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Consultant. Wholesale agent.Clients include: Sabira Collection, Julie Cohn, Von Holzhausen, Vicente Agor, Anthony Camargo and Robin Rotenier, Ellen Hoffman, Judi Powers.Summary: Strengths include merchandising, strategizing and conceptualizing product, sales and marketing. Building brand identity. Specialize in artisan designers in textile, jewelry and.

Responsible for working with jewelry designers to develop merchandise plans, training and marketing materials and financial projections. Prepared and executed trade shows around the country. Worked with regionial staff to identify, open and manage retail partners. Managed national accounts including Neiman Marcus, Saks Fifth Avenue, Barneys, Takashimaya.

Sales and Marketing agency which represented high profile manufacturers nationally including: Escada Sport, M Missoni, Apriori, Cambio, Luisa Cerano, Lafayette 148, Dana Buchman, Marc Jacobs, and Vera Wang as well as small accessory designers. Redirected merchandise mix from single directed women's bridge sportswear business to multi-dimensional business.

Associate Divisional Merchandise Manager position for Designer Jewelry Division. Led buying team, continuing its position as a leader in the industry, nationally. Responsibilities included fiscal reviews, merchandise and assortment planning, advertising and marketing plans, executing company conclaves and general managers' seminars. Twenty year tenure at.

During this time I was a buyer for Dresses, Swimwear and Jewelry. During my tenure as buyer in Designer Jewelry, from 1987-1996, led the industry in creating a designer jewelry business on the main floor of a major specialty store chain. Discovered and built designer businesses nationally including: David Yurman, John Hardy, Steven Lagos, Rebecca Collins.