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Ambitious and passionate Home Product Development & Marketing graduate trained in marketing, merchandising, development, design, sourcing, manufacturing and packaging for products in all categories relevant to the home.  Expert in drawing and painting, and possesses a keen eye for color, layout and design. Superb written and verbal communication skills.  Positive and upbeat personality with professional demeanor.

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Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York, NYC

 

Bachelor of Science, Home Product Development & Marketing                            2013
• Developed skills and knowledge to design, produce, and market in all home product categories
• Studied licensing and branding, marketing, trend forecasting, and packaging design
• Interviewed manufacturing executives as part of analysis of processes for hard and soft goods

Associate of Science, Fashion Merchandising & Marketing Management            2011
• Identified key buying and planning concepts involved in producing successful

merchandising strategies
• Developed sales and marketing skills necessary to successfully promote and move product
• Explored principal buying and planning concepts involved in creating lucrative merchandising strategies

education

Worldwide Fabric Inc., Los Angeles, CA                                                                  2013-14

E-Commerce Product Manager and Graphic Designer 
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Collaborated with web developer to design new website layout, improving user experience and sales
•   Designed and created visuals and promotional graphics for website, social media channels and newsletters
•   Staged and photographed merchandise, retouched images using Photoshop and wrote all detailed item descriptions

•   Maintained, organized and managed e-commerce  inventory utilizing Magento

•   Grew total ecommerce sales by 30%, and Facebook audience by 40%, over 60 day period

 

Pratesi Luxury Linens at ABC Carpet & Home, New York, NY                                2011-12

Assistant Showroom Manager 
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Drove sales by identifying client needs and concerns and providing excellent customer service
•   Executed successful visual merchandising techniques to promote sales of luxury bedding
•   Managed a cohesive work environment for sales associates by stressing the importance of
.teamwork
•   Maintained, organized, and replenished inventory

 

CHF Industries, New York, NY                                                                                 2010-12
Merchandising and Design Assistant
Partnered with bedding and bath design teams, assisting in color specification, sample  .       

   commentary, and new product development for textiles and bath accessories
• Produced presentation materials to aid in the communication of new product styles to licensors
• Created and executed visual merchandising displays for showroom

 

TJ’s Pizzeria and Restaurant, Poughkeepsie, NY                                                    2007-11
Assistant Manager

•  Built and managed strong staff in a fast paced environment
•  Developed exceptional customer service skills

 

Adam’s Floral Shoppe, Poughkeepsie, NY                                                              2007-09
Floral Designer and Customer Service
Managed web marketing and web commerce

• Continuously surpassed sales goals

professional

experience 

technical skills

  • Excel

  • PowerPoint

  • Photoshop

  • Illustrator

  • InDesign

  • Magento

  • ​MAC & PC

  • Sage 100 MRP

  • MailChimp

  • HTML


 

languages

  • English
  • Spanish
  • Italian


 

 

  • International Home and Housewares Show, Chicago, IL - 2012: Researched and investigated the manufacturing processes of housewares.

  • International Home Furnishings Market, High Point, NC - 2011: Produced  comparative market survey of case goods, upholstery products and housewares; directly interacted with senior executives to determine marketing strategies and manufacturing processes.

  • NY NOW/New York International Gift Fair, NYC - 2010-13: Identified and analyzed product trends in the home and drove sales for Nandini Textiles and Karen Alweil Studio.

  • International Furnishings Design Association, NYC - 2011: Volunteered at various industry events.

experience 

experience 

additional

experience 

  • First place winner of Home Products Development Senior Competition - 2013

  • Vice President of Home Products Club - 2011-13

  • Global Scholar - 2013

  • Dean's List

awards
& honors 
 
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