S.E.W. Studios

Sam Whitlock

Education

Indiana University, Bloomington—Graduate
August 2020- August 2023
Major: Fashion Design
EXPERIENCE
Member of the Retail Studies Organization, Student Member of the NRF

Skills

  • Couture Garment Construction
  • Technical Design & Package
    Design and conduct reliable marketing projects
  • Fashion Illustrations
  • Social networking
  • Maintain social media connections
  • Knowledgeable in cultural dress designs
  • Strategic marketing planner
  • Construct graphs and spreadsheets (by hand and using graphing software)
  • Adobe Creative Cloud 
  • Adobe Lightroom

Experience

Mallor Grodner Attorneys- Administrative Assisstant

October 2023- Present

  • Interpersonal communication between clients and staff
  • Trained new administrative assistants to ensure strict adherence to the company polices
  • Scheduling deliveries of products, supplies and critical business correspondence 
  • Run conflict checks and persons of interest background checks
  • Organizing and filing daily and monthly expense reports and deposits
  • File, log and organize all new matter and client information and documentation
  • Maintained utmost discretion when dealing with sensitive topics
  • Communicating with delivery companies, signing for parcels and respecting all vendors.

Formula Iozzi,  Milan, Italy — Design and Social Media Intern

May 2022 -July 2022

  • Create and edit fashion videos for social media and store website
  • Styling and customizing lay-flats and design boards 
  • Provide sample designs for winter 2023 collection
  • Elevate the photography and modeling for Brescia photo shoots
  • Creating SWOT presentations and compiling stock for store events
  • Managing pop up shop sales
  • PR work for launch parties 
  • Taking and editing concept photos
  • Translating Instagram posts from Italian to English for Western market
  • Organizing photo shoots and lay flats for marketing

Model and Talent Management,  Michigan Rd — Model 

March 2018 -Present

  • Successfully showcases the designs and garments of the designers
  • Brought forth endurance and the ability to stand for long periods of time
  • Competed in Launch Showcase and International Modeling and Talent Assoc. Competition
  • Modeled in London Fashion Week 2021
  • Modeled in Midwest Fashion Week 2018,2019,2020

John Casablancas,  Michigan Rd — Instructor and Booking Agent

August 2018 -May 2020

  • Lead informative and interactive modeling sessions with clients
  • Communicating with other industry professionals
  • Negotiating contracts with all clients
  • Answering telephone calls, client emails and directing inquires to the appropriate department
  • Cooperated with stylists and management to ensure shoots went smoothly

Languages

  • Beginner Italian
  • Beginner Japanese
  • Conversational Spanish
  • Conversational ASL

Relevant Classes

August 2019- May 2023

  • Textile Science
  • Fashion Studio I & II
  • Fashion Design I & II
  • Materials for Fashion Design
  • Dress Studies: Cultural Analysis
  • History of Fashion
  • Fashion and Social Issues Analysis

Selected Work

Trashion Refashion Show

Bloomington, IN

La Gala de Las Espadas

IU Senior Fashion Show

“Old Threads”

Fresh Off the Runway Season ll

Using Format