Ling Li
London
Summary
Enthusiastic fashion stylist with talent for selecting clothing, shoes and accessories for clients to wear. Understands importance of communicating with clients to understand needs, present apparel and accessory options and coordinate fittings and appointments. Seeking position to gain real-world experience in fashion industry and further develop skills as stylist Experienced fashion stylist with lengthy history of styling for editorial, advertising and personal clients. Skilled in creating visually stunning and on-trend looks for variety of occasions. Seeking opportunity to utilise skills and experience as fashion stylist. Skilled product designer understands materials, manufacturing processes and customer preferences. Experienced with iterative processes and prototyping. Brings analytical problem-solving abilities and attention to detail. Chinese native can speak English.
Overview
5
5
years of professional experience
Work history
Fashion Stylist
Nike
Shanghai
2022.01 - 2023.05
- Aligned styling with seasonal trends and brand values to resonate with customers.
- Embodied creative vision, project briefs and styling guides to deliver on-brand visuals.
- Showcased clothing and accessories to help improve brand exposure and awareness.
- Liaised with styling and buying teams to build wardrobe full of best-in-class styling items.
- Prepared models for shoots to keep to tight schedules.
- Anticipated seasonal trends by monitoring online creative content, street culture and social media.
- Monitored upcoming styles and trends to keep visuals fresh and relevant to target audiences.
- Evaluated trade performance to help guide future styling decision-making based on customer impact, engagement and response.
- Discussed improvements and follow-up action with photographers and videographers.
- Contributed to smooth running of Nike shoots by anticipating problems and resolving issues as they arose.
Fashion Stylist Assistant
Mia Kong
China
2020.11 - 2021.09
- Attended buying, trend and catwalk presentations to gain inspiration and formulate market insights.
- Monitored upcoming styles and trends to keep visuals fresh and relevant to target audiences.
- Embodied creative vision, project briefs and styling guides to deliver on-brand visuals.
- Supported team on ad-hoc projects to enhance styling standards.
- Styled models to consistently high standards and in line with project brief.
- Evaluated trade performance to help guide future styling decision-making based on customer impact, engagement and response.
- Adapted to varying demands of shoots in wide range of locations.
Milk tea shop
Hong Kong style tea shop
China
2018.09 - 2019.09
- Implemented and maintained company standards across multiple departments.
- Provided hands-on leadership to guide store team by example.
- Collaborated with team of managers and supervisors to uphold and improve store standards.
- Motivated store team to deliver excellent customer service in line with company standards.
- Organized training to increase staff confidence and ability to handle daily store situations.
- Remained calm under pressure to resolve range of escalated problems as they arose.
Education
Diploma of Higher Education - Fashion Styling
Istituto Marangoni
London 2022.09 -
Skills
- High-value project management
- Outstanding communicator
- Magazines and commercial fashion styling
- Strong learning ability and ability to work under pressure
- Responsible, loving, nice, kind
Languages
English
Intermediate
Timeline
Diploma of Higher Education - Fashion Styling
Istituto Marangoni
2022.09 -
Fashion Stylist
Nike
2022.01 - 2023.05
Fashion Stylist Assistant
Mia Kong
2020.11 - 2021.09
Milk tea shop
Hong Kong style tea shop
2018.09 - 2019.09