Hailey Kelso Email & Phone Number

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Friend and FIrestone is a bespoke fine jewelry company with private offices in San Francisco, servicing global clientele for custom projects. Highlights include:• Directing client engagements, presenting sourced materials and designs, overseeing project execution to finalize sales, demonstrating exceptional client relationship management and sales conversion skills.• Managed financial operations using QuickBooks, including bill input, vendor payment management, and expense tracking, ensuring meticulous financial oversight and achieving cost efficiency goals.• Designed bespoke pieces and coordinated specifications with various vendors, ensuring precise execution and maintaining high-quality standards throughout production.• Orchestrated production logistics, collaborating seamlessly with multiple vendors to meet strict project deadlines and quality benchmarks, optimizing operational efficiency and enhancing client satisfaction.• Cultivated strategic global vendor relationships and diversified supplier base, increasing production capacity and securing specialized vendors tailored to project needs.• Implemented robust cost estimation processes, achieving increases in overall margins through strategic cost management and effective pricing negotiations.

Marketing strategy and execution, brand story development and implementation on digital and in-person platforms and creative business development services for small businesses, including; luxury products, wellness education platforms, non-profit organizations, retail brick and mortar stores, and personal brands.Highlights include:• Developed and executed comprehensive marketing strategies for diverse small businesses, enhancing brand engagement and market presence, showcasing strategic thinking and data-driven decision-making.• Led website development projects resulting in significant increases in user engagement and sales for clients, demonstrating analytical skills and digital strategy expertise.• Conducted user research and A/B testing, optimizing marketing campaigns that boosted client sales, highlighting proficiency in quantitative analysis and strategic insights application.

AITCH AITCH is a luxury leather goods company, reviving the time-honored craftsmanship of leather making by pairing it with exquisite materials and designs. Highlights include: • Raised six-figure seed round and established a luxury leather goods brand known for sustainable practices, demonstrating entrepreneurial spirit and brand development prowess.• Directed creative strategy across digital, print, and packaging platforms, securing features in major publications and driving sales growth through effective brand storytelling and market positioning.• Managed in-person sales strategies, including events and trunk shows, capturing consumer insights to refine product offerings.

San Francisco, Ca, Us

Completed the MBA in Design Strategy Program at CCA. The program integrates design and strategic thinking, sustainability and entrepreneurship into a practical and applicable education for developing and innovating new business and product design.

Fine jewelry company awarded a CFDA/Vogue Fashion Fund Grant, deeply rooted in sustainable ethos, including a partnership with charity:water and pioneer in the sustainable fashion movement. Managed and coordinated the design and installation of presentations for New York Fashion Week, developed cohesive branded sales and marketing materials, oversaw special projects such as grants and website design, and assisted in financial budgeting for the special projects in design and production, and assisted and consulted on jewelry collection design.

Assisted in design and development of new collections, including sourcing materials used in jewelry, developed specifications sheets for manufacturers on new jewelry development, and sketched ideas for new collections and custom designs for private clients directly under the Creative Director. Also coordinated and assisted on a 10-day design inspiration trip with the Creative Director that inspired two jewelry collections presented at New York Fashion Week.

London, Gb

Organizing photographer portfolios, assisting photographers on-site, general secretarial work, accounting.

Vintage Letterpress printing of coasters, cards, and custom orders

Assisting patrons in galleries, secretarial work.

Graphic design and back-end website work, re-stocking inventory and shipping orders.

Preparatory work for letterpress printing including making photopolymer plates, printing and cutting stock cards, compiling and shipping custom orders.

Saratoga Springs, Ny, Us

Assisted and taught bookbinding techniques and methods for letterpress printing.

Letterpress printing custom orders, designing business cards on InDesign, re-stocking and re-organizing inventory, shipping orders.

Saratoga Springs, Ny, Us

Assisted in teaching techniques, re-stocking printmaking studio.

Master’S Degree, Leather Crafting

Mba, Design Strategy

B.S., Studio Art, Concentrations In Sculpture And Printmaking

High School Diploma, Fine/Studio Arts, General

High School