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Currently working with various brands, companies and search firms across People, Culture and Talent Acquisition with a focus on all things Design, Product and Creative roles across various industries.

Lead Creative & Product Recruiting for the largest apparel retailer in the US :: Fashion, Print and Graphic Design for Apparel; Tech Design, Product Development, Production and Fabric R&D for Production; Creative and Design for Marketing

Focusing on Apparel Design, Print Design, Visual Merchandising and Graphic Designer roles.

Focusing on Apparel Design, Visual Merchandising and Graphic Designer roles.

Focusing on Merchandising, Design & Marketing.

· Played a key role in the launch of the industry leading travel site, travel-ticker.com.· Drove the execution and delivery of Travel Ticker's weekly online newsletter distributed to 11 million travel consumers. Responsible for copy writing, rate negotiations and quality assurance.· Conducted market research in conjunction with analysis for use in daily correspondence with partners when creating viable pricing and overall competitive offers.· Market responsibilities included: New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, San Diego, Seattle and Palm Springs.· Managed and wrote campaigns for all Online Travel Agents (Expedia, Orbitz, Travelocity, BookIt.com, hotels.com, CarRentals.com).· Responsible for maintaining appropriate inventory levels for all verticals and major markets for travel-ticker.com.· Monitored active Cost Per Click accounts on the site to maximize total profit.· Efficiently reacted and resolved daily issues to meet the needs of both suppliers and Travel Ticker.· Created and conducted the training program for the new Producer role.

Men's & Young Men's· Managed the Trend Core (Hanging Denim and Non Denim Long Bottoms and Shorts) business for Wal-Mart, Target and K-Mart. Business increased in Units by 35% and Revenue by 23% YOY.· A key presenter and player during internal Seasonal Line Review checkpoints as well as external Sales Meetings with our major accounts (Wal-Mart and Target) at their HQs.· Worked directly alongside Sales Teams in communication with key Sales Accounts.· Supported and provided information for Product Management Teams when communicating with Vendors and Factories (Fabric Commits, On Lot Dates, COGS Negotiations, etc.).· Constantly analyzed performance and business plans looking for both sales and margin opportunities to help reach or exceed targeted financial plans; in turn quickly adapted and reacted to changes/trends in the marketplace to better assure appropriate on floor product assortments.· Executed regular market analysis projects to understand the competition through ongoing activities that require shopping and conducting regular scans of benchmark competitors to identify opportunities and challenges for in-season business and future season line planning.

· Responsible for the reviewing, writing and photographing live shows and dining/restaurant profiles. Proactively worked, contributed and coordinated with Editors on story features.