Designer
Junior Drake
Total des années d'expérience :19 years, 9 Mois
-Conceptual freehand of handbags and small leather goods
-CAD of collections every season
-Design of fabric patterns, lining, and hardware
-Technical design of handbags and communicate with overseas factories on daily basis
-Supervise product development of the lines for each season
Visual Merchandise Manager
-Drive sales target up through the brand standards and focus on current commercial trends
-Maintain the brand image within the store through selective window displays
-Create easy-to-shop store layout and maximize customers’ interest, sales and shopping flow
-Forecast product mix and floor density in order to optimize sales
-Monitors sellers, product flow
-Implement and maintain the brand image within the store, ensuring visual consistency
-Accurately implement all company visual merchandising policies
-Providing customers with the most inspirational shopping experience through personal styling
-Create well-styled mannequins in line with the the brand styling policies
-Implement window display guidelines on time, and insure seasonal launches are on time.
As Brand Manager (Soft Hugwear):
-Create Gross Margin (GM) Analysis resulting in $10M of sales to:
Wal-Mart
Walmart.com
Sam's Club
Priceline AU
-Prepare seasonal and annual budgets and forecast and improve gross margins
-Creative design of complete line of personal care products and travel items
-Manage product development team overseas consisting of nine members
-Monitor development from design to production
-Develop marketing strategy for prospective accounts in the US and Australia.
As Account Manager
-Design and development of seasonal merchandise for each client
-Create Gross Margin (GM) Analysis for clients:
Wal-Mart Argentina
Wal-Mart Brazil
Babyliss France
Watson's Asia
The Body Shop UK
Superdrug UK
Priceline AU
Target AU
-Organize sales meetings for all accounts handled
-Attend sales meetings and follow-up with clients
-Source vendors and materials, and test pre-production samples per prospective market
-Outsource to factories depending on production size and demands.
Fashion Design GPA: 3.8 - 2004 Annual Fashion Show President and Designer - 2003 Annual Fashion Show Designer (best of show) - 2002 Annual Fashion Show Designer