•Customer Relationship Management: Built and maintained strong relationships with customers, providing personalized product recommendations, handling inquiries, and ensuring a high level of customer satisfaction.•Sales Achievement: Consistently met or exceeded monthly sales targets through direct orders, online sales, and follow-up strategies, resulting in Elite Seller, Excellence in sales for years 2021, 2022 and 2023. Executive Bound Program 2024.•Team Leadership: Recruited, trained, and mentored a team of new consultants, driving team sales growth and earning leadership bonuses.•Marketing and Promotion: Developed and executed marketing strategies, including social media campaigns, email newsletters, and networking events, to increase brand visibility and attract new customers and hosts.•Maximized customer relations to maximize sales opportunities.•Inventory and Order Management: Managed inventory levels, placed orders, and tracked shipments to ensure timely delivery of products to customers.

- Provided studio and location design, as well as soft goods styling for photography studios. Primarily worked at Kreber and Albion Associates.- worked with design team for Lexington Home Brands.

- Designed and managed showroom layouts in High Point, NC, and Las Vegas, NV.- Supervised crew members during showroom setup, breakdown, and furniture transporta- tion.- Coordinated logistics for product movement between showrooms and customers.- Directed photography for marketing purposes, collaborating with studios in the US and Asia.- Hired and coordinated contractors for showroom upgrades and worked with liquidators for product clearance.

Photography Studio Manager Responsibilities *Hire photographers and staff.*Work with Director of Showroom Design at our sister company to expedite their photography.*Organize product and schedule photo shoots. *Perform all the design and styling for photography. *Accessory purchases and/or rentalsDirector of Showroom Design Responsibilities*Expedite the showroom set up for trade shows by hiring labor, organizing product and displaying it.*Place orders for and tracking product/samples for shows. *Plan all catering menus **Work with building to get unused product removed from the space.

- Led space planning and showroom design, maintaining consistency between physical displays and marketing images.- Negotiated with vendors and managed photography direction for marketing.- Introduced a digital asset library for a more user-friendly marketing medium.- Managed showroom staff and contractors during market setups.

*Leadership responsibilities for large projects and catalogs.*Planned sets for residential and commercial furnishings.*Aided clients with product line-up for photography and catalog layout.*Soft good styling.

*Designed room settings for photography.*Supervisory responsibilities in absence of department head.

Assisted staff designers with set design and accessorizing. Styled beds, window treatments and upholstery.