Driving sales through the development and creation of inspiring in-store experiences that empower our associates and excite our customers. • Constantly updating and evolving large-scale seasonal merchandising strategies. Presenting new ideas to leadership and collaborating with cross-functional partners to streamline communication and provide an easy experience in execution. • Serving as a champion of the onboarding committee, with a commitment to providing upfront and ongoing resources for all new, transferred, and current associates on the team(s).• Identified as a Subject Matter Expert for the team in Adobe Photoshop, Illusatrator and InDesign, as well as SketchUp and Visual Retailing.

Held various roles from planning the opening of new store formats, to training associates on brand advocacy, as well as planning the seasonal merchandising strategies for the In-Aisle, and Home team(s).• Took lead on creating decks for large scale and small scale brand launches and elevated merchandising strategies within Home and Apparel categories, including Under Armour, Nike, Columbia, and Scott Living.• Maintained strong working relationships with many representatives of external national brands and vendors.• Planned, coordinated and traveled to lead several regional training sessions with large audiences of field leaders and store associates.• 2015 Chairman's Award for the Home Reflow, a large scale initiative that included an all-chain roll-out.

• Manage daily operations and coordination of academic programs for the Department of Geosciences.• Create and maintain promotional marketing materials for graduate and undergraduate programs and department events for print and social media. • Facilitated the student process from recruitment to admission, enrollment, employment, and graduation.• Administered all department faculty and staff purchasing, travel arrangement, records management, expense reconciling, audits, and reimbursements. Responsible for managing internal and extramural funding accounts totaling over $1M.