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Hudson, OH

• Manages the merchandise presentation efforts of the Fabric, Seasonal & Floral merchandise divisions, providing direction to optimize the store’s visual presentation of the merchandise and the productivity of its.
• Creates a high performing organization through managing, coaching, and developing a team of four Merchandise Presentation Specialists ranging for Coordinator to Senior Specialist level.
• Develops chain-wide store space and adjacency strategies that are in alignment with the strategic direction of the merchandise divisions while optimizing the space productivity of the stores
• Partners with the Category Management Teams on decision making concerning space allocation, adjacencies and seasonal transition plans.
• Ensures all visual merchandising communication to the stores and field management is clear and concise to foster effective and consistent store execution of all merchandising programs.

Hudson, Ohio

• Lead strategic retail strategy development for in-store marketing communication, creating inspirational and engaging messaging to guide our customer during her shopping journey.
• Developed and communicated in-store marketing plans to internal partners. Reviewed product vendor marketing strategies to internal Jo-Ann creative department, ensuring both vendor and Jo-Ann objectives were achieved.
• Developed and maintained new-store prototype strategies for stores, including upper level signing plans, aisle navigation, front of store signing plans, and promotional window signing.
• Innovation lead on In-Store Environment team; creating promo & value messaging signing options for Feature Space end caps, developing new Feature Space end cap fixtures, finding printing cost efficiencies, and finding.
• Budget lead on In-Store Environment team, managed annual in-store marketing spend of $1.5 million.
• Managed both workflow and communications between outside print and product vendors and Jo-Ann stakeholders in the creation and production of in-store marketing materials.

Akron, Ohio

Akron, Ohio

Mba, Marketing

Bachelor'S Degree, Marketing