Samantha Savino

- Assist customer needs from the time of initial greeting to the point of sale. Including recommending merchandise based on individual requirements, helping with fitting and checking out.
- Maintaining the look of the sales floor by merchandising product and window displays that stimulate interest and entice purchase.
- Generate, edit, publish and share daily content on all social media sites that builds meaningful connections with customers and encourages interest in the product.
- Optimize company pages within each social media platform to increase the visibility of the company's social content

- Worked closely with the District Manager responsible for eight retail stores including two in California
- Attended management meetings to review sales, financials, marketing, and operation strategies.
- Organized and implemented a Secret Shopper Program
- Visited multi-store locations to provide critique, monthly store directives, support and
re-merchandising
- Screened phone calls and emails, enquiries and requests, and handling them when appropriate
- Met and greeted visitors at all levels of seniority
- Liaison between clients, suppliers and store teams
- Brainstormed creative and fresh ideas for projects including execution of store window
- Made decisions and delegated work to others in the manager's absence
- Coordinated all maintence requests within each store location

- Using social media to communicate apartment sales to Drexel students
- Participating in on campus distribution of flyers
- Winning social media contest and connecting future clients to superior

- Assisted in dressing of each model at the model casting
- Prepared gift bags and run of show boards
- Performed the merchandising at Bloomingdales in the BCBG formalwear section

- Served as the primary source for trend research and created trend boards
- Catalogued inventory of products and assisted with major trade show preparation
- Utilized Adobe Illustrator to merchandise planagrams

- Implemented training program to new associates; maintained consistent standards for all team members
- Delivered the T.J. Maxx shopping experience to our customers each and every time
- Promoted twice within two years; youngest associate to reach supervisor level