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Salimi Akill is a Fashion Designer, Creative Director, and Social Innovator. She is a two-time winner of the NBAF Emerging Talent Award presented by Neiman Marcus in Atlanta, USA, rewarded with a total of $6000 and had her designs showcased as part of the store's window display in 2013 and 2015. Salimi is a Fashion Design graduate of the prestigious Savannah College of Art and Design in Atlanta, USA. She also studied MFA Design for Social Innovation at the School of Visual Arts in New York, USA. Her experience combines knowledge from both programs and helps her make better and ethical decisions as a designer who wants to see a better world. Salimi worked as a Creative Director at Apex Advertising and Post Production, a renowned advertising agency in Accra, Ghana. She also worked at Marchesa, a prominent high-end luxury brand, as well as with other fashion brands while gaining industry experience in New York, USA. Salimi is skilled at Concept Development, Branding, Leadership, and Management, Writing, Production Design, Art Direction, Set Design, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign, CAD, Pattern Drafting, Draping, Sewing, Fabrics, Color Story development, Fashion Illustration, Costume Design, Trend Research, Handwork (embroidery, beading, fabric manipulation) and process book for a collection. She is also skilled at Communication Design, Research, Facilitation, Story Telling, Stratigic & Systems Thinking and Photography .