Caroline Johnson Email & Phone Number

Mount Pleasant, Sc

• Supervise store management on communication and implementation of visual issues (i.e.: adjacencies, sale events, visual set-ups, shop installations, promotions, special events.)• Train, develop, direct, and oversee visual staff members (VM Associates.) • Supervise plan, and implement seasonal visual collateral with Store Manager. • Oversee and perform daily visual maintenance for all areas. • Work with Store Manager, ASM’s, STM’s and associates to see that dailystandards are executed and maintained. • Participate in weekly walk-through with Store Manager and attend workloadplanning meeting in-store. • Oversee and maintain all mannequins, forms, on a regular basis according tothe merchandising corporate directives. • Oversee planning, coordination, and installation of Cosmetic collateral basedon Corporate Cosmetic Calendar and individual store setups. • Manage installation and current upkeep of vendor identification anddepartmental identification. • Train and supervise Visual Associates in planning and installation of visualdirectives. • Review and direct visual associates and general managers in the planning andinstallation of visual directives for successful quality implementation. • Oversee and follow up on vendor and in store shop installations . • Interview, evaluate, and recommend visual candidates. • Assist in special events and in-store promotions as directed.

Charleston, South Carolina

• Creates and leads the implementation of seasonal planograms, floor sets, store signage and sales promotion activities.• Creates innovative presentations that support business objectives.• Identifies new fixture and display opportunities. • Responsible for the acquisition of materials and the oversight of the supply ordering process.• Collaborates with the retail team to develop appropriate visual merchandising tools, directives and presentation.• Travels to stores to train field retail partners in current visual merchandising standards and guidelines.• Participates in the development and set-up of special projects, corporate events and pop- up stores.

Banner Elk, Nc

• Manages all merchandise presentation including: displays, fixtures, signage and layout.• Sources display fixtures and accessories.• Assists with buying and new product development.• Coordinates special events and social media.• Manages store staff and training.

Seattle, Wa

• Developed visual merchandising standards and guidelines to ensure consistent brand presentation • Recruited and developed a highly creative, flexible and successful visual merchandising team.• Developed creative and strategic processes to streamline the execution of merchandising objectives: marketing calendar, plan o grams and floor plans. • Managed the sourcing and budgeting of assets including: fixtures, props and signing. • Partnered with the management to support key initiatives, processes and communication. • Managed the remodeling of existing stores and the opening of new stores working with construction partners on timelines, layout, fixture development and lighting.• Worked with key vendors on fixture development, signing and merchandise placement. • Created innovative merchandising that was recognized by the 2008 International Retail Design Conference, Seattle WA.

• Design and execution of retail stores, showrooms and trade show booths in Nashville, Atlanta and New York. • Managed space planning, layout design, merchandising and lighting.• Developed design concepts, displays, fixturing, signing and packaging.• Sourced and purchased materials and supplies.• Communicated with clients and contractors to meet deadlines and budget requirement.Partial list of clients: • Anatra Jewel, Nashville, TN, • The Galway Company, Atlanta GA, • Magnet Works, St. Louis, MO, • CR Gibson & Co., Nashville, TN.• Banana Republic/GAP Inc., Nashville, TN & Seattle, WA

• Developed merchandise presentation standards.• Designed and purchased visual merchandising materials such as: table cloths, banners, promotional trim and holiday décor.• Managed Microstation CAD projects for stores that included reformatting from a catalog showroom to a traditional selling floor and remerchandising floor plans biannually.• Coordinated with buying and plan-o-gram staffs to define category adjacencies, department placement, merchandising and presentation.• Assisted the buying and advertising staffs to create monthly and quarterly promotional set ups and shops for informational booklet to communicate corporate directives to stores.

• Managed the Visual Merchandising Departments for 7 Stores with staffs of 3 to 4 per store.• Responsible for the implementation of corporate visual directives, seasonal décor changes, promotional events, shop concepts, fixture placement and staff hiring and training.• Acting Visual Merchandising Director for Joslins/Mercantile Stores, Denver, CO.