About me

A passionate, enthusiastic & accomplished Senior Creative Buyer, Product Developer and Project Manager specialising in Fashion/Music/Art & Design product curation, Brand Collaborations, Licences & Special Projects. Creating unique branding perspectives through product innovation, collabs, curation & special limited edition projects. Including product innovation & project managing partnerships, licenses & special projects with: Warner Music/ Live Nation (Led Zeppelin), Leica Cameras Germany, Universal Music / Concorde (R.E.M.), David Bowie, Mercian Cycles, Rapha, Cinelli Italy, Kask, GlobeTrotter, Anglepoise, Blitz Magazine (Iain Webb), KASK cycling, Camelbak, Grace Coddington (Phaidon), Gufram, David Bailey, Alien Workshop, Hingston Studio ( Nick Cave / Chemical Brothers / Massive Attack) Dover Street Market, amongst others. Over 14 years of experience in Buying as Senior Creative Buyer for global luxury retail / E-commerce at renowned British fashion house, Paul Smith. Sourcing and curating the creative product selections for 60+ International Paul Smith retail stores, Global E-commerce, Franchises, Concessions (including Dover Street Market & Bergdorf Goodman) Also Pop-Up branding projects (Matches.com / Brown’s Hotel / Salone del Mobile) Experienced in categories including: Men’s & Women’s Accessories / Jewellery / Interiors, Home & Lifestyle / Art / Books / Luxury Gifting & Stationery / Music Merchandise/ Electronics & Toys/ Antiques & Furniture

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Projects credited in

• Paul Smith X Led Zeppelin CollaborationCollaboration between Paul Smith and Led Zeppelin to produce luxury scarves to mark the launch of Led Zeppelins album remasters campaign
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  Hello, My Name is Paul SmithThe Design Museum held an exhibition which ran from November to June, which referenced Paul Smith’s influences and fashion designs. The book and exhibition offered fans an immersive insight into his world. The book is their best selling catalogue to date
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  Paul Smith ExhibitionIn 2014 the Design Museum held an exhibition to celebrate Sir Paul Smith’s career to date. It was the biggest ever at the museum bringing in the best part of 90,000 visitors. I worked on both the book and exhibition from concept and development to print and build.
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  Visual Merchandising/ Paul Smith InteriorsPhoto Credit: Egle Xiapin
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  Factory Records - Exhibition LaunchCurated by Jon Savage and Mat Bancroft, Use Hearing Protection tells the story of Factory’s formative years from 1978 to 1982 through the first 50 numbered Factory artefacts, including works by Peter Saville, Joy Division, New Order, A Certain Ratio, Durutti Column and Linder Sterling. The exhibition launch in September 2019 saw us collaborate with Paul Smith, Cambridge Audio & Yeastie Boys; encompassing music, photos, videos & aesthetics that captured the spirit of Factory Records' origins.
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  The Illustrated Guide to Dyslexia and Its Amazing People'The Illustrated Guide to Dyslexia and Its Amazing People' is a beautiful and positive book about the challenges and strengths of dyslexia 'in not too many words'. Celebrating the Amazing People and the jobs they do... from a surgeon to a stuntman. Foreword by the wonderful amazing architect Richard Rogers. Available on Amazon, Paul Smith shops, Waterstones, The Wellcome Trust bookshop and all good bookshops!

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Work history

Senior Creative Buyer, Product Developer & Project ManagerPaul Smith
Nov 2006 - Dec 2019London, United KingdomFull Time
Sourcing & curating multi-brand product selections for over 50 Paul Smith retail stores globally, Paul Smith E-Commerce (Luxury Lifestyle / Accessories / Art / Interiors/ Gifting) Product development for brand collaborations, special projects & licenses for Paul Smith retail, wholesale & franchise partners Creative buyer for the Paul Smith at Dover Street Market London

Skills

• Buying
• Buying Brands
• Art Buyer
• Fashion Buying
• Retail Buying
• Prop Buying
• Buying Experience
• Art Buying
• Buying Management
• Product Development
• Product Innovation
• Product Launch
• Product Strategy
• Collaboration
• Brand Collaboration
• Collaborations
• Business Collaboration
• Collaborating
• Event Collaborating
• Collaborative Design
• Project Management

Education

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Retail ManagementOxford Summer School
Jun 2016 - Jun 2016Oxford, United Kingdom
Foundation in Retail Management Development
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Advanced Diploma of Screen and MediaQSFT
Jan 2001 - Dec 2002Brisbane, Australia