• Currently serving as the men’s apparel/accessories buyer and project liaison between merchandising and brand marketing/e-commerce teams. • Building upon current relationships with over 40 vendors while continuously seeking new prospects within the market that are trend relevant.• Seeking trends in the market and creating exclusive merchandise for the chain.• Partnering with brand marketing team and e-commerce team to successfully launch new brand initiatives.• Work with DTLR Radio and marketing to seed artists in exclusive designed merchandise.

• Currently working with internal design team and market vendors to take ownership of product development and branded product offering for men's apparel and accessories.• Create a balanced assortment as it relates to brand aesthetic, vision, price point, Style/SKU count, and key item depth.• Managing and analyzing financial facets of business such as open to buy, assigning product delivery dates, receipts, and ranking buy quantifications.• Identifying and reacting to shifting trends and changes in business through analysis of reporting tools.• Partnering with marketing and web merchandising teams to help create product messages for emails and web features.• Communicating with allocation and planning teams to help effectively deliver product to stores and website.• Negotiating business deals with key vendors.

• Analyzed weekly sales reports to help better my understanding of key business trends.• Actively engaged in competitive shopping to assure that pricing concerns and product trends were in line with the current and future assortments.• Developed, elevated, and maintained an in-house private label brand • Developed and maintained strong vendor relationships to ensure timely delivery of purchase goods.• Assisted with local brands and artists in our key markets to develop “home sewn” brands that were sold exclusively in our chain.• Created purchase orders for my buyer and maintained them until the product was delivered to stores. • Worked close with our distribution center to receive and deliver the product to stores.

• Developed campus marketing campaigns for key music releases.• Brought student awareness to key Universal Music Group initiatives.• Gathered product and artist feedback from students and communicated the insights back to the label.• Distributed promotional items around campus and in the surrounding areas.

• Updated 100.3 The Beat and WDAS Website with new media and content. Also developed and designed a campaign for new music at 100.3 The Beat.• Designed and created Lanyards and Work credentials for the radio station.• Assisted radio personality Laiya St. Clair with her entertainment web show.