Dijana Macura
Fashion Designer / Assistant professor of fashion design/ & Consulting
Proven professional with refined experience and work in fashion design research, concepts, innovations and various professional projects engagements including mass market and unique fashion production.
Mastery and enthusiastic devotion in fashion design education, delivering superior results.
Perfectionist in skills development- drawing, sewing, experimenting in apparel forms and cuts, familiar with new technologies - CAD - Lectra system – Kaledo - the most recent one and others.
Focused to efficiency, and - one step further - self motivation.
7 contacts2003 - 2008•Lead position in organizing Major Subject instruction programs, workshop projects and courses.
•Responsibilities included Department coordination and implementation of Bologna Declaration of the European Ministers of Education.
•Fully responsible for III and IV - final year fashion design students.
Courses included: Fashion Sketching, Concept development, Portfolio presentation, Drawing and Illustration, Apparel specialized projects and development, Fashion workshop projects, Experimental garment construction, Fashion M.A. Final Projects, Fashion Show production and Final exhibition.
•Suggested and organized practical Fashion Design projects and workshop, which became the basis of teaching program. Initiated promotion of the Department within various fashion events.
2001 - 2003•Participated in suggesting, planning, concept, and designing of all commercial collections.
•Organized and oversaw production, including pattern making and sample development.
•Effectively supervised all levels of designing process at the Design Center.
•Successfully contributed to renowned image of Fashion House “Mona” with numerous conceptual collections, which were presented at international fashion shows, in Paris-2001, and Milan & Rome 2002, and all over Balkan Countries,broadcast at” Europe Fashion News “and “Fashion TV”.
The Best Fashion Designer Award - Fashion week Belgrade-Serbia 2002
1997 - 2001•Successfully reorganized the whole system of design and production planning process by collaborating on bringing European Standard System ISO 9001 into commercial production.
•Efficiently improved concept of designing all commercial collections for current season-including classic fashion and trend lines in men’s & women’s wear and sportswear collections for teenagers.
•Directed all facets of manufacturing from concept throughout production.
•Redesigned products to adapt to moderate market price points.
•Contributed to visual quality at the market, redesigning whole concept of presentations in graphic design from concept and image to production and marketing.
•Proficient forecast of the market results of each designed collection.