Tamara Joseph

Fashion professor

Professor of fashion, Winter 2020–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

Director of fashion and design, 2019–20, British University of Vietnam/Staffordshire, Hanoi, Vietnam
Created fashion and design department in a brand-new arts school in Hanoi. Second marker and verifier for the CCP program. Created a number of relationships within the creative industries to build better opportunities for students.

Senior fashion lecturer, 2015–17, London College for Design and Fashion, Hanoi, Vietnam
Worked as a team to organise end-of-year exhibition and fashion show. Organized local field trips to Hanoi National Library, Women's Museum, and Museum of Ethnology, Saigon for fabric sourcing. Involved with external events, such as a guest judge on Project Runway VN and Tran Phu high School Elegant Student Contest. Supported marketing and recruitment at local schools, open days, textile evening classes, and fashion design workshops.

Programme leader, 2011–15, UAL Diploma Fashion, level 3, New College Nottingham, UK
Managed a small design team. Organised marketing and promotional events, end-of-year shows, local field trips, international visits, curriculum delivery, internal verification, attending exam boards and confirming results, student recruitment, and interviewing new staff. Selected to run new level 3 course and become one of the internal trainers for the creative faculty.

Owner/head fashion designer, 2010–20, Catalyst
Showcased three collections at eight different events. Participated in Midlands Fashion Design Awards and London Creative Awards. Selected to showcase at London Fashion Week. Showcased a brand-new concept collection for African Fashion Week based on silhouettes of East Africa and traditional British wool tweed fabrics. Won Midlands Independent Fashion Designer of the Year for Midlands Fashion Design Awards. Participated at Maryland Fashion Week. Invited to showcase at New York Fashion Week. Won second place in Creative Awards category at the Nottingham Post Awards. Selected by an American agent, lndie Faces, to sell ready to wear collection at TopShop, Oxford Street Branch.

Senior fashion/textiles technician and pattern-cutting lecturer, 2007–11, University of Wolverhampton
Participated in curriculum activities. Collaborated on events like marketing and promotion.

Fashion and textiles technician/lecturer, 2005–07, Solihull College
Assisted and demonstrated screen printing, textiles, and preparation of the classrooms. Taught pattern-cutting and manufacturing, textiles, and design.