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Chicago, Il, Us

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Chicago, Illinois

Created a client book from scratch through aggressive outreach to unaffiliated Bloomingdale's Loyalists and high-profile local interior design firms. Spearheaded the launch, role out, and training for the new Interior Design Membership program. Optimized luxury shopping experience focused on relationship building and exceeding client expectations.Accomplishments include:Provided in-home consultations, tailored design recommendations, gift-giving direction, hand delivery, order consolidation, and insider perks to drive sales. Implemented a new client intake form and tracking system to maximize client sales potential and elevate service. Partnered with luxury Chicago hotel, The Langham, to curate a holiday pop up shop in their member's lounge and provide an exclusive shopping service for guests holiday needs. Partnered with Marketing & Registry team to host innovative shopping events to drive new client sales and conversion.

Greater New York City Area

Generated $3M+ in annual sales through curating, developing product and championing a marketing program for a pop up shop concept targeting millennials called Sparrow & Wren. Orchestrated and curated comprehensive pop-up shops and thematic visual statements to create utterly engaging product offerings, drive customer acquisition, build Millennial penetration, and increase sales volume. Leveraged robust vendor relationships to ignite and foster exclusive merchandise and product launches. Accomplishments include:Funneled assortment voids and offered design inspiration and direction for collections. Scouted and sourced new product trends, brands, and development opportunities and competitively shopped the marketplace at international trade shows and factory visits. Monitored seasonal trend reports, including researching, designing, publishing, and presenting to senior executives, omnimerchant organization, marketing, and central visual teams in regards to furniture, textiles, tabletop, luggage, housewares, gifts, and seasonal product. Spearheaded production timelines for all private label home product lines, including textiles, tabletop, gifts, décor, and holiday trim. Acted as press SME for Home related media inquiries by liaising with Public Relations and Media teams to plan compelling store events, launches, and magazine partnerships. Served as the arbiter of taste for the home department by overseeing ad style selection for home catalogs, digital projects, and social media exposure, and effectively collaborating with the creative team on styling direction and editorial content

Greater New York City Area

Increased sales volume by $500K by offering design direction and developing an exclusive import quilt program. Directed vendors and merchant teams to streamline trends and on-brand product choices. Aligned with the central visual department to ensure seasonal trend messages were translated through merchandising and shop concepts. Accomplishment include:Performed direction, product, and competitive research regularly by performing store visits, shopping trips, researching web and trend sites, magazines, blogs, and textile and furniture trade shows in Paris, Frankfurt, Atlanta, New York City, and High Point.

Greater New York City Area

Ignited, executed, and enhanced the installation of 10 rotating storefront window auctions, maintaining a keen eye for style, value, design details, and composition. Designed enticing window displays to attract customers, showcase premium merchandise, and maximize sales by selecting and pricing quality merchandise to display in a thematic format and auction online. Spearheaded the hiring and training of high-quality visual staff for seven store locations. Kept current on local and national trends in product display, visual merchandising, and lifestyle presentation. Accomplishments include:Established and enforced visual merchandising standards for seven retail locations and communicated standards effectively to store managers, operations team, and senior executives. Coordinated and acted as “day-of” point of contact for fundraising events such as Fall and Spring Previews, Fashion for Action, and Design on a Dime. Recognized by the New York City press for innovative window design

Greater New York City Area

Optimized floor moves and created visual directives to ensure presentation standards were consistently maintained and sales maximized. Streamlined retail trends to Buyers and Design Department to support product development. Synthesized retail sales reports to effectively create action plans for the flow of new merchandise to maximize sales. Managed the transfer of product between retail locations and installed new window displays monthly. Enhanced the sourcing and acquisition of creative display fixtures and chronicled visual merchandising budget.As Assistant to the Creative Director, aligned with cross-functional creative teams to produce seasonal concept boards to direct retail merchandising. Supported the execution of all visual displays, including storefront windows. Routinely integrated new merchandise to the selling floor. Tracked retail sales to create a company history for analysis. Orchestrated set-up and breakdown of all trade shows.

Fashion Merchandising

Bs, Fashion Merchandising

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