• Work in partnership with the President & CEO on future projects• Oversee International Merchandising Projects in Colombia• Ensure the highest level of professionalism and product is being delivered on a constant basis• Identify market opportunities within countries over seas and report back to the President of the company.• Provide feedback, solutions and ideas regarding market trends• Build effective relationships with clients to further build on revenue

• Ensure brand and visual merchandising consistency is upheld in the identified market. • Reinforce brand standards and the use of best practices consistently throughout the market. • Identify market opportunities and issues, partner with DM’s and SM’s to develop solutions that will drive sales • Provide feedback, solutions, and ideas regarding execution of store presentation • Utilize the brand supported tools to effectively support stores with concept flows, windows, and business strategies • Deliver in season and seasonal hindsight relating to product, presentation and competition to DM and store teams • Facilitate seasonal presentation workshops, meetings and conference calls within their market. • Identify and train visual talent to build visual merchandising skills in the market. • Build constructive, effective relationships with Director of Visuals, RVP, RVM, and DM to align visual merchandising and brand initiatives. . • Communicates with peers and relevant business partners to share creative ideas and best practices that will maximize the overall business results• Participate in and support the success of store openings• Integral part of “Hot Store” business strategies for the Florida Market. Attend line adoption for “Hot Store” appropriate product while working closely with Concept Book Creative Team and Market Business Partners for Merchandising of “Hot Store” product.

• Responsible for the design, execution and over all styling for all product placement and store displays• Develops and Manages a team responsible for delivering and maintaining company standards• Presents monthly business recap to DM and GM and identifies product wins and opportunities• Manages all product placement while reacting to current business in order to achieve sales plans• Travel throughout the district assisting stores in translating corporate product vision into store architecture• Responsible for the creation and construction of product display installations• Gather and deliver product feedback to corporate HQ on a quarterly basis

• Manage the overall visual merchandising for a high volume store to include in-season process to maintain consistent assortments and global presentation standards• Lead & manage the visual translation of the Presentation Book (including photographing), weekly Visual Updates, conference calls (All inclusive but not limited to)• Responsible for translating the business plans and strategies developed by the General Manager into day-to-day implementation plans and actions for teams• Travel to district stores and manipulate merchandise placement in order to maximize sales• Track and analyze sale trends in revamped areas in order to track effects of floor revisions• Oversee inventory procedures by assigning duties and supervising the counting process to ensure high data integrity standards are maintained according to corporate inventory guidelines• Manages the implementation and follow-up of marketing elements for current promotions to ensure that signage is displayed according to visual direction• Provides GM with feedback on team members• Conduct weekly visual merchandising walk-through with key staff member

• Traveled to district stores and manipulated merchandise placement in order to maximize sales• Created visual displays based on vendor specifications and customer shopping trends• Responsible for the initiation of private label floor plans to be utilized in all area stores• Tracked and analyzed sale trends in revamped areas in order to track effects of floor revisions• Designed and executed department specific strike-point strategies according to seasons and sales needs• Managed category placement for all set-up/re-organization during store openings and renovations• Achieved title of “Team Fashion Specialist” – responsible for monitoring current and forecasted fashion trends, creating and maintaining a team trend book• Lead weekly team meetings to hindsight the weeks successes and strategize go forward goals• Responsible for translating seasonal trends into store displays and mannequins for all areas• Developed and implemented strategic initiatives to improve the overall customer experience in store

• Supported Visual Manager in training, supervised and managed a team of 5-6 merchandisers• Traveled to district stores and managed the preparation of corporate visits• Utilized sales figures, creativity and fashion sense to maximize sales through product placement• Partnered with store management on key visual merchandising decisions that have an impact on storeworkload, sales and ease of shopping for the customer• Enhanced visual and store level meetings by developing creative methods of presenting new ideas• Communicated successes, opportunities and solutions to Store Manager• Marketed and managed the in-store effort to recruit potential visual merchandising candidates• Managed Gap sponsorship with MTV working on setting up private events for over 2 years• Received Employee of the Year Award in 2004 and 2005