(An international retailer of women’s value-priced fashion accessories, apparel & gifts with stores in 32 states & 5 countries.)Trend Director Created the Fashion Office and introduced proprietary artwork. Transformed a fragmented sku intensive business into a cohesive presentation of focused the color & trend tables unified with themes of color, print and icons. The compelling product stories provided a clear point of view and gave talking points of sale for the store associates. Captured the seasonal trend direction for the key categories; Jewelry, Handbags, Shoes, Scarves, Apparel and Gifting with concise seasonal concepts and color palettes. Interpreted the runway trends to best match the needs of the business. • Presented seasonal concepts to executives, merchants, product development and the vendor community. • Purchased all new proprietary artwork and utilized archived prints. Responsible for artwork budget. Pitched color to the graphic artists, directed pull outs, match backs and print placements. • Procured retail samples domestically and abroad to create head to toe outfitting reinforcing the feeling and integrity of the trend direction. • Partnered with merchants during the development process to ensure that they had the timeliest information to build their assortments.

• Created unique trend and mood boards for SUNRISE BEAUTY STUDIO (a boutique fragrance and beauty branding company) for use with their clients.• Created seasonal trend and inspiration boards for all product categories of LaSENZA (an international lingerie and intimate apparel retailer).• Designed web pages for a new novelty graphic t-shirt online retailer. • Designed, created, and marketed Fragments jewelry and art line that was purchased by independent boutiques.

(An international retailer of tween girl apparel, footwear, and accessories under the Limited Too and Justice names. Operated 935 stores worldwide generating $1.2B in annual sales.)Senior Director of Color, Fashion & Trend Directed all color, pattern, silhouette and trend for Limited Too. Supervised 2 Managers (Color and CAD) and their 11 assistants. Played a critical role in “elevating the brand” to be #1 in its niche by creating fashion-right, trend-right, and customer-right product for the tween girl.• Created concise seasonal concepts with color palettes, prints & patterns, trends, details, and key outfit direction with a “one eye” point of view. • Ensured complete “head-to-toe” outfitting by working closely with all merchant teams.

• Developed and opened The Muse off High, a women’s fashion and accessories boutique in Columbus OH. Managed all pre-opening activities including designing the interior and all customer-facing collateral. Created visual displays and purchased merchandise for the store.• Developed seasonal trend boards with color, trims, patterns, handbag silhouettes, and details for BATH & BODY WORKS.

(An international retailer of tween girl apparel, footwear, and accessories under the Limited Too and Justice names. Operated 935 stores worldwide generating $1.2B in annual sales.)Senior Fashion DirectorLed the 13-member CAD and Color team in the development, creation, and presentation of the trends for each new season – Trans, Spring, Summer, Fall-Back-to-School, and Holiday. Presentations included color palettes, prints & patterns, silhouettes, fabrics, details and outfitting. Outfitting utilized original artwork wherever possible mixed with retail samples. This direction included information from a myriad of sources to create one cohesive, streamlined viewpoint. Supplemented current Limited Too product trends with information from Runway Collections, Fashion Forecast services, Pitti Filati and Premiere Vision shows, the New York Print Shows. • Purchased all of the original artwork, knit downs, prints and graphics for all categories. Managed $240K annual budget. • Directed the CAD department in the development of artwork for print & pattern trend boards.• Managed the Color team for lab dips and the layout of the new seasonal colors.• Coordinated Sample Overviews to merchandise the newly designed garments by color story, balancing fashion elements with Key Item potential.• Partnered with the catalogue team to reinforce the key trends through outfitting. Provided key outfits for board and investor meetings. Created copy for magazine editorials, VP of Investor Relations and quarterly briefings.PRIOR RELATED EXPERIENCEBATH & BODY WORKS, Fashion ManagerPAUL HARRIS STORES, Fashion DirectorEXPRESS, Merchandise Marketing Coordinator/Assistant BuyerTHE MUSE OFF HIGH (apparel, accessories & gift boutique), OwnerFRAMERY ONE (frame shop & gallery), OwnerCRAFTSMAN – painter, printmaker, quilter, wood crafter, seamstress, framer, jewelry designer