Summary
Overview
Work history
Education
Skills
Languages
References
Personal Attributes
Timeline
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Toni Devlin

Toni Devlin

London

Summary

Creative professional with experience in sustainability communications, fashion design, and event coordination. Strong background in managing projects, engaging with diverse clients, and delivering clear messaging in fast-paced environments. Proven ability to create visually appealing content and maintain organisation under pressure.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience

Work history

Sustainability & Communications Coordinator

DAERA
Remote
2025.10 - Current

Coordinates climate and sustainability projects across multiple teams and organisations, ensuring information is clear, schedules are aligned and deadlines are met. Prepares briefing packs, notes and correspondence to make complex information easy to understand. Supports legislative processes and climate reporting workflows by keeping communication organised and tracking progress. Manages events and workshops, including guest lists, logistics, briefing materials and follow-ups. Fast, people-led environment requiring calm communication, diplomacy and clear organisation. Excel used daily for tracking, scheduling and documentation.

Founder - Curator & Buyer

LEINE
Belfast & Dublin
2024.06 - 2026.01

Curated and sourced vintage/designer pieces for markets in Belfast and Dublin and ran Léine’s Instagram and visuals. Styled and shot pieces for posts, stories and lookbooks, and connected with local creatives and customers. Growth was organic through the Irish vintage scene and word of mouth.

Press Coordinator

WEEGIRL
Remote
2022.08 - 2026.01

Helped Weegirl with social media and content, organising sample requests and creating visuals for Instagram. Worked with stylists, influencers and Irish creatives to get pieces seen, and kept a small but engaged community growing around the brand. Also handled press bits (giveaways, seasonal drops, selects) and the general social/DM chat, that keep the brand moving.

Administrative & Executive Officer

DEPARTMENT OF WORKING PENSIONS
Belfast
2023.01 - 2025.08

First point of contact for people who needed support, guiding them through complicated processes with patience and clear communication. Managed a steady flow of cases, calls and paperwork, keeping everything organised and on time. Spoke daily with different teams and professionals to make sure everyone was updated and moving in the same direction. Looked after scheduling, follow-ups and correspondence, and used Excel to track cases, deadlines and information. A lot of the job required discretion, empathy and diplomacy and taught me how to keep people calm, explain things clearly and move things forward in a fast-paced environment.

Costume Design & Construction

EAMONN MCGILL
Belfast
2023.10 - 2024.02

Custom looks for drag performers, including fittings and dressing for shoots, stage and Drag Race-related appearances. Pieces have been seen on TV. The work was client-facing, fast-paced and required discretion, problem-solving and an eye for how things photograph.

Fashion Week PR Assistant

AGENCY ELEVEN - DI PETSA, NATASHA ZINKO, PAOLA CARAZANA, MARKNULL, SINEAD GOREY
London
2023.09 - 2023.09

Helped with London Fashion Week shows and presentations, looking after backstage logistics, guest flow and seating. Welcomed stylists, editors, influencers and media, and made sure they were comfortable and in the right place. Assisted with press materials and social content, and stayed in touch with people afterwards. This role gave a good understanding of how Fashion Week works behind the scenes: fast, social and full of moving parts.

Fashion Designer

UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD - PARIS EXHIBITION & PHOTOSHOOT
Paris
2023.01 - 2023.01

Showed work in Paris and worked with photographers and stylists on visuals; useful for understanding how clothes read in images and editorial contexts.

Fashion Designer

HARVEY NICHOLS
Salford
2023.01 - 2023.01

Showed work in Paris and worked with photographers and stylists on visuals; useful for understanding how clothes read in images and editorial contexts.

Visual Merchandiser

TOPSHOP
Belfast
2019.06 - 2022.02

Worked on visual merchandising for Outfit and Topshop, dressing mannequins, windows and in-store displays, developing an eye for styling, colour and layout and how clothes read in a retail space.

Fashion Wardrobe and Showroom Intern

AGENCY ELEVEN
London
2021.03 - 2021.08

Helped with the showroom at Agency Eleven, assisting with sample pulls and returns (Fashion GPS), phones, couriers and keeping the space and rails in order. Looked after stylists, photographers and editors during appointments and handled whatever was needed on the studio side during Fashion Week events. Fast, social environment requiring tact, pace and the ability to keep things moving.

Fashion Designer

NEW YORK FASHION WEEK
Soho
2020.01 - 2020.01

Shown at New York Fashion Week (Pier 59), seeing how clothes read under lights, on models and in front of editors. Fast and social environment, with good insight into how Fashion Week works and how people in the industry respond to clothes.

Education

Higher National Diploma - Fashion Design and Textiles

Manchester College
Manchester
2020.09 - 06/2023

BA Hons Degree - Fashion Design

University of Salford Manchester
Manchester
2021.09 - 06/2023

A-Levels - Fashion with Art & Design

Belfast Metropolitan
2018.09 - 06/2019

Skills

  • Emails, follow-ups & people
  • Event planning
  • Scheduling & keeping things on time
  • Guest lists & event logistics
  • Client facing & discreet
  • Calm in chaos
  • Quick problem-solving
  • Reading the room
  • Dressing spaces/rails nicely
  • Adobe creative suite proficiency

Languages

English - Proficient
French - A2

References

References available upon request

Personal Attributes

• Warm, sociable and good with people
• Clear and calm communicator
• Organised and detail-aware
• Practical problem-solving
• Good energy in a room

Timeline

Sustainability & Communications Coordinator

DAERA
2025.10 - Current

Founder - Curator & Buyer

LEINE
2024.06 - 2026.01

Costume Design & Construction

EAMONN MCGILL
2023.10 - 2024.02

Fashion Week PR Assistant

AGENCY ELEVEN - DI PETSA, NATASHA ZINKO, PAOLA CARAZANA, MARKNULL, SINEAD GOREY
2023.09 - 2023.09

Administrative & Executive Officer

DEPARTMENT OF WORKING PENSIONS
2023.01 - 2025.08

Fashion Designer

UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD - PARIS EXHIBITION & PHOTOSHOOT
2023.01 - 2023.01

Fashion Designer

HARVEY NICHOLS
2023.01 - 2023.01

Press Coordinator

WEEGIRL
2022.08 - 2026.01

BA Hons Degree - Fashion Design

University of Salford Manchester
2021.09 - 06/2023

Fashion Wardrobe and Showroom Intern

AGENCY ELEVEN
2021.03 - 2021.08

Higher National Diploma - Fashion Design and Textiles

Manchester College
2020.09 - 06/2023

Fashion Designer

NEW YORK FASHION WEEK
2020.01 - 2020.01

Visual Merchandiser

TOPSHOP
2019.06 - 2022.02

A-Levels - Fashion with Art & Design

Belfast Metropolitan
2018.09 - 06/2019
Toni Devlin