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Work History
Education
Skills
Internships
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Accomplishments
Extracurricular Activities
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Sujaya Hazarika

Sujaya Hazarika

Bengaluru

Summary

Highly skilled and creative Founder | Fashion and Textile Designer with 6+ years experience in Fashion , Textile design, Graphic Design along with Brand Management skills , holding a Bachelor's degree in Textile Design from NIFT , Bangalore and a Master's degree in Fashion Design from Polimoda, Italy. Strong brand management and social media and marketing skills across multiple teams. Recognized for featured articles in top fashion magazines, showcasing designs worn by celebrities and influencers. Goal-driven strategic leader and decisive business professional brings track record of success in start-up companies. Outstanding background managing multiple products from ideation to market launch and profitable monetization. Strong entrepreneurial spirit, open mind and willingness to take on new challenges that require patience and perseverance. Proficient in draping, pattern tracing, garment construction, sewing, fashion illustration, graphic and social media management. Experienced in CAD systems for print and textile designs, trend forecasting, and various surface design techniques.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience

Work History

Founder and Creative Director

Joskai Studio
New Delhi
07.2021 - 04.2024
  • Successfully founded the brand and established the factory unit
  • Developed Four Tran-seasonal Fashion Collections for 2021/2022 and 2023
  • Traveled intensively to the craft clusters to work closely with artisans based in Assam, to co-create textiles for the collection, and worked closely with screen printing and block printing artisans in Delhi, for development of screen , digital and block prints
  • Creation of mood boards, illustrations, collection lineups, sourcing of fabrics, development of test fits, garment sample creation, tech pack creation etc
  • Handled and built a team of 3 members along with a tailoring unit, managed and built website, 360 degree brand and website marketing, social media and Pr team coordination.
  • Handling production, client orders along with custom made pieces, merchandising of garments for all stores.
  • Branding and brand identity development for the brand along with development of brand story .
  • Developed marketing strategies and co-ordination with external agencies and teams - PR , Digital Marketing , Social Media Marketing agency to review brand performance , growth , development.
  • Planning and organizing photoshoots, campaigns along with styling the shoots for collections
  • Attending exhibitons, events etc for sales, along with creation of Graphics, Content Creation and Calendar Management for Social Media.

Co-founder and Creative Director

Nori Clothing
New Delhi
11.2018 - 10.2020
  • Co-founded the brand and established the factory unit
  • Designed collections for S/S 19, A/W 20, S/S 20, and capsule collections
  • Developed hand-developed digital prints and embroidery swatches for all collections
  • Managed client orders and garment merchandising
  • Handled Graphics and Content creation and Shoot management for Social Media.

Assistant Designer

Kukoon Designs Pvt Ltd
New Delhi
12.2015 - 02.2017
  • Developed fashion prints and embroideries for client based orders and S/S 16
  • Ideation of theme, Sketches, Mood boards, lineup and techpacks, sample development and embroidery swatch development - Spring summer 2016 collection - Theme - Visceral
  • Started Autumn Winter 2017 collection.

Assistant Textile Designer

Tulips Ambience Pvt Ltd
Pune
07.2015 - 12.2015
  • Client based designs for curtains, bed sets, home furnishing products and interiors.

Education

Master's in Fashion Design - Fashion Design

Polimoda
08.2018

Seasonal Course in Fashion Design -

Polimoda
10.2017

Bachelor's in Textile Design - Textile Design

National Institute of Fashion Technology
06-2015

12th Std , ISC -

Mayo College Girl's School
06.2010

Skills

  • Leadership
  • Communication Skills
  • Microsoft Office
  • Adobe photoshop
  • Fashion and Textile Design
  • Brand Management
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Indesign
  • Corel Draw
  • Graphic Design
  • Marketing
  • Strategic Planning
  • Operations Management
  • Branding and Development
  • Contract Negotiation
  • Client Engagement
  • Team Leadership
  • Entrepreneurial and Innovative
  • Start-Up Operations
  • Content Marketing
  • Social Media Marketing

Internships

DESIGN INTERN AT HIMATSINGKA SEIDE - Bangalore

2 months industry internship under Ms. Jayshree Poddar.

  • Development of woven jacquard fabrics – concepts to weave development.
  • Handled two projects related to the above.

PRINT DESIGN INTERN AT ANISHA DESIGNS PVT LTD - KOLKATA

  • Internship with Anisha designs Pvt Ltd under Anushree Pramanik. Duration – 1 month.
  • Development of screen print designs.

GRADUATION PROJECT AT UNIVERSAL TEXTILE MILLS - BANGALORE

  • 5 months Graduation Project at Universal Textile Mills and Jaipuria Silks Pvt Ltd under Mr. Mahesh Kumar .
  • Creating 2 fabric collections for jacquard , embroideries, and print for home furnishing and One fabric collection of floral prints for Fashion.

Accomplishments

  • Joskai Studio articles and features on various online platforms and print magazines in India and internationally like Vogue , Elle , Grazia India , Vogue Arabia , Platform Magazine.
  • Joskai Studio donned by various Celebrities and influencers along with editorial shoot features.
  • Nori clothing selected to showcase at Blenders Pride Magical nights fashion show.
  • Nori clothing featured as one of the upcoming home grown brands of India with features on magazines like Vogue , Grazia and Femina.

Extracurricular Activities

Actively participated at school, interschool and college level classical singing and music competitions. Participated in school level art and craft competitions. Indulge in oil painting and acrylic painting on a regular basis.

Timeline

Founder and Creative Director

Joskai Studio
07.2021 - 04.2024

Co-founder and Creative Director

Nori Clothing
11.2018 - 10.2020

Assistant Designer

Kukoon Designs Pvt Ltd
12.2015 - 02.2017

Assistant Textile Designer

Tulips Ambience Pvt Ltd
07.2015 - 12.2015

Master's in Fashion Design - Fashion Design

Polimoda

Seasonal Course in Fashion Design -

Polimoda

Bachelor's in Textile Design - Textile Design

National Institute of Fashion Technology

12th Std , ISC -

Mayo College Girl's School
Sujaya Hazarika