Creative Director, and Wholesale Fashion Director with 5+ years of experience streamlining showroom set-up and merchandising, overseeing RTW production, launching digital assets, collaborating and supervising team workflows across 2 wholesale fashion companies, as well as managing managing Freelance Graphic Design projects and Illustrations, and founding an Artist Collective.

SELECTED ART SHOWS & FAIRS

2025 Brooklyn Independent Comics Showcase, St. Marks Comics, Industry City, Brooklyn, NY

2025 Capital Art Book Fair, East City Art, Eastern Market, Washington, DC

2024 BSAC Solstice Show, BS Artist Collective, Eagle + West, Brooklyn, NY

2024 420 Pop-Up, HEAVENSGATE NYC, New York, NY

2024 Flop Flea, Flophouse Comedy Club, Brooklyn, NY

2024 Valentines Pop-Up, HEAVENSGATE NYC, New York, NY

2023 Grlpwrart Market, The Capitalist NYC, Carousel’s Press, Brooklyn, NY

2023 Grlpwrart Mini-Market, The Capitalist NYC, Carousel’s Press, Brooklyn, NY

2023 Cancer Season Art Market, Plat444m, Brooklyn Art Cave, Brooklyn, NY

2023 Grlpwrart Market, The Capitalist NYC, Purgatory Bar, Brooklyn, NY

2023 Spring Art & Crafts Fair, Nook, Brooklyn, NY

2019 RAW Brooklyn presents REFLECT, RAW Artists, Brooklyn Bazaar, Brooklyn, NY

PUBLICATIONS

Maya Valencia & Sydney Maggin, “Phase Zero Issue 07,” Phase Zero, Issue 07, June 2024.

Maya Valencia & Sydney Maggin, “Phase Zero Issue 06,” Phase Zero, Issue 06, February 2024.

Maya Valencia & Sydney Maggin, “Phase Zero Issue 05,” Phase Zero, Issue 05, August 2023.

“Longing," Parsons Illustration Class of 2022, May 2022. 26-27.

WORK EXPERIENCE

July 2023 — Current

Michael Gabriel, New York, NY

Creative Director

  • Mentor team members to improve performance, coordinate projects, and streamline team workflows

  • Contribute to the collaborative creative process through original ideas and inspiration

  • Supervise the JOOR storefront, and maintain line sheets on JOOR

  • Launch assets for social media strategy, and maintain the website, resulting in a 15% increase in engagement since 2023

  • Oversee MICHAEL GABRIEL production, including managing RTW design, yarn selection, and quality control

March 2023 — Current

BS Artist Collective, Brooklyn, NY

Co-Founder and Project Director

  • Co-founded an artist-run collective that aims to provide a platform for artists to showcase and sell their work

  • Execute digital content to facilitate opportunities for artists by pooling resources and sharing event costs

  • Manage logistics, including handling and tracking our artists’ inventory, budgeting, and event applications

  • Curate booth design and sell handmade goods at 10+ events, increasing sales by about 10% year-by-year

June 2021 — Current

SOLA Showroom, New York, NY

Wholesale Fashion Director and Interior Design Administrator

  • Maintain showroom set-up, office stocks, and inventory and strategically organize merchandise displays 

  • Oversee daily operations, guide strategic planning and foster a culture of team-collaboration

  • Participate in fabric and wallpaper selection and documentation, and prepare presentations for clients

  • Render design ideas digitally, and design floor plans, material and furniture boards

  • Oversee all aspects of social media strategy, including running the Instagram accounts, as well as created and manage the websites, increasing engagement by 25% since 2021

2017 — Current

Freelance Graphic Designer, Illustrator, and Consultant

  • Conceptualize and execute branding and custom digital illustrations

  • Clients include: TARO PARIS, Raw Paw (USA), Off The Record (USA), Michael Gabriel (USA), Blue Skincare (FR), SOLA Showroom (USA), DJ Just Noah (USA), The United City Group (HK), Couture Hong Kong

EDUCATION

Aug. 2018 — May 2022

Parsons School of Design: The New School — New York, NY

Bachelor of Fine Arts; Major in Illustration, Minor in Theatre

Graduated with honors, magna cum laude (GPA: 3.84), Dean's List 2018-2022

SKILLS AND INTERESTS

Interpersonal & Soft Skills:

Communication, collaboration, problem-solving, multi-tasking, organized

Interests:

Visual Art: Printmaking, drawing, illustration, sculpture, painting, graphic design, costume-making

Performance: Singing, piano, bass guitar

Language Skills: Native fluency in English and French, intermediate Spanish

Technical Skills:

Proficient in Procreate, and the Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom, Premiere, After Effects)

Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, PowerPoint, Excel), and the iWork Suite (Pages, Keynote, Numbers)