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Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Provide visual merchandising and styling services to businesses as a consultant.• Worked with Dovecote Design on the installation of custom bespoke Christmas decorations at Chadstone/Highpoint shopping centres and the Royal Chiildren’s Hospital.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Maintain and improve visual merchandising standards across Victorian and South Australian stores to improve the customer experience, implementing category and product display initiatives and contributing to new stores and renovations.• Support and train Store Managers and retail staff to ensure new products and campaigns are displayed as per instructions and in alignment with the VM Handbook.

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Drove sales growth through creative and strategic Visual Merchandising direction for 152 retail stores as a member of the executive team, leading a team of four direct reports and greater team of 15+ visual merchandisers nationally.• Inspired creative and innovative in-store experiences, spaces (including zoning for multiple layered categories) and windows across all stores to drive customer engagement and sales growth. • Managed budgets, including the negotiation of all contracts… Show more • Drove sales growth through creative and strategic Visual Merchandising direction for 152 retail stores as a member of the executive team, leading a team of four direct reports and greater team of 15+ visual merchandisers nationally.• Inspired creative and innovative in-store experiences, spaces (including zoning for multiple layered categories) and windows across all stores to drive customer engagement and sales growth. • Managed budgets, including the negotiation of all contracts, offshore store fittings and display fixtures.• Designed and planned new format and refit stores in collaboration with the Store Development team, focusing on innovative store fixtures and utilisation of floor space to maximise revenue by fixture across multiple store formats. Show less

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

• Delivered the visual merchandising creative and strategic direction for 200 retail stores across Australia and New Zealand, managing five state VM Managers and led and trained a team of up to 15 visual merchandisers.• Managed a budget for POS print production and Flagship stores window installations. • Created and designed monthly Visual Merchandising briefs and worked with the Sales Team on in-store implementation, adapting to suit different store gradings.• Collaborated in the… Show more • Delivered the visual merchandising creative and strategic direction for 200 retail stores across Australia and New Zealand, managing five state VM Managers and led and trained a team of up to 15 visual merchandisers.• Managed a budget for POS print production and Flagship stores window installations. • Created and designed monthly Visual Merchandising briefs and worked with the Sales Team on in-store implementation, adapting to suit different store gradings.• Collaborated in the design, planning and delivery of new store openings and closures. Show less

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Bachelor Of Arts, Photography

Bachelor Of Arts, Fine Arts