Ron Racicot Email & Phone Number

Toronto, On, Ca

Toronto, Canada Area

-Consult, plan and execute home staging for realtors or home owners.-Décor consultant and design for private residences.-Custom design ideation for licensed product retail kiosk.-Create merchandising and visual floor plan for the new store opening.

Toronto, Canada Area

-Strategize weekly business development based on data analysis to build ROI.-Collaborate with GMM’s to ensure highlight of key drivers in all businesses.-Lead weekly workshops with visual team and store team to identify and clearly speak to target.-Primary contact with execution of monthly national visual corporate directives for all store departments. -Planning and execution of directive of bi-weekly in-store and window installations.

Toronto, Canada Area

-Strategized the continual branding of Costa Blanca through all media channels and business partners.-Managed timely implementation and execution of promotional campaigns ensuring strong ROI. -Lead with time critical marketing and visual initiatives for new store openings. -Identified VOC responding to corporate and environmental conditions. -Consensus building across departmental liaising seamless internal and external communication. -Conceptualized window display propping and mannequin styling from ideation to execution. -Strategized business development based on data analysis and forecasting to build ROI. -Championed the visual team, marrying design to exceed customer expectations.

-Business development identifying SWOT of all Canadian retail stores. -Controlled the strategic plan to drive results for both retail and wholesale businesses increasing ROI. -Lead the e-com early stage campaign growing the online customer database by 300% in a one year period. -Consensus building the Jones Group field staff creating ownership and accountability of goals and objectives to continually exceed targets at Hudson’s Bay and Sears Canada stores. -Lead the Jones & Co. brand in 90 locations nationally for Sears Canada exceeding launch sales targets. -Principal on events for charitable affiliations such as WAMS. -Primary with ‘Women of Influence’ forging stakeholder communication buy-in and retention to the brand.

-Business Development for two new concepts bringing the brand vision to life. -Lead with identifying SWOT of all Canadian retail stores. -Directed flow of inventory with allocation department to drive results with increased ROI. -Consensus building across all departments including 4 national field direct reports. -Managed complex and time critical situations such as supply chain for the opening of 20 Canadian locations. -Engineered marketing plan marrying the corporate brand to target with data analysis and forecasting. -Formulated monthly merchandising and window display direction to 2 concepts. -Oversaw all creative marketing for both external and POS. -Creative direction for all photo-shoots for print and television media.

-Primary contact with all menswear execution of monthly national visual corporate directives. -Consensus building for 2 direct reports on accountability of goals and objectives to continually exceed targets. -Assisted in staging numerous high profile special events with international exposure. -Created innovative shops for events featuring prominent fashion designers reinforcing corporate brand vision. -Maintained the integrity of Holt’s world class in-store presentation to exceed consumer expectation. -Ownership of the monthly budget for the visual department ensuring ROI. -Trained other visual specialists within the GTA with identifying and clearly speaking to target.

Toronto, Canada Area

-Conceptualized the environment and marrying design for 2 concept chains resulting in exceeding costumers' expectations and sales target. -Negotiated window time lines partnering with vendors to increase sales and strengthen the corporate brand vision.-Communicated monthly directives to display staff in western Canada identifying and responding to corporate and environmental conditions.-Principal on time critical business development for new store openings.-Primary on marrying corporate brand to target in all aspects of store presentation.-Enhanced seasonal marketing objectives for promotion of designer labels.-Managed the brand vision with the wardrobe and styling of a biyearly fashion magazine.

Fashion Design

Diploma, Graphic Design