One of two primary estate fine jewelry buyers, responsible for ensuring adequate inventory levels of stylistically specific pieces for a dramatically expanding line of Brilliant Earth's business. Responsible for all evaluation to identify age and key value markers of piece, identify gemstones, grade all gemstone's characteristics and assign rarity values, and determine final pricing. Worked hand in hand with operation team leads to help streamline review processes of all house made… Show more One of two primary estate fine jewelry buyers, responsible for ensuring adequate inventory levels of stylistically specific pieces for a dramatically expanding line of Brilliant Earth's business. Responsible for all evaluation to identify age and key value markers of piece, identify gemstones, grade all gemstone's characteristics and assign rarity values, and determine final pricing. Worked hand in hand with operation team leads to help streamline review processes of all house made jewelry, goal being to reduce overall review time during QA process and reduce the number of production mistakes missed during review. Reduced QA review time by over an hour within the first week of implementation.Primary product knowledge sales trainer, training 3-6 new hires (5-10 hours), across departments, weekly. Show less

Managed an ever expanding sales team for a rapidly growing online fine jewelry start-up. Created and implemented internal processes, developed training blocks, and designed product specific sales strategies. Specifically, my diamond education sales strategy still plays an important role in Brilliant Earth's highly rated customer experience. Responsible for creating the standards of quality used by Brilliant Earth in their gemstone selection process, and for maintaining the collection… Show more Managed an ever expanding sales team for a rapidly growing online fine jewelry start-up. Created and implemented internal processes, developed training blocks, and designed product specific sales strategies. Specifically, my diamond education sales strategy still plays an important role in Brilliant Earth's highly rated customer experience. Responsible for creating the standards of quality used by Brilliant Earth in their gemstone selection process, and for maintaining the collection through selection, negotiation and purchasing from outside dealers. Created and implemented sorting processes and inventory management processes. Show less