Ms. Tharuka Jayathilake
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Ms. Tharuka Jayathilake
Senior Lecturer (SLIIT)
FACULTY OF BUSINESS | BUSINESS MANAGEMENT
- Coming from a Fashion Business background, Tharuka Jayathilake is a Fashion Business lecturer, proficient with constructive and effective teaching methods. She is experienced in the subject areas of Fashion Marketing & Promotion, Fashion Business & Management, Trend forecasting for Fashion, and Fashion Entrepreneurship. She is having professional experience in the fields of fashion design and Design Business education.
- Tharuka has worked as a Fashion Designer for both local and international apparel design and manufacturing companies and had contributed to several global fashion brands such as NIKE, Lululemon, RLX, Patagonia, and Polo Ralph Lauren.
- After working in the Fashion industry for several years, she then joined the academic stream. She is currently appointed as a senior lecturer in SLIIT Business School, and coordinates the B.Sc (Hons) program of Fashion Business and Management offered by SLIIT Business school.
- Dec 2022- Present: Senior Lecturer, SLIIT Business School
- Nov 2021- Nov 2022: Fashion Design & Marketing Lecturer, Global Technological Campus, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
- June 2022- Nov 2022: Visiting Lecturer, AMDT School of Creativity, Colombo 004
- Oct 2020- Nov 2022: Visiting Lecturer, Sri Lanka Institute of Textile & Apparel (SLITA), Rathmalana
- Oct 2020- Nov 2021: Visiting Lecturer, Global Technological Campus, Nugegoda, Sri Lanka
- Jan 2018- Oct 2019: Fashion Designer, Iva Pffifier Creations, Melbourne, Australia
- Dec 2014- Dec 2015: Fashion Designer, MAS (ACTIVE) Nirmaana, MAS Holdings, Katunayake
- Dec 2012- June 2013: Freelance Designer, Laksala State Souvenir Boutique, Colombo
Academic Qualifications
- 2016-2018: MBA (Fashion Entrepreneurship), RMIT Australia
- 2010- 2014: Bachelor of Design (Hons.) University of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka
- 2017: Lynda.com Certificate (online) courses: ADOBE Creative Cloud (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign), Design Thinking & Process
Honors and Awards
Interests
- Entrepreneurship
- Collaborative Advantage
- Circular Economy & Sustainable Innovation
- Sustainability Oriented Technology (SOT)
- Fashion Business
Memberships
- Collaborative Advantage in Creative industries: Developing a framework for collaborative craft communities in Sri Lanka
- Incorperating Sustainability Oriented Technology to uplift the traditional craft communities in Sri Lanka
My Publications
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS
- Tharuka Jayathilake, Keshani Wimanthika, Amanda Abeysekara, Krishantha Wisenthige, Kapila Rathnayake  ” When to Post and What to Write: Content Management in Instagram to Improve Customer engagement in Sri Lankan Fashion & Apparel Brands  Presentation,   2023