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I’m a highly skilled, flexible, hardworking garment and graphic designer with extensive experience designing for commercial product areas including womenswear, teen, childrenswear, menswear, maternity and babywear, and overall product development. Having travelled to China, Turkey, Sri Lanka and India and understanding manufacturing processes, I bring excellent communication skills and strong organisational ability to ensure every deadline is met. I maintain a high standard of presentation and flexibility, am comfortable leading a team or working independently, and am looking for a company that supports growth and development. I’m a people person with great communication skills.…I’m a highly skilled, flexible, hardworking garment and graphic designer with extensive experience designing for commercial product areas including womenswear, teen, childrenswear, menswear, maternity and babywear, and overall product development. Having travelled to China, Turkey, Sri Lanka and India and understanding manufacturing processes, I bring excellent communication skills and strong organisational ability to ensure every deadline is met. I maintain a high standard of presentation and flexibility, am comfortable leading a team or working independently, and am looking for a company that supports growth and development. I’m a people person with great communication skills.

KATRINA LUKLINSKA-BARBARO

Designer, Graphic Designer, Product Designer, +1

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I’m a highly skilled, flexible, hardworking garment and graphic designer with extensive experience designing for commercial product areas including womenswear, teen, childrenswear, menswear, maternity and babywear, and overall product development. Having travelled to China, Turkey, Sri Lanka and India and understanding manufacturing processes, I bring excellent communication skills and strong organisational ability to ensure every deadline is met. I maintain a high standard of presentation and flexibility, am comfortable leading a team or working independently, and am looking for a company that supports growth and development. I’m a people person with great communication skills.…I’m a highly skilled, flexible, hardworking garment and graphic designer with extensive experience designing for commercial product areas including womenswear, teen, childrenswear, menswear, maternity and babywear, and overall product development. Having travelled to China, Turkey, Sri Lanka and India and understanding manufacturing processes, I bring excellent communication skills and strong organisational ability to ensure every deadline is met. I maintain a high standard of presentation and flexibility, am comfortable leading a team or working independently, and am looking for a company that supports growth and development. I’m a people person with great communication skills.

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I’m a highly skilled, flexible, hardworking garment and graphic designer with extensive experience designing for commercial product areas including womenswear, teen, childrenswear, menswear, maternity and babywear, and overall product development.

Having travelled to China, Turkey, Sri Lanka and India and understanding manufacturing processes, I bring excellent communication skills and strong organisational ability to ensure every deadline is met. I maintain a high standard of presentation and flexibility, am comfortable leading a team or working independently, and am looking for a company that supports growth and development. I’m a people person with great communication skills.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Editorial Illustration

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

Polish

Advanced

Work Experience

Freelance Graphic & Apparel Designer at spinalbackrack.com

May 1, 2019 - Present

Freelance graphic and apparel designer handling multiple graphic and apparel projects; multitasking, dealing with manufacturers, and ensuring deadlines are met through clear communication.

Senior Kidswear Designer at Pep&Co

April 1, 2019 - October 21, 2025

Senior kidswear designer across toddler and older categories for a fast-paced retail HQ (300+ stores); specialise in Girlswear shapes and graphics and oversee Boyswear; range building, trend forecasting, fabric research, CAD work, fit sessions, and presenting to buyers/directors; factory artwork & specs; overseas trips as needed.

Senior Designer/Design Manager at DMK Trend / Demka

July 1, 2017 - October 21, 2025

Led a UK design team (and Turkish team) across ladies, children’s and men’s wear; managed multiple accounts (Red Herring/Debenhams, Dorothy Perkins, Shop Direct, Morrison’s Nutmeg, M&Co); conducted research, designed ranges, created specs, organised sampling, and presented to customers; supervised a team of designers in the UK and Turkey (design/merchandiser/fabric sourcing).

Senior Fashion & Graphic Designer/Product Developer at Li & Fung/HTL Fashion & Freelance

July 1, 2016 - October 21, 2025

Developing fast fashion product across ladies, girls and teen wear; range building and creating shapes and graphics for Primark, Peacocks & licensed product from Turkey; mood boards, factory packs, CAD and print graphics for fashion and paper; branding and design work for independent businesses.

Senior Girlswear Designer at Norlanka / Poetic Gem

February 1, 2016 - October 21, 2025

Senior girlswear designer for teen, older and toddler girls; designing multiproduct ranges for George/Asda, Sainsbury’s, Next and Matalan; trend direction, range building, client meetings, presenting ranges, factory packs and sampling.

Senior Girlswear Designer at Blues Clothing

August 1, 2014 - October 21, 2025

Maternity cover; design across Older & Toddler girls and maternity for licensed multi-product line (Mothercare, Tesco, Tesco’s etc.); range building, licensing graphics, liaising with China, creating factory packs.

Senior Garment Designer at Absolute Garments Ltd / Fanpac

July 1, 2013 - October 21, 2025

Developing jersey product across licensed music; coordinating sampling, fabric development and prints; liaising with factories in Turkey; responsible for shape and artwork; client costing and briefs; attending trade shows to promote brand direction.

Senior Ladies Designer at New Dimension

December 1, 2012 - October 21, 2025

Creating graphics and apparel shapes for casual jersey for clients such as New Look and Republic; liaising with factory in Pakistan; lab dips, strike offs and sampling; trend research and overall design process.

Senior Apparel & Graphic Designer at Webwear

June 1, 2012 - October 21, 2025

Led a small design team on graphic & jersey wear for Lipsy, New Look, Topman, Esprit, River Island; designed graphics for licensed music; liaised with Turkish factories; artworking and range development; contributed to a best-selling line (87,000 pcs).

Girlswear & Babywear Designer at Baystream

January 1, 2009 - October 21, 2025

Girlswear across layette, baby, toddler and older girls for UK and international customers; travel to China and Hong Kong for product development, sampling and factory liaison; produced factory packs and ranges to customer briefs.

Designer / Account Manager at Jasko India

May 1, 2007 - October 21, 2025

Managed ladies accounts for New Look, Marks & Spencer, QVC, Dunnes and independents; liaised with factories in India; attended meetings, trend research, sampling and trade shows; costings and factory packs.

Woven & Jersey Designer at United Clothing

January 1, 2007 - October 21, 2025

Designs for ladies and childrenswear including maternity; hand sketching and Photoshop for CAD; sampling; meetings; trend research; collaboration with Turkish factories.