Stephie Montgomery's CV

Stephanie Montgomery

Contact Details:

Stephiemonty@gmail.com

Personal Profile:

I am a dedicated and hard working individual with a creative mind and a ‘can do’ attitude. I have excellent interpersonal skills and a proven ability of succeeding in a target driven environment. I am currently looking for a challenging opportunity where I can utilise my strong communication abilities and continue to work with people. I am keen to continue with my art and would love to help others to realise their creative abilities. The thought of getting to work with people who really think ‘outside the box’ and brings you a new challenge every day is something that really excites me.

April 2010- Present: Technician, Fredrick Bremmer Secondary school.

My role here is to assist the art director in the running and organisation of his classes, setting up the classroom, helping the younger years with their technique and guiding the older years through their coursework pieces through discussion and technical support. The job also requires me to do some administrative work, ordering stock, creating posters for the classroom and marking

August 2009- Present: Founder and head designer Not Quite Lauren.

In August 2009 I set up my own bespoke design company, Not Quite Lauren. We create unique made to order and measure garments, often working closely with the client incorporating both the ideas of the designer and the client’s to create their ideal garment. To view some of our works please go to our website: www.notquitelauren.com

September- December 2009 Freelance painter with Beeswax art:

I worked with this company over the Christmas period, turning their client’s photographs into paintings. Unfortunately this company could not compete with the existing businesses and is not trading any more.

June 2007- August 2009 designer and seamstress for Arty Lore:

This company like mine focuses on creating unique handmade garments designed to the client’s specification. These designs leant more towards fantasy, Celtic and ethnic designs which are enhanced by the hand painted detail done by the owner and artist.  From time to time I do still take on some seamstress work for her during her more busy periods.

Commissioned Work:

I have also been privately commissioned to do a number of paintings and sculptures, evidence of these and the rest of my work can be seen in my portfolio. A digital version of this stored on Picasa, please follow the link: www.picasaweb.google.com/stephiemonty/Portfolio

Education:

April 2008 Open Water Diving Course

May 2008 Advanced Diving Course

Sept. 2006 – June 2007 London College of Fashion

Costume Design 

Throughout this course I have learned many skills and techniques used in the design and manufacturing of costumes including pattern cutting and manipulation. I intend to continue utilising these skills that I have developed through the sale of bespoke clothing.

Sept. 2004 – June 2006 University of the arts London – Central Saint Martin

Arts and Artefacts – BA Hons 

During this course I developed a broad understanding of various areas of artistic impression. I enjoyed experimenting with different techniques and decided that I was interested in developing my understanding of costume design further. The course was not completed for financial reasons.

Sept. 2003 – June 2004 Leeds college of Art

Foundation in Fine Art – HND

1997 – 2002 Repton School

A Levels       Art – A

                   History – C

                   Maths – D

AS Levels     Physics – C

GCSE’s                  9 A’s and 2B’s  

During my time at school I was involved in a number of teams and societies. I particularly enjoyed being a member of the Rep. Theatre Company as we went to perform at the Edinburgh fringe festive for 3 years. I was a principle character in each of the plays we performed and I was also responsible for ‘selling’ the show to the crowds to ensure that we had a large audience. The many years I have been involved in drama have ensured that I am a confident communicator who is happy conversing with a diverse range of people.

IT Skills:

Microsoft Word

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Power Point

Microsoft Outlook

Adobe Dreamweaver

Adobe Fireworks

Coral Draw

Adobe Photoshop

Adobe In design

Adobe Illustrator

References:

Are available on request.