Greg Goldstein
786A Hancock Street,NY
Summary
Highly motivated and experienced knitwear designer with business management, creative leadership skills and creative talents. Proficient in strategic planning for entrepreneurship and sustainable businesses. Collaborative leader with dedication to partnering with coworkers to promote engaged and empowering work culture. Team player ready to help achieve company goals.
Overview
1
1
year of professional experience
Work History
Knitwear Designer / Small Business Owner
Character Study
01.2023 - Current
- Creates paper and digital patterns for machine knitting (Men and Women)
- Designs original illustrations and perfects multiple iterations
- Manually knits each garment on a vintage knitting machine
- Personally dyes yarns with various dye techniques
- Manages e-commerce website and Etsy store
- Plans the future of the business with short term and long term goals, ensures milestones are met
- Sources yarns from Italy
- Manages the finances of the business
- Manages marketing on social media
Knit Lab Technician
Parsons School of Design
- Serviced and maintained 20+ domestic knitting machines
- Advised and guided students in their creation of knitwear projects
Paid Design Internship
WinRian
- Created digital flats for use in tech packs of WinRian garments
- Developed patterns for and knit cardigan samples to be put into production
- Knit manually on a vintage knitting machine multiple prototypes to be put into production
Paid PR Internship
Extension PR
- Created daily client monitoring reports which detailed news coverage data of Bugatti, Lamborghini, Ducati, HotelTonight, Smule, Wish and Stubhub
- Assembled spreadsheets of hierarchy at multiple media outlets with contact information of journalists and executives
- Pitched news stories to media outlets about Extension PR's clientele
- Organized guest lists for Lamborghini and Ducati PR events
- Created pages for hundreds of hotels for the HotelTonight website
Unpaid Internship (Fashion Division)
Sequential Brands Group, Inc.
- Created Extensive Presentations for Multiple Licensees, Using Strategic Research to Forecast Color Palettes and Trends for the F/W'18 Season
- Detailed Ways Clients Can Modernize Their Marketing on Social Media and Adapt to the Changing Retail Landscape
Small Business Owner
Electrica Coffee Roasters
- Created a Small-Batch Coffee Roasting Business
- Sold at the Campbell Hall Episcopal School Café to Over 1,000 Students at a 70% Gross Margin
Education
BFA - Fashion Design
Parsons School of Design
New York, NY05.2023
Skills
- Specializes in Photoshop & Illustrator
- Proficient in Adobe Suite and Microsoft Office
- Proficient in Machine Knitting and Patternmaking, including Digital Multicolor Patterning, natural and synthetic dyeing of yarns and fabrics
- Proficient in French
- Business management and development
- Business growth and retention
- Marketing
- Project Management
- Negotiation
- Strategic Planning
- Customer Interactions
- Latte art
Timeline
Knitwear Designer / Small Business Owner
Character Study
01.2023 - Current
Knit Lab Technician
Parsons School of Design
Paid Design Internship
WinRian
Paid PR Internship
Extension PR
Unpaid Internship (Fashion Division)
Sequential Brands Group, Inc.
Small Business Owner
Electrica Coffee Roasters
BFA - Fashion Design
Parsons School of Design
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