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Orlando, FL, US

Orlando, Florida, United States

Empowers and leads a team of 20+ sales associates in providing extraordinary service where all customers feel welcome, heard, and valued. Excels in-store operating procedures and contributes to mentorship to the associate team to drive sales. Facilitates the sharing of product knowledge, brand philosophy, current trends, and store priorities through daily.

Orlando, Florida, United States

Creates and maintains brand design, marketing materials, website, and social media pages. Facilitates Commercial Manufacturing sales of Outdoor Furniture, Textiles, and Furnishings representing 14 manufacturers to customers within the Florida Tourism and Hospitality Industries. Commercial Manufacturer Representative for CabanaCoast, Cabana Couture, Drake.

Napa Valley, California

Co-founded an innovative Napa Valley winery by assisting company idea generation, planning and evolution, inspiration and design of tasting room, and procurement of retail merchandise. Developed brand, marketing, and social media pages. Supported harvest 2019 and winemaking. Maintained cleanliness and organization of office and wine-making facility..

United States Capitol

Created, researched, and implemented 5 daily educational tours of historic rooms within the United States Capitol for both private and public tour groups, members of Congress and their staff, and distinguished visitors, including international diplomats, disabled persons, and photographic enthusiasts. Developed strong interpersonal skills to broaden.

Falls Church, VA

Acquired, processed, and visually merchandised vintage and antique home furnishings, accessories, and local handmade goods to meet store expectations, budgets, and timelines. Implemented and trained staff on custom painting commissions by training product knowledge, current trends, and expectations on decorative furniture painting using Annie Sloan Chalk.

Mc Lean, VA

Assisted Master Gemologist with client appraisals and evaluations for auctions, museums, estate, insurance, law, and governmental institutions. Performed office administrative duties including screening telephone calls, responding to customer inquiries, and scheduling client appointments. Composed PowerPoint and presented educational lectures on various.

Falls Church, VA

Assisted Lead Cataloger in locating relevant fact sheets, books, and files for the research of Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Twentieth century American, European, and Asian fine and decorative art and furniture. Trained and mentored monthly admitted interns to assist with the gallery's daily functions and research assistance. Completed cataloging tasks of.

Washington, DC

Organized, identified, and cataloged hundreds of digital slides of the Gems and Mineral Collection in accordance with the NMNH conservation standards on the database.Maintained and updated the NMNH website database to include digital images and descriptions. Created individual files and researched the museum acquisition history and provenance of iconic.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Served as the receptionist, general information clerk, and registrar of visitors.Presented accurate information about the history of the museum and its collections during private and public tours. Trained new employees with post-walk-throughs, daily needs of the museum, as well as historical education. Provided basic information in response to inquiries.

Cataloged and organized literature found in auction and antique reference periodicals and books of Eighteenth, Nineteenth and early Twentieth century American, English and Continental furniture.Documented and categorized each object by period, style, and provenance for value and marketability. Created and maintained a research database as reference.

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States

Assisted Textile Curator in the detailed preparation of the Costume Exhibit, “Wedding Belles.” Provided support services for the curatorial project including registrar and collection duties, research, and reference work for the educational program in the exhibit.Routinely attended exhibition design meetings to present and maintain up-to-date notes in.

Assisted Visual Merchandiser with creatively presenting clothing, home and decorative accessories. With professionalism and integrity, used tactful selling and customer service skills to promote the Corporate merchandise and style. Implemented and maintained a private file for individual clients.

Longwood, FL

Organized and maintained customer account list database for marketing materials. Designed and created sales promotional brochures and fliers for mailings to potential and existing customers.

Richmond, VA

Designed, sketched, draped and created samples of garments for New York designer Yoana Baraschi for presentation to Anthropologie Corporate in Philadelphia. Developed design illustrations from concept sketches to final presentation. Communicated with vendors for material sourcing.

Personal Shopping Assistant, Cashier, fitting room attendant, trunk show sales associate, visual merchandiser.

Master Of Arts - Ma, The History Of Decorative Art'S & Design, Graduated With Distinction

This program was formerly associated with Corcoran College of Art and Design until September of 2011 then became associated with George.

Bachelor Of Art, Fine Art And Art History

Credits Toward Fine Art Degree, Art History, Design, Costume

Participated in a six-week traveling study abroad, focusing on Museums and Cathedral Architecture and Art History throughout France and.

Level Wset 1 & Wset 2 Certification

Fine And Studio Arts