Terry Burns Email & Phone Number

Newport Beach, Ca

Selling McKee Company Products and Services

Manhattan Beach, Ca

Huntington Beach, Ca

Huntington Beach, Ca

Evanston, Il

▪︎ Work privately with residential and commercial clients. Provide full suite of design services including spatial planning, drawings, paint color selection, furniture selection, styling and art installations. ▪︎ Merchandising & Interior Design Consulting for Shaffer Vineyards and Cuvaison Vineyards in Napa, CA▪︎ Private event planning and design for weddings, charitable events and private parties▪︎ Skilled floral designer

Evanston, Il

▪︎ Drawing, Painting and Photography▪︎ Card designer experienced in both classic and modern calligraphy

Greater Chicago Area

Supported company sales goals by working closely with cross-functional team members (Art Directors, Photo Stylists) to merchandise monthly catalogs that inspired and engaged Crate&Barrel customers. ▪︎ Visually and Editorially developed monthly creative story lines & concepts that were presented to executive team members for review and approval▪︎ Key member of cross-channel marketing team that developed Crate&Barrel’s quarterly branding messages. Delivered creative briefs to share editorial content, visual concepts, photography and signage with in-house advertising team. ▪︎ Demonstrated ability to collaborate with a variety of internal stakeholders and reliably deliver results under tight deadlines▪︎ Provided visual clarity and guidance to Art Directors and Photo Stylists for set design through sketches, mood boards and presentation meetings▪︎ Redesigned and updated catalog branding direction numerous times through several company reorganizations▪︎ Drove successful catalog revenue budgeted for by company through financial, analytics, and spacial parameters process. Consistently managed effectively to budget.▪︎ Trained and developed team members to support ongoing team growth

Greater Chicago Area

Developed concept, merchandise and floor plans for promotional merchandising preview events for publications in New York City

San Francisco Bay Area

Directly impacted retail store sales growth and profitability by leading the merchandising team in delivering a visually engaging consumer experience. ▪︎ Project Design Manager for all new store openings in my region▪︎ Developed store merchandising floor plans, directed team of design leads from cross company stores▪︎ Engaged in a creative approach to teaching visual merchandising practices and processes. Organized and led team outings featuring experiential training environments (i.e. flower markets, prop shops & showcase homes) to help designers develop their eye and build their knowledge base. Also provided regular exposure to relevant, on-trend design and updated practices.

San Francisco Bay Area

Worked closely with the store manager to review store sales and identify opportunities to provide visual inspiration and ideas to customers and shoppers. Consistently focused on integrating items that were on brand and profitable.

Greater Chicago Area

Selected to participate in a comprehensive 2-year training program to prepare designers for future opportunities in Visual Display Manager roles.

Greater Chicago Area

Ordered merchandise, maintained inventory and displays and directed all part-time staff.