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New York, Ny, Us

Brooklyn, New York, United States

Assist Principal• Manage schedule• Coordinate with clients and staff• Filing weekly timesheets for billable time to clients• Assist in planning continuing education• Handle confidential business and personal informationMarketing / PR / New Business• Instagram posting• Website maintenance• Preparation of marketing material (portfolio catered to potential clients)• Manage new business inquires• Biweekly meetings with senior staff• Initial contact with potential clients (email and/or phone)Management of Physical Office Space• Material librarian (manage library with assistance of interior design department)• Oversight of office maintenance as needed (coordinate with landlord and building superintendent)• Office flora• Assist the office stylist with flowers• Maintain plants around office• Prepare office for client meetings• Oversee organization and tidiness of office• Ensure that office is stocked with office / pantry supplies• Trusted with company card to make necessary purchases for office and staffOther Office Management• Careers / new employees• Maintain active jobs postings on various websites• Maintain careers@ email account• Manage interview schedules• Assist with on-boarding of new employees• Assist IT Team with office technology as required (we coordinate with an outside consultant)• Welcome clients when coming into the office

Worked with multiple clients to create websites for personal use and for e-commerce. Talked with clients about their companies goals and objective to design a website suitable for their needs.Conceptualized logos, colors, and fonts for clients to make their companies branding cohesive. Designed all other extra website assets, for example, banners, photos, and GIFs. Made sure their website was connected to all social media outlets and helped develop an online presence.Currently working with a contractor to create 3D models of homes in SketchUp, using the 2D floor plans and elevations as reference.Created lasting relationships with each individual client and continue to stay in contact with them.

Kings County, New York, United States

Managed retail shop in Soho, responsibilities included: lead sales, build customer relationships, hiring and training staff, and daily accounting.Assisted customers with purchases of clothing, footwear, and accessories, develop lasting professional relationships, and educated customers on the clothing and brands to create a seamless shopping experienceInstituted a weekly management meeting with all staff. Created a more stable and creative work environment.Responsible for Point of Sale daily cash flow, reconciliation and End of Day reports. Managed inventory at the Soho store, coordinated with the Warehouse Manager to select new styles and replenish existing styles based on sales performance. Replenished retail floor daily, coordinated inventory transfers between five locations.Executed all visual merchandising for the Soho location retail floors, including display windows, in-store displays, popup shop buildouts, and store décor. Coordinated PopUps with internal staff and vendor representatives, including inventory shipments, new signage, merchandising, and product returns.Trained colleagues to use Shopify Admin for sell-through reports, created inventory transfers, made and printed tags, created shipping and return labels.Assisted in print and online marketing planning, production, and styling photo shoots. Specific online work includes: chose images for Instagram and Facebook, wrote product captions and descriptions, edited and uploaded product images to website, organized eCommerce pages, and managed Latergram to link Shopify to social media profiles. Created the social media schedule, and trained owners and colleagues how to use Latergram to create more efficient social media strategies.

Millerton, New York, United States

Created treatments, a document containing inspiration for the client’s event to show the overall feel and aesthetic of the event.Researched themes, event activities, color palettes, and resources to present to clients.Created and managed gantt charts for events for time and project management.Organized on hand and digital resource filing system.On-site coordination included set-up for event, managing event time schedule and activities, outside sources such as caterers, lighting crew, rentals, and transportation.Catered to guests needs at the events, and set-up activities and spaces for multi-functional use during the event.Created social media posts to congratulate the clients and promote outside resources.Assisted in event budget management to ensure the client's budget did not exceed their expectations.

Great Barrington, Massachusetts, United States

Conceptualized clothing pieces for new seasons. Created color palettes using fabrics, thread colors, and Pantone colors.Designed digital fabric prints, plaids, serapes, and physical embroidery designs for new and repeat clothing styles.Compiled inspiration pieces, computer CADs, and various information into a package for international factories.Traveled to Denver, Las Vegas, Dallas, and New York for wholesale markets as a salesperson, managed appointments, talked about each piece of clothing, offered merchandising ideas, and created lasting relationships with the clients. Managed the team for the set-up of showrooms and booths at markets, dressed mannequins in clothing, accessorized outfits, and decorated each space staying true to the brand.Styled outfits for photoshoots, communicated with outside sources for accessories, set-up at photoshoot location, steamed clothes, organized accessories, managed models, and broke down photoshoot equipment.Modeled new clothing styles on photoshoots, selected and edited photos after photoshoot, photographed flat photos of the clothes for line sheets, website, and social media.Created line sheets, postcards, and posters for new seasons, communicated with the printers, and approved proofs.Managed the website, inputted new styles, created website banners, communicated with website creators to make advanced changes, and created digital content for social media posts.Introduced InDesign to the company and trained a fellow employee the basics of the program.Answered phone calls and completed daily email correspondence with buyers, clients, and factory representatives.

Assisted customers with their questions and needs, learned about herbs for holistic healing, and designed floor arrangements for optimal product placement.Opened and closed the store and the register independently, and tended the store alone four days a week for eight hours.Took photos of products, edited photos, and created copy for social media sites, which included Facebook and Instagram.Managed and trained 3 new employees, taught them to open and close the store, run the register, understand the filing and inventory system, and basic knowledge of the herbs, homeopathic remedies, and other products.Managed daily cash flow and merchandise data by inputting accounting information into Microsoft Excel Worksheet, QuickBooks Pro systems, and Square Dashboard system.Handled daily cash sales, deposited cash into the bank, kept track of employee hours and paid all employees every week.Observed inventory levels, handled business credit card information, and independently placed orders through the phone, email, and online websites, received orders, and added orders to electronic and on hand inventory.Alphabetically organized on hand and electronic inventory and filing systems to help employees find items with ease.

Cleaned the office kitchen, refilled the printers around the office, organized all office supply cabinets to better find the necessary tools needed to complete tasks, made coffee, tea, and iced tea for all visiting donors and trustees, managed front desk and answered the phone during staff lunch hour.Handled confidential financial, proposal, pledge, trustee/donor, etc. documents and information, re-organized individual on hand filing folders, re-organized the entire on hand filing system comprised of roughly 800 files, organized receipts and bank statements for staff members.Sent and received physical office mail. Restocked office supplies. Assisted office visitors with their questions.Researched ideas for goodie bags for the guests at fundraising events the office held, made 600 goodie bags for Avant-Garde, made and stuffed name tags for all events, setup for events, checked in guests at events, talked with trustees, donors, and all other guests, broke down and gathered remaining equipment at the end of events.Participated in “Phone-A-Thon,” solicited phone calls to all alumni to fundraise for the college. Made labels, compiled documents, and organized budget report binders for staff members for budget meetings.Created and designed digital and handwritten thank you cards for trustees and donors.

Litchfield County, Connecticut

Catered a small private event with three other caterers.Setup the bar area, cocktail hour lounge area, and the dinning area. Set the tables. Created an organization system for the night so all activities could operate efficiently. Prepared hors d'oeuvres before guests arrived. Passed around hors d'oeuvres while paying attention to the timing of what was served. Kept track of what dishes were more popular. Paid attention to the guests needs and helped them accordingly. Served dinner and dessert to the guests and refilled guest beverages. Cleared tables when guests were finished with their meals. Cleared the bar area, cocktail hour lounge area, and dinning area when guests left. Cleaned the dishes, and serving utensils.Catered at a large wedding.Decorated and set the dinning tables. Prepared the drinks table at the ceremony location. Handed out drinks to guests and collected all empty glasses from guests. Served appetizers to guests during the cocktail hour. Refilled water and wine glasses for guests at two assigned tables. Served part of the entree at the buffet table for all of the guests at the wedding. Ran desserts from the chef's tent to the buffet table and refilled the empty areas when needed. Served dessert at the buffet table. Cleared dishes on guest tables and buffet tables. Brought leftover food to the main house. Broke down tables and cleaned up the tent area.

Looked after children in three age groups, 4-7, 8-11, 12-15 during the camp day which was from 9am to 3pm. Helped kids with their art projects, talked with them to help inspire their art, and made sure they cleaned everything up. Set up blankets outside to have lunch on, and ate lunch with the group. Applied sunscreen on the children. Made sure the walk to the lake was safe when crossing the golf course and back road in order to get to the lake. Swam and played games with the children in the water. Mediated when children got into arguments with one another. Communicated with parents about their child.

Business Of Art + Design

High School Diploma