Pitched and established an innovative personal shopping & styling service. Manage, design and oversee all operations for the distinctive retail program. Key responsibilities include hiring, training, business analysis, forecasting, and reporting. Ensure the highest standards of quality, customer service, and retention. Greatly expand the customer base by launching winning, cost effective sales and marketing initiatives across numerous platforms.Highlights:☆ Conceptualized and implemented this service from start-up. ☆ Recruit, train and oversee a team of fashion stylists to drive and boost sales through up selling strategies that produce 10x’s more in sales revenue from each customer, compared to when they shop independently.☆ Lead in the development and execution of strategies that drive community engagement and inspire increased shopping, donating and volunteering. In 2017, lead effective strategies that produced quality donations with an estimated retail value of $20k and solicited nearly 2k hours of volunteer time.Notable Recognitions:☆ Nominated for City Pages Reader’s Choice Poll for “Best Instagram” 2018 ☆ Selected as an honoree for the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal’s 40 Under 40 award, 2014.☆ Featured in local newspapers including the Star Tribune, the Pioneer Press, a handful of magazine articles including Minneapolis St. Paul Magazine and Minnesota Monthly, highlighted on local radio and television, including Twin Cities Live.