Matt Porter: in Irvine, CA

Marketing & Merchandising: • Consult students/faculty on various sewing machine operations & Consumer Research. Trend recommend specialty techniques Analysis. Copywriting. Strategic • Conduct specialized project instruction & equipment orientations Brand Management. Logistics • Provide general maintenance and repairs for over 20 studio spaces & Inventory. Styling. Photoshoot • Manage studio equipment inventories direction & management. • Supervise student worker shifts

Word, Excel). Adobe Illustrator Adobe InDesign. Adobe • Created color stories for Neiman Marcus, Orvis, Amazon & Enro private label Photoshop. Tech design, &PPK • Designed presentation and seasonal buy-boards using Adobe Suite development. Wix Web Design. • Maintained Pantone, sample, and fabric archives of over 10,000 items Hootsuite Social Media Manager. • Cross-referenced R&Ds for new fabric developments Qualtrics. Lectra, Kaledo Weave. UX/I Design.

Design. Woven & Knit garment construction. Made-to-measure • Drafted & constructed intimate apparel for brand launch, direct to consumer tailoring. Textile science. products, and e-commerce site Costume Design. Non-western • Oversaw textiles, hardware, and trims sourcing patternmaking. • Prepared direction cards and BOMs for created products Language: Internships/Volunteering Spanish (proficient). German (beginner). Menswear Intern Nigel Curtiss, New York, NY Awards Collection's Assistant Art & Design Travel Grant ($750) Texas Fashion Collection, Denton, TX Julius Marcus Menswear Award ($1000) Army ROTC Scholarship ($83,648)

Fashion & Design: Industrial & Couture Sewing • Assisted with patternmaking, fabric prep, cutting, and construction (Proficient with Lockstitch, • Created design sketches and ideation Overlock/Superlock, Walking- • Performed alterations Foot, Post, Coverstitch, Ultrasonic • Created design presentations and mood boards for client acquisition Welding, Picot, Fur, 3-Step and Blind Hem machines). Draping