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Westport, Connecticut

Interior design studio based in Connecticut with London roots. Focused on creating spaces that are comfortably beautiful.

London And New York

Freelance interior designer working on modern luxury residences in London and New York.

London, United Kingdom

St Johns Wood, London

Chelsea Harbour, London, England

London, United Kingdom

• Worked on Lanesborough Hotel final phases of installation of all FF&E for guest rooms and public spaces • Compiled snagging reports through walk-throughs with interior designers, contractors, architects and colleagues and communicated with suppliers on appropriate recourse • Aided project manager on updating initial budgets and RFQ's for luxury boutique hotel opening in 2016

New York City

• Managed alignment between Merchandising (North American & International) and Global Design on seasonal brand and merchandising strategies for a global business that in 2013 had retail sales of $231.5M and a turnover of $160M for a 2% comp and a 6% two-year comp on 12.3M in unit sales• Edited all categories with VP of Design throughout the development process that culminated in the final assortment that was presented to the regional buyers at the seasonally held Global Adoption Meeting for 600-700 options a season• Identified workflow challenges between cross-functional teams (Design/ Tech/ Production/ Fabric R&D/ Marketing/ and Global Merchandising) and created standardized process solutions that improved transparency, calendar adherence and collaboration -Included: CAD Procedures for Development and Bulk, Wear Test Procedure, Global AdoptionRecord, Bulk Packaging Requests, Market Week SOP, Sample Distribution Management, and Global Line Sheet Creation• Led weekly meetings for the design team as well as the greater cross-functional team to ensureimplementation, adherence, and accountability of the Gap Global Pipeline Calendar• Created separate seasonal innovation calendar for Intimates & Performance Categories that allowed properdevelopment time but maintained the RTW market and in-store dates

New York, Ny

• Manage product development for wholesale shapewear company including intimates, hosiery, denim and ready to wear categories• Generate company-wide Product Development Calendar for each season for Intimates and Ready To Wear collections (ex. Design, International Sales, Marketing)• Oversee all members of design operations to meet key deadlines for all stages of development and production while creating and implementing processes to increase efficiency• Work directly with President/ Creative Director on all needs for fabric, pattern, technique and product innovation for each season based on costing margins from executive leadership• Communication liaison between design, domestic sales team and international distributors for all assortment requests, line updates, calendars, and sample requests• Supervise line sheet creation and distribution for all international and domestic market seasons • Develop and cultivate new sourcing base to meet new-category initiatives including hosiery and seamless underwear• Source new fabric and trim suppliers for all current categories and future concepts by travelling to intimates and ready to wear fabric shows and new factories in Asia and US

New Albany, Oh

• Provided product development and production support in female knit tops and dresses for brand specific price points and margin targets (Abercrombie & Fitch, Abercrombie, Hollister, Ruehl and Gilly Hicks) • Involved with vendor development and management through overseas on-boarding with merchant teams, factory visits, creation of corrective-action-plans for both factories and vendors, weekly receipt of work-in-progress reports, commit and receipts tracking (planned vs. projected), and quarterly liability review • Travelled extensively to factory base to problem solve for any possible costing, quality or delivery issues that have arose or might in bulk production (ex. Vietnam, China, India, and Peru)

Chicago, Il

• Directed merchandising, sourcing, technical design, inventory, and planning areas for start-up women’s contemporary knit wholesale line• Instituted and managed all calendars including: financial calendar, development calendar (both in-house and with factory base), and production calendar (for showrooms and factories)• Established and implemented all technical design systems from initial sampling tech packs to PP stage for Bulk

New Albany, Oh

• Managed five assistants and associates while leading abercrombie Boys and Hollister Guys Knits teams (polo’s and layering pieces), which were responsible for 25-30% of male tops and topped off at $3 million in sales per week in Q4, for over $123M in retail sales for 2005• Led Hollister Guys Knits to highest sales volumes in like months on an average stores basis in brand’s 5-year history from December 2004 to March 2006 with comps at 175% for Q3 and Q4 in 2006Identified new opportunity in layering pieces and volume rose to 10% of men’s tops by departure• Brand lead for all meetings and decisions regarding assortment, financial planning, production, design and floorset placement for all items • Drove 25-30% of male tops business respectively for each brand• Supervised the implementation of new corporate Male Knits Calendar internally (ex. design) and externally (ex. vendors and agents) • Travelled throughout Asia and Peru on fabric development, vendor visits, and production trips

Interior Design

B.A, Sociology; Political Science, Southeast Asian Studies And Photography