About me
A motivated and enthusiatsic individual with strong technical and creative skills. Proven ability to work independently and within a team to deliver results and perform to a high standard within a highly demanding, fast paced retail environment.
Work history
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VM Executive & Creative Design - Prestige BeautyThe Hut Group
London, United KingdomFull Time
Responsible for a portfolio of Prestige beauty brands spanning make up, skincare, hair care and premium health and wellness.
Core responsibilities:
- Deliver seamless execution in the design, preparation and planning of new campaigns including global launches, eventing, store and counter openings/ refits
- Follow up on delivery and implementation of all VM assets in store (collateral, videos, etc)
- Follow up and sign off on International executions
- In house 3D prop development and production
- Develop and maintain comprehensive visual merchandising guidelines per brand
- Creation and ongoing updating of VM store/counter database showing all VM elements; images, plans, assets etc
-Manage and attend window and counter installations
- Support design manager in the design and development of POS projects
- Sourcing/costing of props, services etc
- Supplying PO's to relevant suppliers
-Manager supplier communications and supplier procurement
-Regular store visits and trade show attendance
- Storage management of all brands into Warehouse
- Create and update all logistics documents for packing, dispatch and installation
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Visual Merchandising ExecutiveElizabeth Arden
- London, United KingdomFull Time
Core responsibilities included:
Design & create Arden & Fragrance VM Guidelines and update planograms
Assist & attend VM Build Installations on site and overnight within UK and Ireland
Assist & attend regular Prestige & Fragrance meetings with UK Marketing to ensure correct information on Product launches & Promotions are executed within the VM Guidelines
Create and present presentations and VM design proposals alongside the Prestige Marketing Department as well as consultant training presentations for Christmas & Training conference with the VM Manager.
Maintain and update Arden & Fragrance Master databases and create all launch rollouts
Request and implement visual updates for new launches from the Global team
Manage Maintenance and snags of EA counters
Raise PO’s, track and file all expenses to monthly/quarterly budget with VM Manager
Respond to calls from the Field requesting support
Manage the VM collaterals in storage and send-outs to the Field
Assist and work alongside VM Manager, National Account Managers and Retailers for Store Designs, sign off and manufacture.
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Skills
- Visual Merchandising
- Graphic Design
- Adobe Indesign/illustrator/photoshop
- French
- Digital Communications
- Autocad Vectorworks
Education
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HNC Fashion, Textiles and CostumeEdinburgh's Telford College
- Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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NC Art DesignEdinburgh's Telford College
- Edinburgh, United Kingdom
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Awards
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Shortlisted for two Drapers Digital Awards 2016Drapers Awards
I worked within the team that was building and testing our internal comms and CRM app as part of Jaeger's digital customer experience strategy. The app was shortlisted for 2 Drapers Digital Awards whilst still in the development stages