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Joanna Hastings

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work history

Designer

Hambleton Decorating Limited
Rutland
08.2007 - 01.2010
  • Second in command to owner
  • Small business working on prestigious interior decoration projects
  • Role included project management & client liaison.
  • Reason for leaving: I left just prior to the birth of my first child, making the decision to be a full time mum to my (now two) daughters.

Buying Manager

BHS Ltd
London
11.2006 - 07.2007
  • Role involved supplier management (developing relationships & price negotiation) and product range development (4 product range launches per year) to key critical path deadlines
  • Reason for leaving: Career change
  • Following my interior design course, I was approached to work for Hambleton Decorating.

Product Development Consultant

Self employed
Nottingham/London
01.2006 - 11.2006
  • Product development & product range advisory role to several homeware suppliers in UK Retail.

Senior Buyer

Next Retail Ltd
Leicester
06.2003 - 12.2005
  • Responsible for the Home Accessories department
  • Co- ordination of product range (4 launches per year), supply base, pricing structure & all critical path deadlines
  • Reason for leaving: I left to undertake an Interior design course at KLC.

Concept Developer

Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd
London
11.2002 - 06.2003
  • Part of a team recruited to set up the non-food business for Sainsbury's (TU).
  • My main role was to develop the concept for the Home Accessories division for a team of buyers.
  • Reason for leaving: Headhunted by Next, and a desired relocation out of London.

Product Developer

Marks & Spencer Plc
London
09.1998 - 10.2002
  • Graduate scheme intake 1998
  • Full graduate training through to the role of product developer
  • Product developer for Home Accessories involving all administrative & creative tasks involved with developing a product range (4 product launches per year) working with a global supply base and various teams of colleagues - design, merchandising & technology - to develop safe products, on time, to budget.
  • Reason for leaving: Headhunted by Sainsbury's.

Education

Diploma - Interior Decoration

KLC School of Design, London
01/2006 - 11/2006

Bachelor of Arts - Textile Design

Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham
09/1995 - 07/1998

Foundation Studies in Art & Design -

Wimbledon School of Art, London
09/1994 - 07/1995

A-Levels/GCSEs -

Nonsuch Grammar School for Girls, Surrey
09/1987 - 07/1994
  • A-Levels: English Literature C, History C, Art C, General Studies C
  • AS: Maths A
  • GCSEs: Maths A, English Literature A, English Language A, Science A, French A, Geography A, History A, Art A

Skills

Highly organised & good at working to time pressure

Experience of volunteering in both daughters' schools in recent years, including several occasions as exam invigilator for SATs

Current DBS held as of 03/04/2002: 001775839945

Good working knowledge of Microsoft office, word, excel

Full clean driving licence

NI: JE211563D

Timeline

Designer - Hambleton Decorating Limited
08.2007 - 01.2010
Buying Manager - BHS Ltd
11.2006 - 07.2007
Product Development Consultant - Self employed
01.2006 - 11.2006
Senior Buyer - Next Retail Ltd
06.2003 - 12.2005
Concept Developer - Sainsbury's Supermarkets Ltd
11.2002 - 06.2003
Product Developer - Marks & Spencer Plc
09.1998 - 10.2002
KLC School of Design - Diploma, Interior Decoration
01/2006 - 11/2006
Nottingham Trent University - Bachelor of Arts, Textile Design
09/1995 - 07/1998
Wimbledon School of Art - Foundation Studies in Art & Design,
09/1994 - 07/1995
Nonsuch Grammar School for Girls - A-Levels/GCSEs,
09/1987 - 07/1994

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