Full-service exhibit house that provides everything from trade show exhibits to interactive kiosks and corporate interiors. Grapevine designs, builds, installs and services trade show exhibits across the US to elevate customers’ brands.▪ Coordinate services for trade shows and special events: interface with clients, schedule previews, supervise installation and delivery, oversee shipping, tracking and research on lost shipments or damaged properties, maintain client database of properties and graphics, and develop new business leads.▪ Negotiate prices and vendor terms to increase company revenue and decrease clients’ costs.▪ Liaise with Sales Team, Warehouse Team, and Labor Team to ensure most cost-effective installations. Navigate Union labor rules to avoid penalties for exhibitors.

· Successfully manage all aspects of the home buying and selling process, including the home inspection, appraisal and home loan process, resulting in a 97% close ratio.· Analyze market conditions to ensure clients make informed decisions about the buying, selling and renting of real estate properties.· Facilitated & completed staging of clients’ homes by updating color schemes, furniture arrangement and feature enhancements, resulting in faster sales at a higher profit for the seller.

· Organized, marketed and conducted Open Houses, to showcase client homes; incorporated updated styling to decrease the time on the market.· Managed the home sale process; to include adhering all parties to different timetables, managing 3rd party vendors and client negotiations.· Incorporated the expertise of various vendors for marketing materials, promotions and general contracting work.

· Designed, developed and merchandised teen/tween/kids’ accessories that resulted in over $100M in revenue; included hair accessories, novelty items and cosmetics for US retailers including and not limited to Walmart, Target, Rite Aid, Ulta, Family Dollar.· Lead designer for the Tween program, a line new to the company, which resulted in a 9% revenue increase across the division.· Expertly negotiated pricing with overseas vendors through daily communications and overseas factory visits; used negotiations to ensure competitive pricing and profitable margins. · Provided in depth product presentations to key accounts in conjunction with category management data, identified missed opportunities and proposed new items to increase profitability.· Key presenter in sales meetings; responsible for presenting the analysis of current fashion trends and how they are applicable to new products marketed or developed.· Attended trade shows to research and identify new trend innovations, fabrics, prints, textures, trims & colors schemes; researched competitive products to ensure continual improvement and innovation across our categories of merchandise.

· Designed, developed and merchandised Ladies/Teen/Tween Hair Accessories, Beauty Tools and Bath items from concept to production; managed annual budget, negotiated pricing, increased product profit margins.· Bi-annually travel throughout Asia for the development and procurement of new merchandise and corporate lines. · Attended trade shows (Canton Fair/Hong Kong Show) for seeking out new factories, sourcing and discovery of new key items.· Communicated directly with buyers such as Five Below, Dollar Tree & Forever 21 to meet their product needs; increased sales revenue and market presence.• Presented new lines in accordance with customer requests resulting in the growth of current sales as well as obtaining new business for the company in less then six months.

Riviera is a manufacturing company of sunglasses, hats, belts, jewelry and hair accessories for accounts such as Target & Wal-Mart, Bloomingdales & Macy’s, Kohl’s & more. • Traveled biannually to Asia for developing full product lines of children’s, tweens and teens hair, jewelry, belts, purses as well as ladies hair accessories• Managed over $4.3 million of business throughout the entire product development phases including adhering to testing standards.• Aggressively marketed the ladies hair division to mid-tier and high-end department stores resulting in 16% growth of corporate revenue.• Developed and merchandised product presentations to expand business into new accounts and/or brands such as Target, Macy’s, Rite Aid, Sears and Kohl’s.• Interpret, conceive and build seasonal trends and colors for product direction.

Scunci know apart of Conair is one of the leading manufacturing companies for ladies and children's hair accessories throughout Food, Drug and Mass Markets.• Developed and implemented strategic market plans for international expansion throughout Europe.• Acquired new business relationships with vendors and distributors to maximize market growth in France and the United Kingdom.• Accountable for designing and overseeing new product launches.

• Developing new product line proposals expanding beyond hair accessories market.• Created and maintained faux hair product line, managing the full spectrum from vendor sourcing to account presentation stage for Drug and Mass: Wal-mart, Target.• Traveled Europe and Asia meeting with vendors validating fabric and prototypes for corporate. approval.

• Worked in conjunction with multiple hair accessory designers to create new product lines.• Analyzed market research to identify and verify target demographic information.• Project manager and liaison to the creative, marketing, and forecasting departments to ensure all deadlines were met.

• Coordinated designers work schedule with cooperating departments to facilitate output to meet production deadlines.• Fostered and maintained strong communication business relationships with vendors/suppliers.• Determined the viability of new product submissions from outside designers.

• Developed samples of current product lines for the sales department.• Created market analysis and merchandising materials presentations.