Resume

Alyssa Rivera



Recent professional graduate that is motivated to utilize experience in fashion merchandising and design.  Experience in high level fashion atmosphere with varying degrees of responsibility that has been successful in every aspect.  Experience working within two major departments of a large scale design manufacturer with exposure to product development, client relations, and operations. Looking to leverage my experience to fit into an organization that will enable me to grow and utilize my experience and knowledge of textiles, trends, designs, to understand a company’s customer and target market.



CORE COMPETENCIES



Trend Research  Price Tagging  Client Interaction 

Visual Merchandising  Color Direction  Vendor and Internal Communications
Fit Evaulation and Correction   Detailed Oriented  Research and Analytical Skils



 EDUCATION

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Indiana University of Pennsylavania, Indiana, PA  Bachelor of Science, Fashion Merchandising 2012

Coursework:  Apparel Industry, Textiles, Global Issues in Textiles and Apparel, Visual Merchandising, Aesthetics of Fashion, Clothing Construction, Historic Costume, Ready-to-Wear Analysis, and Quality Control of Textiles



TECHNICAL SKILLS



Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), Adobe Photoshop, and Illustration



​PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE



ADRIANNA PAPELL – New York, NY Summer 2010/ Summer 2011​

Adrianna Papell, L.L.C. manufactures and sells apparel for girls and women. The company offers spring and fall collections. Its products include evening dresses and separates, day dresses, private-label sportswear, short dresses, and long gowns. The company sells its products through its showrooms, as well as through department stores, online retailers, and specialty boutiques.  www.Adriannapapell.com



MERCHANDISER/ DESIGN INTERN                                                                                                                                                      2011

Managed clothing inventory and aided in price tagging.  Assisted in making sure that our clients received our merchandise.  Aided in new product development by picking up new fabric, buttons and zippers to design team.   Ability to utilize photoshop and excel to accomplish departmental tasks.  Making sure that our clients receive our samples giving them the ability to make well informed and timely decisions.  Helped with the visual merchandising presentations.



SALES/ DESIGN INTERN                                                                                                                                                                          2010

Was involved in meetings with buyers, photographed samples to send to the buyers, used photoshop, excel, and paint, organized the merchandise in excel to send out to buyers, tagged merchandise, packed up and sent out merchandise,  delivered samples to buyers, and helped design embellishments on clothing.results.



 ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Lincoln Cinema Movie Theater- Kearny, NJ (2005-2012) - Responsibilities included, handling incoming revenue, customer service, and ticket sales



Sigma Kappa Sorority- Indiana, PA (2009-2012) - Community Service, Into the Streets, helped clean a child care center by disinfecting and organizing the toys and furniture. Gerontology, visited elderly homes and engaged in activities with them. Alzheimer’s Disease, raised money for research and education of the disease. Inherit the Earth, improved the local environment. The Maine Sea Coast Mission, helped the people in need by sending food.