneabeaulieu
Key Qualifications
EXPERIENCE
Seven years in womenswear design, four as designer for the dress and knit categories
INDUSTRIES
Contemporary womenswear sold through department stores, specialty boutiques and direct online
SPECIALTIES
Dresses and knits, line planning, sell through analysis, fit sessions, print and color direction
SYSTEMS
Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, Clo3D, Centric product lifecycle management, Pantone
CREDENTIALS
Adobe Certified Professional in Visual Design, Clo3D training, Higg Index training
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fashion Design, Hudson Street School of Design
Executive Summary
Womenswear designer with seven years at contemporary labels, the last four designing dresses and knits for a New York label that ships about 320 styles a year to 140 department store doors and its own online store. Owns the dress category from concept sketch through fit approval and works the sell through report every Monday morning. Sketches in Adobe Illustrator, drapes in Clo3D before the first sample and keeps the line plan honest against what sold last season.
Signature Achievements
- Grew the dress category from 4.2 million dollars to 7.9 million dollars in wholesale revenue over four seasons while cutting the style count by 15 percent.
- Raised full price sell through on dresses from 52 percent to 68 percent by dropping styles that sold below 40 percent and doubling depth on the top ten.
- Designed a wrap dress that sold 21,000 units across three seasons and became the label's best selling style on record.
- Cut sample rounds from an average of three to two per style by draping first samples in Clo3D before sending tech packs to the factory.
- Presented the spring 2026 collection to buyers from 22 retailers at market week and booked 1.3 million dollars in orders on the dress category alone.
- Moved 60 percent of the knit category to certified recycled and organic yarns without raising landed cost more than 4 percent.
Professional Experience
Designer, Dresses and Knits
Larkspur and Vine, New York, NY September 2022 to present
Contemporary womenswear label shipping about 320 styles a year to 140 department store doors, 90 boutiques and its own online store; design team of six
- Design about 110 dress and knit styles a year from concept sketch through color, fabric, print and trim selection.
- Draft flats in Adobe Illustrator and drape first samples in Clo3D, then build tech packs in Centric for factories in Portugal and Vietnam.
- Run fit sessions on a live model with the technical designer and approve fit, proto and pre production samples.
- Review weekly sell through by style and door with merchandising and adjust the line plan for the following season.
- Present the collection to buyers at market week and walk key retailers through the line.
Assistant Designer
Mercer Lane Collective, New York, NY July 2019 to September 2022
Contemporary womenswear label with about 200 styles a year; design team of four
- Sketched flats, built tech packs and tracked sample status for the dress and top categories.
- Sourced fabrics and trims from the mill and trim shows and maintained the fabric library.
- Prepared fit comments and measurement changes after each fit session.
- Built color and print boards for line reviews each season.
Certifications and Training
Adobe Certified Professional in Visual Design using Adobe Illustrator, Certiport, certified 2021
Clo3D garment simulation training, completed 2023
Higg Index facility and materials training, Cascale, completed 2024
Education
Bachelor of Fine Arts in Fashion Design, Hudson Street School of Design, New York, 2019
Core Skills
Dress design · Knitwear design · Line planning · Sell through analysis · Fit session direction · Adobe Illustrator flats · Clo3D draping · Tech pack creation · Fabric sourcing · Buyer presentations