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Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Il, Us

- Partnering with leadership to operationalize change management strategies and organizational effectiveness, resulting in the ability to retain all employees during 2020-2023 and consistently hire new staff each year.- Streamlining communication and decision-making processes, resulting in more connected teamwork and improved strategic thinking.- Activating and overseeing long term (6-8months) and short turn around (6-8week) projects.- Spearheading cross-functional projects between digital operations, marketing, business development- Managing onboarding process for new hires.

Chicago, Il, Us

Pivoted from consumer goods to digital media and research to apply corporate best practices and adapt my skills in creating even larger and global operating systems.- Builds scalable operating systems that increases productivity and is easily adoptable by new team members.- Forecasts team capacity and manages multiple client projects.- Implemented and manages Wrike system to streamline workflows and communication roadblocks.- Manages hiring and onboarding process with leadership and HR.

New York, Ny, Us

- Grew product development team from 1 to 4 junior developers.- Led international vendor negotiations and streamlined partners for sustainability and ethical trade reasons. - Launched Indigo Bookstore Program. Mitigated risk with stakeholders to ensure on-time delivery resulting in over 2 years of continued business. Replicated this model across new projects over 18 months for Barnes and Noble, Staples, and CVS.

New York, Ny, Us

Moved from the fashion industry to consumer goods to expand my understanding of design, consumer demands, and a diverse client base.- Lowered financial risk by implementing Quality Assurance processes that reduced errors and poor quality client orders- Increased efficiency by designing and maintaining streamlined communication tools and methods for design, sampling and development process.- Oversaw costing, profit margins and price negotiations with international vendors. Worked with high end (MoMa, Beams Japan) and mass market clients (Bed Bath and Beyond, Kohls).

New York, New York, Us

- Managed product development for BCBGeneration and Botkier NYC.- Negotiated pricing and traveled internationally to manage vendor relations.- Worked with mass market clients such as Macys, JCPenny and Nordstroms.

New York, Ny, Us

- Worked with couture clients such as Oscar de la Renta, Carolina Herrera and Manolo Blahnik. - Sourced trims, negotiated pricing and delivery times with vendors. - Managed resource and material libraries.

New York, Ny, Us

- initiated online videos as a way of generating new sponsorship and interest in events. This resulted in over $50,000 in sponsorship from just local businesses for one of Sydney's major hospitals.- Pitched creative ideas for performers and talent for large scale events. - Point of contact for VIP guests, talent and vendors.- Working closely with the Event Manager, I organized equipment, staging and decorations for major local community events with over 40,000 attendees.- Independently managed internal weekly events for local and state politicians.

Ultimo, Nsw, Au

Exchange Spring Semester, Art, History, Psychology

Bachelor Of Communication, Media Arts And Production