Co-founder of Los Angeles-based creative collective, with an innate ability to combine design, culture, and strategy to execute your creative vision. Current and Past Clients include: Nike, Adidas, Cirque Du Soleil, Slam Magazine, The Springhill Company/Uniterrupted, Warner Music Group, Bravado/Universal Music Group, Cam Kirk Studios, Rock World Merchandise Group, Foot Locker, Champion, Pacsun, The Athlete's Foot

Via a strategic partnership with my agency J+L Creative, joined the Growth Team at Cirque Du Soleil -where we are responsible for developing world-class concepts for the brand's portfolio as well as providing branding and creative consultation services for Cirque Du Soleil Entertainment Group's Licensing, Merchandising, and Consumer Products Divisions.

-Analyze and prepare weekly reports for team; taking appropriate pricing, inventory, and marketing actions to help drive sales - Assist with management of woven tops, jackets, and outerwear for both Retail and Direct channels; reporting directly to Associate Buyer and DMM.-Assist with managing the OTB.-Create a balanced assortment as it relates to brand aesthetic, vision, branded/private label penetration, price point, Style/Sku count, and key item depth.-Work with planning to create a financial framework for seasonal assortments, and pushing or pulling based on the realistic landscape of the business.-Create seasonal Line plans, and working with in-house design, product development, and market vendors to develop innovative and relevant product while taking into consideration manufacturing limitations, price/margin, and lead times.-Own the sample management process and maintain strong vendor relationships.

Trained in Macy’s Merchant Executive Development Program for Men’s Seasonal; a $115M+ a year business-Efficiently completed required Computer-Based-Training Modules; including the Mainframe Software and related tools-Analyzed and prepared weekly reports for team; taking appropriate pricing, inventory, and marketing actions to help drive sales -Attended market weekly with Buyer and assisted with upcoming assortment selections-Assisted in end-of-season RTV process with vendors while building strong relationships with vendor community-Organized and assisted in assortment selection for January Outerwear Style-Out; presenting newness, upcoming, and current trends in the market

Ten week Summer internship working in the Allocation Department of Footlocker, Inc for Kids Footwear-Successfully completed basic training in Mainframe Software and related systems-Created Purchase Orders of Flow SKUs by forecasting future sales-Created and distributed reports for sales analysis and tracked daily shipments of goods to distribution centers

Eight week Summer internship working for First Tennessee Bank's Loan Rehabilitation and Recovery Division-Attended conference calls related to classified loan criteria-Interacted with several bank executives gaining insight on various areas of a mid-sized bank-Monitored loan account status and compiled excel spreadsheets for corporate records retention center-Accompanied loan officers to courthouse to witness property foreclosures and the auction process

Ten week Summer internship working in a condensed version of Kroger's MD-1 Training Program-Briefly worked in each department of Kroger from the Management perspective of the store-Shadowed store manager daily and assisted in various management-related tasks-Reviewed daily stock price, profit of the store as well as other stores within the district-Assisted in making weekly orders for each department of the store

Ten week Summer internship working in the Aerospace Engineering Department of FedEx's Air Operations Department-Compiled data charts daily for various departmental managers-Created weekly reports of employees progress on daily projects for departmental managers-Attended various Federal Express aircraft-related meetings-Assisted in creating maintenance policy sheets for different engineers