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Parsons the New School for Design Strategic Design & Management
GPA: 3.91
Washington University in St. Louis Major: Anthropology Minors: Chinese and Marketing
Monique Rene NY A handbag start-up with an innovative new concept.
Content Creator ▪ Wrote press release, designed look book, proposed social media strategies.
▪ Results: Website up and running, already planning for next season.
Styleta A fashion nonprofit launching a WashU chapter.
Creative Director
▪ Recruited members, directed photo shoots, oversaw runway show planning.
▪ Results: Runway event’s 160+ guests helped raise $5,000 for Charity Water.
WUSICE An environmental group connecting to schools overseas.
PR Executive
▪ Initiated first US-China undergraduate conference on climate change.
▪ Results: 11 Fudan University students hosted, white paper delivered to UN COP16.
The Doneger Group 06/2014 - 08/2014
Intern - The Tobe Report New York, NY ▪ Attended collection previews and reported on up-and-coming products.
▪ Researched and curated trends into strategic recommendations for clients.
Nouvelle Garde 08/2013 - 09/2013
Intern - PR New York, NY
▪ Tracked and collected press material for clients.
▪ Maintained list of media contacts and reached out to new ones.
Pilot Projects LLC 12/2012 - 09/2013
Intern - R&D New York, NY
▪ Ideated and prototyped a new handbag concept.
▪ Submitted a shelter design proposal to NYC’s Feral Cat Initiative.
▪ Created presentations to give a client’s new CEO a strong overview of the brand.
10 Crosby Derek Lam 06/2011 - 01/2012
Intern - Sales New York, NY
▪ Put together press packets and maintained sample closet.
▪ Ensured quality buyer relations, in the showroom and over the phone.
▪ Handled various Excel documents, i.e. order forms, fabric buys, and line lists.
Abercrombie Kids 06/2009 - 09/2009
Sales Representative Eatontown, NJ
▪ Assisted customers, manned registers, managed inventory.
Business Anthropologist
Strategic Designer
2009
2012
2012 2014
YMA Fashion Scholarship Fund ▪ 2014 $5,000 Round Scholar
Parsons the New School for Design
▪ Dean BBA Scholar
▪ Chase Program Scholar
Washington University in St. Louis
▪ Lambda Alpha, National Anthropology Honorary Society
▪ Alpha Kappa Psi, Business Fraternity
I’ve helped launch brands.
I’ve worked in various industries.
▪ Conducting field observations and interviews.
▪ Optimizing print and digital databases.
▪ Curating the useful from the impertinent.
▪ Deriving insights and forecasting the future.
▪ Storytelling in pixels - simplifying the complex.
▪ Persuading with words - saying more with less.
COMMUNICATING
INFORMATION
ANALYZING
INFORMATION
WORKING
WITH PEOPLE
DESIGNING
FOR PEOPLE COLLECTING
INFORMATION
STUDYING
PEOPLE
KNOWLEDGE
HANDS
SOFTWARE
PEOPLE SKILLS
▪ Cross-disciplinary coursework.
▪ Fascination with the human condition.
▪ Sketching.
▪ Mood boarding and prototyping.
▪ Microsoft Powerpoint, Word, Excel.
▪ Adobe InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop.
▪ Ensuring client satisfaction.
▪ Aligning a team of hybrid minds.
18 Oakcrest Court
Holmdel, NJ 07733
@chenanne19
(908) 461-7463
Portfolio
Website
PROBLEM A BRAND DILEMMA…
A SYSTEMIC SOCIAL ISSUE…
SOLUTION
