Angela Roman Balbuena

Costume jewelry designer for Carolina Herrera’s luxury lifestyle brand, CH Carolina Herrera. My main role activities include: • Presenting trend research to other teams including Management, Buying and Commercial leadership and collaborating across departments. • Identifying and executing new product opportunities as they emerge in the market, anticipating customer's needs. • Using relevant sales data and insights to design commercially relevant, fashion-forward ranges for the different markets division. • Travels for current trends catching, attending international fairs and trade shows and suppliers sourcing. • Presentation of many creative ideas as possible aligned to the trends in the luxury market. • Samples follow up with suppliers assuring the on-time best final product. • Samples ok for production.

Fine jewellery Design for different targets, from commercial to high-end jewellery for both large and small companies in different markets around the world: • To undertake appropriate research, including competition analysis, producing trend reports and presentations, to ensure a high level of awareness of current and emerging trends and ‘must have’ products. • Work closely with Design Director and product development department (onsite) on all matters relating to collections. • Manage individual projects from different targets simultaneously, from initial research to translating ideas visually through hand drawing and computer-based sketches, to correction of cads and physical samples jewellery pieces and monitoring day-to-day follow-up with the product development team, ensuring quality, deadlines and price targets are respected. Facet Barcelona is an international leader in the design, manufacture and distribution of high-quality jewellery. With more than 30 years of experience, delivers classic and trendy jewellery pieces to the highest standards of quality.

• Designing and planning the jewelry collection • Hand and digital drawing sketches of the jewelry pieces for detailed technical packs. • Digital illustration for product storytelling • Trend forecasting and research of materials. • Samples development follow-up with suppliers.

• Fashion jewelry and soft accessories design including: Scarves and bandanas, bags, backpacks and beauty cases, hats, beach, sport and home accessories among others for worldwide renowned high street retailers. • Trend forecasting to support overseas suppliers in its accessories collection developments. • Textile print design for soft accessories. • Creation and updating of collections database. • Samples follow up with suppliers assuring the on-time best final product.

Trend forecasting and concept development section within the subject "Fashion Design Project III" in the last year of the Fashion Design BA program.

• Women and kidswear designer for high street retailers. • Trend forecasting and competitors research to ensure our designs are in line with market leaders and current trends. • Textile print and embroidery design (all over and positional developments) . • Technical sheets both for prints and garments, trend and materials research and samples development follow-up. • Trips to factories (Portugal) to check over collection developments onsite.

• Design and planning of the collection showcased at SIMOF (Salón Internacional de la Moda Flamenca) 2017 • Fashion design for bridal and nightgown looks. • Pattern making; cutting, assembly, and textile finishing.

• Technical sheets for production. • Pattern making and cutting. • Samples reception.