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• Establish one cohesive brand vision • Work with Department store visual teams to implement and design shop in shops• Set and maintain Visual standards for retail shop in shops• Develop and communicate merchandising directives for shop in shops per store/per season• Create visual merchandising presentations• Set overall visual standard for company• Deliver seasonal message for each family of business to associates in both retail and wholesale points of distribution• Work with marketing to articulate the brand positioning visually • Responsible for overall vision of trade show booths and merchandising• Responsible for merchandising showroom year round

• Key Accounts: Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, Bloomingdale’s, Nordstrom• Drove business by motivating in store personnel and creating partnerships with store management• All sales specialists managed by me made or exceeded yearly and seasonal sales plans • Coordinated with Bloomingdale’s, Saks Fifth Avenue, Neiman Marcus, and Nordstrom department managers, store managers to schedule beneficial events to produce positive fiscal results• Built strong relationships with my stores and PR managers to ensure productive events and appropriate product knowledge through morning meetings• Worked closely with Store Merchandising, Marketing, Planning, PR, and Window teams to ensure seamless execution of cross-functional projects at the field level• Prescheduled multiple product knowledge meetings per store, each season, to capitalize product knowledge• Coordinated with account department managers, and store managers to organize unique and creative in store events

• Developed techpacks for handbags and small leather goods• Created GDS (group development sheet) for each collection• Responsible for merchandising and editing collections • Regular communication with multiple factories regarding production and development• Sourced leathers and materials

•Assisted designer for the fall 2010 line; team member of the Kimberly Taylor start up company•Developed strong sales skills while meeting weekly target goals•Designed look book•Styled models for photo shoots and mannequins for store windows •Worked with Style Caster•Assisted with the concept and design of the first free standing Kimberly Taylor store in New York City

•Helped design Fall 2008 Michael Kors coat line•Assisted top designers to gain knowledge in the design field •Learned how to design and coordinate styles for the new season•Attended design meetings with high end designers