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Freelance Designer
Anything Under The Sun Designs LLC
Pflugerville, TX
Aug 2015 - Present (9 years)
* Create a variety of Graphic, Product, Logo, and Interior Designs for Clients.
* Work with clients to understand their design needs and create solutions that are tailored to those needs.
* Create invoices and manage the bookkeeping of the company.
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Merchandising Sales Associate
Lowe's
Austin, TX
Feb 2019 - Feb 2020 (1 year)
* Build displays and complete new Planograms.
* Restock and Refresh existing Plannograms to keep the store sale ready at all times.
* Flexibility to adapt plannograms to meet the stores needs based on varying space allocations and in-stock items.
* Operate fork lift, Ballymore, order picker, and pallet jacks as needed to reach top stocked merchandise.
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Stock Associate
Cost Plus World Market
Round Rock, TX
Nov 2015 - Jun 2016 (7 months)
* Unload trucks and stock new merchandise.
* Execute planograms to ensure consistent branding and revising planograms when a featured item is sold out.
* Replenish goods and verify expiration dates to provide the highest food quality standards.
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Product Design Manager
Michaels Stores Inc.
Irving, TX
Jan 2008 - Jul 2015 (7 years 6 months)
* Founding member of design studio supporting 11 private brands, resulting in $1B sales in two years.
* Research domestic and international market trends to create customized company trend books.
* Analyze sales and market trends to introduce innovative products in several categories including candles, floral, dried, baskets, frames, impulse, ribbon, stickers, kids, and seasonal products.
* Featured candle design in Parenting Magazine, October 2011.
* Execute all stages of design including hand-sketching, technical drawings, sample revisions, copyrighting for website marketing, to final in-store product.
* Create initial Visual Merchandised layouts for Merchants to build their assortments from.
* Manage International Global Design Network to quickly produce designs with overseas and domestic vendors.
* Travel Overseas to ensure design execution and US marketability.
* Introduce and execute timeline processes to meet critical deadlines.
* Manage multiple cross-functional team projects to create cohesion, collaboration, and trust with team members.
* Mentor New Hires and Create the New Hire Handbook.
* Hired as a Product Designer and was promoted to Senior Product Designer and Product Design Manager within 4 years.
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Jr. Product Designer
The Bombay Company
Fort Worth, TX
Nov 2006 - Oct 2007 (11 months)
* Research and present seasonal concepts to merchandising and executive teams based on future industry trends.
* Collaborate with buyers to develop new products in the departments of furniture, wall decor, accessories, textiles, tabletop and seasonal items.
* Execute all stages of design including hand-sketching, technical drawings, to in-store final products.
* Communicate directly with overseas vendors and agents providing merchants with the highest quality prototypes possible.
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Custom Furniture Designer
Eight Point Star Designs
Summerfield, NC
May 2006 - Aug 2006 (3 months)
-Research and design custom furniture for high-end residential and commercial clients.
-Prepare all drawings and renderings for potential customers.
-Manage the office and create all estimates and invoices.
-Execute communication between clients and woodworkers.
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Sales Associate
La-Z-Boy Furniture Galleries
Winston-Salem, NC
Jan 2004 - Jan 2006 (2 years)
• Utilize knowledge of furniture and design to satisfy customer needs and increase sales.
• Assist in staging furniture vignettes and rotating merchandise to keep the assortments fresh.
• Increase knowledge of current trends by attending furniture markets.
• Present products to potential customers and meet with clients in their homes for custom in-house design solutions.
• Execute sales in a timely and professional manner and ensure customer satisfaction upon delivery.
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Manager
Frederick's of Hollywood
Fort Worth, TX
Sep 2001 - May 2003 (1 year 8 months)
* Supervise 4 associates and ensure all store duties are fulfilled while maintaining a high level of customer service.
* Support Company initiatives of newness by frequently rotating merchandise throughout the store.
* Opening and closing store duties including counting and depositing daily sales income, ensuring the store and stock room are clean and organized.
* Consistently exceeding daily and monthly sales goals.