About
Hi everyone! My name is Kara and I will be teaching you Fashion Design principles, as well as Copywriting/Content Marketing.
I graduated with a BA degree in Fashion Design from one of the most highly... ranked fashion design schools in the United States, Kent State, with minors in marketing, art history, and geology. In addition, I am pursuing a graduate degree in Journalism from West Virginia University. I have worked for fashion brands across the country, from Colorado to New York, helping them design innovative and fashion-forward collections, as well as maintain industry standards. I have experience in Women's wear, Men's wear, Children's wear, Denim design, and print design. I also have fashion marketing education and work experience. My studies extend across the globe to Italy, where I studied European fashion techniques and business, under the instruction of Industry Professionals. I traveled across the region learning about textiles, history, construction, manufacturing, design and production.
I have held marketing positions at companies across the East Coast from New York to West Virginia. In addition, I run my own Content Marketing company, where I help businesses grow their online presence, profits, and followers through copywriting. My graphic design and journalism education has assisted me in learning industry-standard programs such as Adobe video-editing and photo-editing software. I look forward to teaching you and helping you reach your goals!read more
Experience
Broadcast Journalism Graduate Assistant
West Virginia University Reed College of Media
Aug 2023 - May 2025
In the role of Graduate Assistant, I am responsible for helping students prepare for roles in the br... oadcast journalism industry. I assist the professors with producing high-quality newscasts, special affair shows, and sports shows that are student-led and serve as senior capstone classes. I am involved in the production of these shows from concept to filming the final show and sending it out to partnerships around the state.read more
Fashion Designer
Dwell L'Abel
Jun 2024 - Aug 2024
Served as the lead designer for the brand’s launch collection.
Facilitated communication between th... e brand and manufacturer and approved design changes.
Assisted the brand with establishing a production system, which included tech packs, trend and fabric research, branding development, and color and fabric selections.read more
Fashion Designer + Content Marketer
Royal Melanin, NYC
Jul 2023 - Sep 2023
As the Women's wear designer, I did trend and color research, illustrated designs, and executed the ... Spring/Summer 2024-2025 and Fall/Winter 2024-2025 collections. In addition, I focused on urban denim wear. As the brand's Copywriter, I helped rebrand the company with fashion blogs, a new website, a shopify store, and optimized their content with SEO.read more
Content Marketer
Lakeview Sleep Solutions
Feb 2023 - Aug 2023
At this dental practice, I was responsible for designing a new website, SEO-optimization, monthly bl... ogs, email marketing, social media marketing, monthly newsletters, and designing opt-ins.read more
Content Marketer
Joseph G. Vaughan D.D.S.
Dec 2022 - Aug 2023
At this dental practice, I was responsible for creating a new website, managing the social media mar... keting, producing weekly company videos, setting up email marketing, designing brochures, and SEO-optimization.read more
Content Marketer
Welles, NYC
Dec 2022 - Feb 2023
I helped the marketing team design social media content and email marketing.
Fashion Designer
Council for Fashion Designers of America (CFDA)
Dec 2021 - Mar 2022
My junior year of college, I was selected by my professor to be a student designer in the prestigiou... s CFDA competition. While studying abroad in Italy, I crafted my children's wear collection for this contest with the help of my Italian professors and a panel of fashion design judges from Kent State University.read more
Production Intern
Pleiades Designs
May 2022 - Dec 2022
At Pleiades, I was responsible for print design and trend research for girls' dresses and swimwear. ... In addition, I developed tech packs, CADs, updated bill-of-materials, performed quality checks, and researched fabrics.read more