JAMES YOEST
j_yoest@hotmail.com

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EDUCATION
Academy of Art University // San Francisco, CA August 2007
Master of Fine Art / Fashion Design

Indiana University of Pennsylvania // Indiana, PA May 2003
Bachelor of Science / Fashion Merchandising
Minor: Small Business Management

WORK EXPERIENCE
Urban Outfitters // San Francisco, CA November 2007 - Present
Men's Sales Lead // Support, maintain, and organize store appearance in largest
grossing store in the company. Concentration on customer service, increasing sales with style consultation, restocking store and visual merchandising.

Nice Collective // San Francisco, CA November 2007 - Present
Head Intern // Assist the San Francisco based contemporary menswear label for the Fall ‘08 collection. Liaison between design and production, supporting specific tasks including but not limited to: preparing showroom for new season, creation of technical flats in Adobe Illustrator, updating spec and production sheets in Excel, sourcing fabrics/trims and coordination of photo shoots.

Margaret O’Leary // San Francisco, CA
March 2007 - May 2007
Intern // Oversaw organization of sample room and knitwear sample books, assisted designer in presentation of line sheets, flats and samples. Facilitated fittings for production.

Myself By Kai Kuhne // New York, NY
June 2006 - September 2006
Head Intern // Spring ‘07 collection for luxury avant garde designer. Assisted in the creation of the collection including fashion forecasting in trend/color research, draping, flat pattern design, sewing (in final fabrics/samples), studio organization, responsible for salesman samples, sent out press mailers, involvement of production Fall ‘06 and Spring ‘07 collections.

Avalon Exchange // Pittsburgh, PA
May 2004 - September 2004
Manager // Trained, motivated employees with job assignments, sales, and register.
Creation of main visual merchandising and store layout. Bought/traded merchandise directly with customers.

Macy’s // Pittsburgh, PA
August 2003 - May 2004
Visual Specialist // Responsible for design and set up of fashionably attractive windows as well as in store display. Technical work ranges from setting signs (sale, cosmetics, and vendor graph•ics), to laying out Gerber lettering. Fashion concentration ranges from updating and maintaining styling on mannequins to wall scaping.

PERSONAL HIGHLIGHTS
Academy Art Student Designer // Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week
New York, NY
Spring 2008

Featured Student Designer // MAGIC Trade Show/Cutting Edge Organic Fiber
Las Vegas, NV
Fall 2007

Academy Art Student Designer Collaborative Projects // Marlene Pixley & Jewelry
San Francisco, CA
Spring 2006

Head Designer/Producer // Student Fashion Shows
Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Fall 2000-2003

Designer // Salon Nuvo Fashion/Charity Shows
Pittsburgh, PA
Fall 2002-2004

Graduate Student Representative // Fashion Department
Academy Art University
2005

Portfolio and references available upon request.