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Vanessa Urrego

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Personal Information

Detail oriented, self-motivated, and highly organized. Great communication skills with the ability to effectively collaborate ideas with partners and work in team environment as well as work independently. Successfully able to work on multiple projects with strict deadlines analyzing new trends, exceptional merchandising and visual knowledge.

Skills:

• Detail oriented, self-motivated, and highly organized.

• Great communication skills with the ability to effectively collaborate ideas with partners

• Ability to work in team environment as well as work independently

• Successfully able to work on multiple projects with strict deadlines

• Analyzing new trends, exceptional merchandising and visual knowledge

• Computer literate in: Microsoft word, Excel, Adobe Photoshop, and Adobe Illustrator

• Quality control

• Excellent time management

• Exceptional organizational skills

• Passion for design

Languages:

Bilingual in English and Spanish

Education:

2000-2005 Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising Los Angeles, CA AA Merchandising Product Development/Fashion Design BA Merchandising Product Development

Courses included: Retail Environment, Marketing Essentials, Merchandise, Trend Analysis Color and Design Concepts. Experience:

2010-Present CPGT Inc. DBA: Claire Pettibone Los Angeles, CA

• Executive Assistant/Office Manger

• Assist to Owner/Head Designer

• Preparing statistical reports, handling information requests, and performing clerical functions such as preparing correspondence, receiving visitors, arranging conference calls, and scheduling meetings

• Staff training and development.

• Operation management.

• Develop and maintain alert system for upcoming deadlines on incoming requests, projects and events.

• Assist with team building initiatives and overall support for maintenance of organizational culture and employee morale.

• Manage, schedule and supervise both production and office staff.

• Manage capital purchases, direct vendor relations, generate and maintain equipment tracking records.

• Prepare orders and invoices in addition to website orders.

• Reports to determine their significance and plan their distribution.

• File and retrieve corporate documents, records, and reports.

• Worked with PR agency (CLD) in coordinate samples to editors 200*-****-*** Industry INC DBA:213, MK2K, Diamonds and Pearl Los Angeles, CA

• Assistant to Owner/Product Development

• Engaged in visual merchandising and merchandise allocation.

• Established new clientele with strategic marketing and sale technique 2-2

• Handled day to day inputting PO’s, creating packing slips, invoicing, and shipping order out.

• Managed in-stock and over-stock merchandises

• Handled customer services generated revenues that surpassed a million dollars in sale, highly involved in inventory control. Current clientele includes Piperlime (Gab), Macys, Nordstrom’s, Neiman Marcus, Barneys, and Fred Segal.

• Created line sheets, press release, press kits, and assisting in creating company look book catalog.

• Coordinated and tracking down samples for sales reps

• Worked with PR agency (Red Light) in coordinate samples to editors

• Attend trade show: Bread and Butter, Magic, Project, Coterie, Intermezzo, Fame, Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago and Atlanta markets.

E-Commerce 213 and Diamonds and Pearl website

• Answered incoming sale calls and emails

• Managed orders, web access approval for wholesaler and retail customers.

• Upload schedule for incoming shows new press kits and new styles.

• Photographed new products and uploading to the websites.

• Invoiced and shipped sales.

• Managed in-stock merchandises

• Coordinated daily with our orders fulfillment warehouse and manage back orders. 2001-2006 Calleen Corder Design Inc. North Hollywood, CA Assist to CEO/Head Designer

• Handled day to day inputting PO’s, creating packing slips, invoicing, and shipping orders out.

• Managed in-stock and over-stock merchandises

• Coordinated all photos shoots

• Created detail photo line sheets for retail customer

• Handled all publicity as creating and maintaining samples coming and going out to editors

• Updated press books

• Established new clientele with strategic marketing and sale techniques

• Coordinated trade shows: DNA-LA and DNA-NY

Production Assistant

• Oversee all sample development process

• Kept abreast of new season fashion and trends

• Assisted in artwork and sketching development, approve samples, color, costing, delivery date and units

• Worked with fabric venders on developing new fabrics/ordered fabrics

• Managed workload and calendars and ensure all deadlines are met

• Supervised communication all production

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