Maria Madsen
Footwear & accessory Designer
CV
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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
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Head of Sustainable Texiltes and The Fabric Source
September 2017 - September 2018
- Supplier contact and trade fair visits
- Sourcing sustainable suppliers for The Fabric Source
- Fibre split and material strategy in regards to CSR strategies
for Danish brands, such as Wood Wood, Blanche etc..
- Visit to Première Vision and Fashion Sustain Berlin
- Material analysis in the SAC's HIGG Index
- Sustainable fibres and textiles
- Certificates
- Lecture at DAFI Tuesday
- Graphic work
- Prepare articles for LinkedIn as well as newsletters, CSR
strategies etc.
Website: www.closed-loop.dk
Sales assistant in Designers Remix, Magasin Copenhagen, Denmark,
part-time during PBA studies
July 2016 - present
- Working on the sales floor
- Costumer care and -guidence
- Very good knowledge of the different materials, care, tear and
wear.
- Visual merchandising of the store
- Responsible for the daily management of the store in the
absence of the store manager.
Website: www.designersremix.com
Footwear Designer at Ilse Jacobsen Hornbæk, Denmark
April 2014 - June 2016
- Design shoes, rubber boots and handbags
- Analyse the sales numbers and plan the collection
- Design the footwear and handbag collection in cooperation with
creative director Ilse Jacobsen
- Develop new logo trim, such as zipper pullers, logo buckles and
logo plates
- Develop new outsole
- Visually adjust the look of the footwear and handbag collection
to fit the look of the clothing collection
- Fit and comment on samples
- Sketching in hand, technical drawings in Adobe Illustrator, print
reports in Adobe Photoshop
- PDM: Working in Delouge
- Mainly working in leather but also in PU and textiles
- Working closely with our suppliers in Italy, Spain, Portugal,
Serbia, China & India
- Supplier visits in Italy and Serbia
- Visits on Lineapelle Fair and the RIVA Expo Shoe Fair in Italy
- In February 2015 went to USA to showcase the AW15 collection
on the shoe fair Platform in Las Vegas and Sole Commerce in
New York.
Website: www.ilsejacobsen.com
Footwear & Accessory Designer at Friis & Company, Denmark
January 2012 - June 2013
- Primarily designing shoes, handbags and jewellery, but also
swimwear, belts and scarves.
- Trend analysis and colour card
- Material and trim sourcing
- Close contact with suppliers in China and India
- Visiting suppliers in Hong Kong and China
- Working closely with our buying team
- Working in both leather and PU materials
- Commenting and fitting of samples
- Choosing key items for promotional campaigns
- Working with the entire design process, from trend analysis to
finished product.
Website: www.facebook.com/FriisCoOfficial/
Key Holder in Aldo Shoes, Frederiksberg, Denmark, full-time
& Key Holder in Aldo Shoes, Fisketorvet Denmark, part-time during studies
May 2010 - May 2012
- Working on the sales floor with the responsibility of helping and
encouraging my colleagues with the sales and customer care.
- Very good eye for Visual Presentation, so I took the
responsibility for the VP of the store I was in.
- Great experience with costumer care and their expectations to
the products.
- Very good knowledge of design and comfort, tear and wear,
different materials and shoe care.
- Responsible for the daily management of the store in the
absence of the store manager.
Website: www.aldoshoes.com
Sales assistant in Jette Riis, Lyngby, Denmark, full-time
June 2009 - April 2010
- Influence on the product range of the Jette Riis stores,
attending the CIFF Fair in Copenhagen with owner Jette Riis
- Influence on the visual merchandising of the store.
- Working on the sales floor
- Responsible for the daily management of the store in the
absence of the store manager.
Website: www.jetteriis.com
EDUCATION:
BA in Sustainable Fashion Design at KEA, Copenhagen School of Design and Technology
August 2016 - January 2018
"Working in a creative, conceptual and innovative way with clothing and accessories design in a sustainable and market-oriented context"
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PBA final exam: "The Fabric Source"
On how The Fabric Source should be designed
after Closed Loop had taken over the ownership.
Written in collaboration with Closed Loop
Won PBA Award for Best Project in Sustainable
Fashion Design (DK).
Grade: 12 (A)
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Internship:
CSR intern at Closed Loop, June 2017 - September 2017
Internship Exam: "Sustainability - A Manual"
A manual designed for design and production teams who is
just starting to work with sustainability.
Written in collaboration with Closed Loop
Grade: 12 (A)
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Elective module: Made In India - study trip to India:
- Manufacturing, Cross-cultural communication and Textiles
- Understanding the manufacturing opportunities in India for the
fashion industry
- Knowledge of cross-cultural differences.
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Sustainable Fashion Design
- Knowledge of design processes, materials, ethics and
sustainability as well as aesthetics and design theory
- Skills in assessment, selection and argumentation for material
selection in relation to a sustainable design solution
- Apply theory about sustainability as a basic condition for design
development
- Collaborate professionally and interdisciplinary within the value
chain with both internal and external stakeholders
- Identify the consumer's needs and turn them into innovative
solutions
- Knowledge of industry, business, market and consumer
- UN's 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG)
- Circular Economy
- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
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Elective module: Critical Design Prototyping
- Prototyping
- Idea-generation
- Exercise complex problem solving, using critical thinking,
creativity and emotional intelligence.
Website: www.kea.com
School Projects: click here
PA in Fashion & Accessory Design at KEA, Copenhagen School of Design and Technology
February 2011 - May 2012 & August 2013 - June 2014
Specializing in Footwear and Accessory Design.
Final Exam Project:
“Mads Nørgaard x Maria Madsen; The City Collection”,
a small footwear collection consisting of both men’s and women’s shoes.
Earned the grade 10, which is the second highest grade.
Final Exam Project: click here
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Internship:
Design intern at Friis & Company, January 2012 - Marts 2012
Websites:
KEA: www.kea.com
Mads Nørgaard Copenhagen: http://www.madsnorgaard.dk
Friis & Company: www.facebook.com/FriisCoOfficial/
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Majors: English/Social Science/Media Studies
Website: http://www.virum-gym.dk
General Upper Secondary School, Advanced Level, The Gymnasium (stx) at Virum Gymnasium, Denmark
August 2005 - June 2008
ADDITIONAL SKILLS:
Ambitions:
- Change the way we think at the production- and design level to
achieve a more sustainable industry
- Avoid the use of plastics and at least eliminate the use of virgin
plastics
- Limit the use of pesticides and chemicals
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Personal Skills:
- Curious and eager to learn more!
- Solution oriented
- Joyful, outgoing and open minded.
- Great at performing well under high pressure.
- Creative, independent, self motivated and organized.
- Take on every new challenge with a smile.
- Great at prioritizing and executing tasks.
- Great eye for trends emerging from the catwalks and the
streets.
- Strong attention to details.
- Quality awareness and innovative mind-set.
- Find a natural interest in analyzing the sales numbers and plan
the collections accordingly.
IT Skills:
Great understanding of IT
- Adobe CC: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign
- Microsoft Office: Word, Excel, PowerPoint
- PDM: Delouge
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Language Skills:
- Danish: Native Speaker
- English: Highly proficient in spoken and written English
- Sweedish: Basic understanding
- Norwegian: Basic understanding
- Spanish: Beginner Level
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