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Texas, United States

Dallas, Texas, United States

-Drives new and repeat business across a multi-city territory through excellent client relationships, networking and outstanding client testimonials. -Creates visually appealing and functional rooms through maximizing space, product placement and clutter removal. -Implements organizing systems and curate’s vignettes to fit the needs, lifestyle and budget of each client. -Educates clients on easy techniques and provides how-to videos to maintain the highest level of quality. -Provides a white glove, luxury experience for a Pinterest worthy home and stress-free environment. -Self taught content creator and business owner.

South Central (Tx, Ar, Ok, Mo)

• Drive brand and product growth through marketing and visual campaigns across a 13-store district with $33M annual revenue.• Develop and execute marketing strategies through customer analytics and business results across 4 brands and 3 store prototype.• Innovate and implement way to drive revenue through cross functional partnerships, demographic analysis and strategic planning. • Devise, implement and execute tests to drive incremental business through innovative merchandising techniques, events and partnerships. • Fosters a culture of continuous growth and development through an inclusive mindset and innovative approach. • Train and develop 13-visual managers through weekly store visits and TB’s to promote internal growth and retention.• Manage inventory of product and décor to protect the marketing strategy and company assets.• Consistently recruit, hire and train team members to effectively ease into role with clear expectations and a road map to success.

South Central (Tx, Ar, Ok, Mo)

• Innovate and implement ways to drive P&L and expand sales across a 13-store district with $31M annual revenue.• Lead the company in regular price business and gross margin dollars through visual presentation & product placement.• Successfully increased LY comp performance by 60% YTD through associate engagement & guest experience.• Lead and managed 13 store leaders, 11 visual assistants and sales staff with in-store visits, group training and weekly reviews.• Promoted eight leaders within one year to store leaders or higher volume stores and 18 associates through strategic development plans.• District received a 94% rating and #2 in the company on the Great Place to Work Survey through a strong culture and high retention rate.• Manages resources both human and financial in accordance with yearly budgets and economical needs.

Dallas, Tx

• Supported one regional, five visual, and 14 district managers, and a sales staff across a 155-store region with $550M annual revenue.• Educate & developed the region on visual merchandising standards and expectations with in-store visits, 12 regional events, group training and weekly reviews.• Partner with Regional Vice President and Director of visual merchandising on opportunities to drive growth through reporting analysis, customer trends and testing new product presentations in visible markets. • Provided feedback weekly to field visual and home office cross functional teams to influence business and customer needs. • Developed consistent visual standards throughout the region through weekly store walk throughs, photo reviews and touch bases.• Managed the process and executed new store openings and remodels within the region and supported high profile store openings.• Mentored and promoted employees and developed a talent pipeline through a VMS training curriculum and IDP’s.• Chosen to be a part of a five person team to spearhead and develop new visual merchandising training and education initiatives for the company to increase the store team knowledge through an innovative approach to our technology, tools and resources.

Columbus, Oh

• Created and executed monthly visual presentations and styling directives in a mock store and presented to executive and buying team. • Developed a monthly chain and test visual brand guide with corresponding communication tools to apply across 1200 stores and 8 store designs.• Mapped and space planned monthly visual strategy across 8 store designs, ranging from $3M-$50M in volume.• Built strong relationships with cross functional partners to support the roll out of new and monthly visual strategies. • Participated in buying meetings and style reviews and influence product selection to support story telling in high and low volume stores. • Chosen to be a part of new development team that rolled out a digital interactive VM tool for store teams to support a consistent customer experience.• Frequently traveled stores to identified wins and opportunities to support future floorsets and communication tools.

Naperville, Il

- Created and executed 800 planograms and 10 floor plans to maximize product sales across 920 stores.- Developed and managed six specialists and increased productivity through improving efficiency.- Identified solutions to increase the sale of slow moving merchandise and increased exposure of best-selling items.- Produced 50+ seasonal displays and directed fifteen vendors to ensure design specifications were met.

Chicago, Il

- Liaised and cultivated relationships with 91 stores that delivered $4 MM in revenue.- Contributed to internal process improvements and led 12 peers to 150% sales increase.- Interviewed and trained four new team members, hired brand managers for the highest volume locations.- Planned and hosted regional events four times a year in top producing stores. - Analyzed trends and monitored customer visit flow to maximize correct floor space positioning.

Chicago, Il

- Delivered best-in-class visual presentations, operational excellence.