Thoughtful, creative and confident leader who is innately curious, highly driven and thrives in new environments. Extensive retail history in stores and corporate headquarters, including: leading small and large teams to achieve multi-faceted business objectives, developing and implementing training for diverse audiences, building internal communication and business operation strategies for audiences of 330k+, leading, managing and creating HR processes; developing and promoting highly effective leaders of people; overseeing multi-million dollar budgets; preparing and presenting strategic direction for C level company executives and developing innovative business intelligence strategies. Skilled at bringing diverse groups together to motivate, inspire and achieve goals amidst environments of competing demands and limited resources. Known as someone who approaches problems creatively, maximizes efficiency and builds high performing, engaged teams.Due to the variety of roles held, have vast understanding of how stores run and operate day to day as well as how corporate strategy is built and implemented. I also have the unique perspective of financial performance both from living and breathing store “life,” but also from partnering and working alongside corporate financial budget leads. In my BI innovation role saw first hand how powerful reporting and data analytics can be when balanced with the right technology. With all the roles held, I learned to master the art (and necessity) of bringing stakeholders together, ensuring everyone had a voice and were actively working together on solutions. As a children's book author and speaker, I have passion for instilling the value of reading and writing and encouraging others to tell their unique story. Significant experience speaking and presenting to a variety of audiences to share the publishing process and to foster a love of story telling.
Listed skills include Illustrator, Illustration, Corporate Identity, Typography, and 1 others.