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South Burlington, Vermont

Bringing new ideas to the table in the form of community outreach, social media, and demystifying  technology for the public.

Saint Albans, Vermont

Creating work with licensed properties like Troma Studios and id Software as well as custom works, as commissioned, and original pieces. Scene-setting for haunted escapes including original backdrops, staging, direction, lighting, and more!

Burlington, Vermont Area

ofTime&Travel serves as both a personal project as well as the branding for my own artistic and freelance design endeavors. I'm building an online men's boutique and lifestyle source, while also using the nomenclature as my design identity. Through the latter I have been contracted to create new branding, branding refreshes, style-guidance, and advertising verbiage for many clients. The inspiration for launching the brand itself was a request from Vermont's Shelburne Museum with whom I was able to craft a very unique antiquated sci-fi story of the future, time travel, two World's Fairs, and the great San Franciscan earthquake of 1906 through digital prints, sculptures, and various media replications.

Burlington, Vermont

• Opened the sixth US shop for FatFace, a UK-based lifestyle clothier on the Church Street Marketplace. • Acted as direct partner to the CEO, Head of International Stores, and GMs from existing US stores in planning and execution of store opening.• Participated in establishing standards of operational excellence and employee developmental practices for US stores with Head of International Stores.• Utilized personal local network to coordinate awareness of the FatFace brand and partnered with local Vermont vendors for events aligning the area's localvore focus with FatFace's message. • Managed the logistical aspects of a new store opening where geography and conflicting international home-office hours of operation required constant availability.

South Burlington, Vt

• Served as Store Manager for Maurices, an Ascena Retail Group brand. • Acted as direct partner to the District Manager and responsible for all recruiting, hiring, training, merchandise planning, and operational execution. • Drove business through clienteling and social media outreach creating original content for those platforms.

Burlington, Vermont

• Served as Store Manager for Eddie Bauer on the Church Street Marketplace. • Acted as direct partner to the Market Manager and responsible for all recruiting, hiring, and training.• Oversaw and facilitated all merchandising and operations execution.

Burlington, Vermont

Burlington, Vermont

Hanover, New Hampshire

Associate Store Manager in a Luxe/Specialty location personally established and frequently visited by CEO, Mickey Drexler. Direct partner to the Store Director and responsible for all merchandising decisions, planning, and execution. Maintained a visually enticing store that is neat, clean, organized, and inspiring.Coaches the team on discretionary services and clienteling, to act in the best interest of the customer delivering above and beyond service. Provided timely and constructive feedback to associates and delivered performance counseling informally in addition to administering formal biannual reviews. Recruited and retained staff per the needs of the business and trained the team on J.Crew standards and operations. Delivered solid results in all KPIs, comping and exceeding established goals.Served as a business partner to CEO, Regional Director, Regional Visual Merchandise Manager, Market Director, and Store Director.

Williston, Vt

• Served as the Women's Department Merchandise Manager. • Partnered with Area Merchandise Manager to execute business-positive merchandising flexing presentations as product sales evaluations dictated.

San Francisco Bay Area

Guides and directs all visual and creative aspects of special projects including the “FIVE THôT PRESENTS:” series - a bi-monthly speaker series held at the SFJAZZ Center focused on creative and innovative thinking. Designed branding and developed an identity for the 500-person event including leading a small team of designers and content-producers. Designed and curated content for the brand’s tumblr offshoot FIVE BITS.

Burlington, Vermont

• Acted as the sole merchant in a multi-million dollar store and provided full execution of merchandise planning, merchandise handling, and product replenishment processes. • Mapped, placed, and organized new product based on corporate directives and employed in-season management of product based on rate of success and performance opportunities observed. • Monitored product performance reports regularly to more effectively sell through liable seasonal product and maintain profit margins.• Personally led the rollout of the company’s “Ship-From-Store” and “Reserve-In-Store” initiatives including the creation of training materials and resources used by stores in multiple districts. • Led product knowledge training in a hands-on interactive capacity with associates and the leadership team.• Conceived of and independently designed the “25 Days of Trends” resource utilized by districts during Q4 2013 engaging associates to sell differently by linking trend content from several “in-the-know” fashion blogs to applicable BR product, presenting a different trend every day following Black Friday.

Burlington, Vermont Area

Set aggressive sales goals, monthly plans and budgets, and employee performance plans. Scheduled staff based on business needs and managed individual performance requirements based upon this. Delegated and often executed visual updates for new product launches, regularly leading overnights to reset the store per company guidelines in off-peak times. Ensured maintenance of a consistent level of customer service amongst team members to cultivate ongoing relationships with new customers and regular locals. Performed weekly inventory audits to overcome a large LP-related deficit left by previous management returning the location to profitability for 2011 and historically for the first time in three years.

San Francisco Bay Area

Managed the team's performance, set merchandise updates, maintained a consistent level of customer service amongst team members, cultivated relationships with customers and locals to keep them returning.

San Francisco

Ensured a consistent level of customer service was maintained and that all clients left with their questions answered and needs met. Executed merchandising updates per direction. Exceeded goals in sales and performance on a consistent basis.

Vermont

Maintained a clean and organized stock room. ensured customers received a high level of service when working with them. Met sales and performance goals that rivaled even the most seasoned team members.

Bachelor Of Fine Arts (Bfa), Motion Pictures And Television

Activities and Societies: Epidemic Film Club, MPT Spring Musical: Once Upon a Mattress

Graphic Design