Hey there! My name's Helene and I am currently studying a Bachelor of Design (Fashion) at Whitehouse Institute of Design at their Melbourne campus
Academic Kangan Institute of Design 2013-2015 Diploma of Applied Fashion Design & Technology
RMIT 2016 Associate Degree of Fashion Design & Technology
Whitehouse Institute of Design 2017-2018 Bachelor of Design (Fashion)
Relevant Work ExperienceHelene HillOwner + Director 2016 - Present I currently own and direct my own business where I undertake alot of responsibilities listed below

• Digitally design garments for instagram influencer Chloe Szepanowski and Milica Ivanov and put together look both
• Work for 'Her Wardrobe' and 'Something Borrowed' to complete alterations for their rental dresses on a weekly basis
• Employed by Sportsgirl to complete in-store personalisation services for pop up at their Chadstone store
• Employed by 'One Night Stand Boutique' to fit and alter Miss Universe Australia 2017 gowns for their final catwalk.

William E. Connor (Hong Kong Office)Product Development Intern (Paid) September 2017 & January 2018

• Created trend reports for clients as well as research folio's
• Sourced fabrics from local Hong Kong Markets for clients
• Attended Hong Kong Fashion Week with colleagues and Client Managers
• Visited factory showrooms and sourced samples for clients
• Designed and created looks for William E. Connor's own private label for their F/W 18/19 capsule collection
• Organised textile and fabric archive

V.SalliPattern Maker May 2017 - August 2017 Create and finalise patterns to industry standard

• Grade patterns for mass production
• Design garments
• Create custom made garments for clients

Discount UniverseIntern November 2016 - February 2017

• Assisted in setting up and running of Discount Universe Retrospective set up at their head office in Fitzroy
• Assisted in setting up and running of Melbourne Pop Up and Sample sale
• Assisted in the running of the online store
• Assisted in returning of altering and returning garments from the retrospective including fixing Katy Perry's custom made birthday jumpsuit

Zachary the LabelIntern February 2014-November 2014

• Assisting in photoshoots for campaigns
• Organising of Warehouse

Organising of Patterns

• Grading Patterns
• Completing tech packs for overseas vendors (Paid)

Retail Assistant November 2014 - July 2015

• Open and close the store - handling cash
• Giving great customer service
• Completing stock transfers, customer transfers and customer alterations
• Working with KPI's and achieving budgets

Boutique Manager July 2015 - February 2016 Same responsibilities as Retail Assistant plus;

• Training new staff
• Assisting with in store roster of both stores (Chapel St. and Coburg)
• Assisting in answering head office enquiry's (phone and email)
• In charge and responsible for all boutique happenings

Zimmermann (Sydney Head Office)Intern September 2014

• Organise and archive samples
• Assist in the running of the outlet store
• Cutting patterns for samples