Chanel D'Epagnier Email & Phone Number

Los Angeles, CA, US

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Managed budgets, vendors, legal obligations, contract negotiations and internal communications for the annualsummer and holiday parties. Utilized post-event surveys to engage employees, measure event success andinform.
• Created copy for internal messaging including email communications, intranet articles and creative assets.
• Coordinated planning for the semiannual Town Hall including distribution of employee communications, compiling copy and assets for the video production and organizing the employee anniversaries segment.
• Onboarded vendors by managing the contract approval process between the vendors, legal and procurement.
• Coordinated the semiannual employee product purchasing program by collaborating with finance, customer service, human resources and the corporate warehouse.
• Supported on-site meetings and events with management of catering, conference room scheduling and set-up/breakdown. Organized nine week-long sales meetings per year in addition to ad hoc meetings.

New York City Metropolitan Area

• Collaborated on copy and edits for 30 brand catalogs including 270 product descriptions, 65 press releases, 10 intranet articles and monthly internal newsletters per year.
• Partnered with the VSP Vision™ Global Corporate Communications team and public relations agencies toincorporate eyewear messaging in external and internal news pitches and stories.
• Developed, managed and executed press for all propriety and licensed brands for consumer and trade press.
• Assisted with Corporate Social Responsibility initiatives by reviewing and editing the quarterly newsletters.
• Volunteered at VSP Vision™ Eyes of Hope® mobile clinics in Brooklyn, NY and Washington, D.C. supporting the check-in and optical frame selection tables and capturing images for social media.

Greater New York City Area

• Managed monthly press reports that highlighted the Marchon Eyewear’s licensed and proprietary brands’ keyproduct stories, events and press placements. Created year-end reports showcasing total media impressions,press.
• Created copy for an article on 2021 eyewear trends that was featured in the magazine, Accessories, published by the Accessories Council.
• Assisted with planning and executing the semiannual press day events including guest list invitations, event set-up/breakdown and educating guests on product features including trends and technologies.
• Coordinated with external agency partners on product releases, gifting and sample send-outs.

• Compiled daily press clips, project clips packets and distributed to staff and partners.
• Managed viewer mail letters, press emails and auction requests.
• Monitored publicity results per project and managed press lists via Cision Point.

Greater New York City Area

• Interviewed executives within MTA Capital Construction for revision of department pages on the Intranet.
• Created and distributed communications within departments regarding internal company events and news.
• Created interactive PowerPoint presentations on past and current projects.

New York, New York

• Coordinated and created event and travel itineraries for clients.
• Utilized Cision and IMDbPro to research publicists, talent agents and media outlets for client-based outreach.
• Communicated between clients and managers of broadcast media outlets at morning talk shows.

Greater New York City Area

• Facilitated sample trafficking by checking in and out product loans for VIPs and celebrities using Fashion GPS.
• Organized and maintained PR fashion closet inventory for both men and women’s commercial and collection FW17 and R18 samples.
• Monitored celebrity activity and sample placement.

New York, New York

• Provided customers with product knowledge and assistance on the sales floor and in the fitting room.
• Focused on creating customer loyalty to achieve sales objectives.
• Accomplished tasks throughout the day such as, replenishing and back stocking merchandise.

Greater New York City Area

• Assisted with the Resort 2018 collection, including developing line sheets, press preview coordination, and model fittings.
• Coordinated influencer and editor gifting.
• Documented and organized records for send outs/returns of samples.

New York, NY

• Created and emailed 300 press pitches a week to send to stylists and online and print media outlets.
• Organized Fall/Winter Press Preview, which included sending out invitations, preparing gift bags, and informing media contacts on brands’ current and upcoming collections.
• Assisted with press check-in and backstage coordination at AnaOno x Cancerland fashion show.
• Built and updated media contact databases.

New York, New York

• Created and emailed 50 press pitches a week to send to publications and stylists for sample send outs and returns.
• Updated Twitter account on Hootsuite by scheduling 6-8 tweets per week on current events and entertainment content.
• Assisted with sending out invitations and press check-in at Versace x Lil’Buck event.
• Researched outlets on Cision to find contacts to send press pitches regarding clients.

Newport Beach, CA

• Fact-checked articles for upcoming issues of the magazine by contacting companies and individuals.
• Pitched magazine ideas on lifestyle and upcoming events to the Associate Editor to be used for an upcoming story.
• Conducted an interview with Marc Payan on his fitness program, PayanX, which will be published in the January 2016 issue.