Highlights:• Made Hot Seller Limited Edition Digital Print for Nomi Ansari’s Eid Exhibition’15 • Designed the statement piece for Sun Silk Fashion Week’16 • Haute Couture pieces from JOYRIDE’16 collection were showcased on ramp • Exhibited Camouflaged ‘’Insects and local flower prints’’ at Grandeur • Look after the event of NOMI ANSARI’S First Lawn Launch Exhibition at Dynasty • Participated in All Pakistan Intervarsity Women's Badminton Championship

Skills:Fashion Design, Textile Design, Studio Art

Goal:To be associated with a reputed Textile/Fashion Designing House where, I can offer my experience and designing skills to bring about a positive change and growth in the organization while developing myself through extensive learning.

Certification:• Certificate For Highest Marks in Accounts in 2010 and For Business Math in 2009-10 •. Certificate for participating in TDAP. An international contest for presenting the culture of Pakistan through prints and patterns with collaboration of Gul Ahmed Textiles mills

Senior Textile Designer 09/2019 - current
Al Raahim Textiles, Karachi, Sindh Pakistan
Industry: Textiles
As a textile designer my responsibilities were to create: • Pret, unstitch and kids casuals • Pret, unstitch, and kids formals • Design forecast and trend boards • Creating a mood board for selected themes • Trend research, market surveys • R&D (research and development) • Sketches and layouts • Digital prints using photoshop • Yarn dyed embroidered dresses • Flat drawings of cuts and patterns using illustrator • Sampling of final product • Participated in Fashion Pakistan week
Al-Rahim Textile Industries is one of the largest air jet terry weaving, yarn dyed & jacquard towel capacities in Pakistan. Exporting goods to different countries in the world. They started a retail clothing brand Zellbury that has shops all over Pakistan. Real fashion, real prices being the tagline makes it look fashionable yet affordable, from Pret to unstitch Zellbury makes everything.--
Freelance Designer 04/2019 - 06/2019
Samra Humayun, Karachi, Sindh Pakistan
Industry: Fashion Design
An upcoming new talented young designer. A fashion graduate who is very passionate about her work. She has been creating outfits that are stylish yet comfortable. Avaialble in different outlets of karachi. From embellishments to cuts everything is classy and unique.
• Teamed up with her and helping her launch a new line • Came up with a new idea of creating prints using her nephews drawing • Making digital prints using those drawings and other elments on photoshop • There is a lot of floral, fruity and geometric stuff in the designs • From rotary to flat bed all sort of designs are there • Different repeats been used like straight, mirror, og and half drop • Fabrics like silk, chiffon, georgette, crepe and raw silk is being used • A splash of sequence and other embellishments are also used to further make it more exciting--
Visual Arts Teacher 08/2017 - 12/2018
Arts and skills Institute, RUH, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Industry: Arts
Arts And Skills Institute is an innovative and contemporary School of Art and Fashion in Riyadh. Arts & Skills Institute is affiliated with Box Hill Institute in Australia. ASI prides itself on teaching innovation and originality through contemporary western style teaching methodology.
• I worked as a Visual art teacher • Covered all the subjects using different teaching methods • The subjects were: • Refine drawing techniques • Experiment with techniques to produce paintings • Develop and discuss ideas for own creative work • Establish and maintain safe professional practice • Analyze cultural history and theory to mixed media artwork • Made daily session plans and time table • Conducted presentations on powerpoint • Each technique was first planned, practiced and then practically demonstrated to the students • Took part in all the exhibitions held in their in house L’Art Pur Gallery--
Textile Designer 02/2015 - 03/2016
Nomi Ansari, Karachi , Sindh Pakistan
Industry: Fashion Designing
Nomi Ansari is known as the KING OF COLORS has different lines to cater like Nomi Ansari Brides, Nomi Ansari Occasion Wear, DNA (Diffusion by Nomi Ansari). The Nomi Ansari Studio has been catering to A high profile, celebrity clientele for over a decade. His ready to wear labels are available at multi-label boutiques all over the world, including Karachi, Lahore and Dubai.
• Trend research • Layout, sketching, drawing of motifs and prints manually • Made prints on Photoshop and Illustrator • Embroidery and embellishment designs for formal, Semi formal and bridal dresses • Made digital printed kurtas for his Eid Collection’15- COLOR STORY • Assessed photographers, make-up artists and models for the collection shoots • Made formal dresses for Loreal Bridal Weak’15 • Pieces from OUDH collection were showcased on ramp • Worked on Sunsilk Fashion Edition’15 show • Designed show stopper outfit and others for PSFW’16- JOY RIDE • Same designs were showcased the same year at Fashion Parade London’16--
Internee 06/2014 - 07/2014
Pakistan State Oil, Karachi, Sindh Pakistan
Industry: Sales
PSO is the largest oil marketing company in Pakistan.
My responsibilities as an intern were: • Participated in LUB HANGAMA ( BTL activity) held on its retail outlet MG motors,was from the winning team that shattered all the past 10 years records in 2 days for selling lubricant products • Being the leader of the group successfully completed a 360 campaign for PSO GENERATOR OIL including the print ad(pamphelet), TVC, radio ad and a facebook page--
Designing Project 07/2014 - 08/2014
Trade Development Authority Of Pakistan, Karachi, Sindh Pakistan
Industry: Designing
TDAP is the successor organization to the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB).Participates in 60 to 80 international trade exhibitions annually. Sends 20 to 40 trade delegations abroad every year. Facilitates exporters to exhibit their goods abroad.
• Designed compositions, layouts and color options for the project ‘’Life Style Pakistan’’-Delhi Expo 2014 with Gul-Ahmed which received international coverage • Promoted and showed our culture through various designs and prints • Digital and screen printing with embellishments on different draped style garments • Researched market trends and analyzed consumer demands--

AIFD 01/2010 - 10/2014
Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan
Degree: Bachelor's Degree
Major:Print making
I did Bachelors in Textiles Design (BTD) Of four years from Asian institute of fashion Design. We did extensive research, drawing, painting, printing, using all old and new techniques.

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