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JOAN DAVIS

**** ******** ******, *** *******, CA 90068 415-***-**** *******************@*****.***

WWW.JOANDAVIS.COM HTTPS://WWW.LINKEDIN.COM/IN/JOAN-DAVIS-52700B19/ WWW.ARTROVERSE..COM

Goal-driven and highly creative Fine Arts professional bringing valuable art creation, sales and marketing experience from corporate projects to interior design and licensing. Business development

Highly visual and creative

Effective at multi-tasking

AdobePhotoshop

Project design and oversight

textile design

Travel experience

Public speaking

Execute and meet deadlines

Customer relationship building

Strong written and verbal

communication skills

Computer proficient

Hand drawing

Extensive experience with art

materials

visual presentations

Trade show sales experience

Maintain long term client

relations

Supervisory management

NOVEMBER 2017-CURRENT

PRESIDENT & CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER JOAN DAVIS ENTERPRISES, LLC ART & DESIGN Hollywood, CA

Developed a successful art & design based company by creating investment quality, and affordable contemporary, on trend art pieces for private collections, hospitality, staging and sets as well as textiles, surface designs and products. Overseeing all business aspects to grow the organization by community involvement, networking and high quality product design and production. Meeting deadlines for commissions. Working with major retailers and art publishers nationally for wall decor, stationary, interior design accessories and table top. Managing a team of sales representatives in Ny, Ca and Nv to grow the business and provide customer service to outlying areas.

Staging homes nationally with original art and prints. Maintaining major original art and design contracts with national design and fabric companies including Curated Kravet, Kravet, NYC.

The business has been profitable and exceeded net sales goals for the last five years.

Creating and conducting the "Design Your Runway" program for the Boys & Girls Club of America based in San Pedro. Involves major sponsorship, child involvement and hands on workshops. JUNE 2015-CURRENT

CHIEF CREATIVE OFFICER/FEATURED ARTIST ARTROVERSE, LLC & ARTROVERSE.COM Incline Village, NV

Create original concepts for hard cover designer level coffee table books, stationary, hand embellished wall decor, stationary products.

Strategize and market all products nationally while maintaining excellent client relationships and providing regular follow up to close transactions

Network at conferences nationally as well as attend tradeshows in Las Vegas and Los Angeles for growing the customer base Accounts include Hyatt Hotels, At Home Stores, Wayfair, One Kings Lane Artissimo and over 100 private accounts. Developing new designs weekly.

Managing a creative team of Typography Specialists out of the Hollywood Ca studio with amazing productivity of over 30 images a month

Present images and negotiate contracts

Developing an apparel division for the business.

Set goals and work side by side with the CEO and COO to grow the business. Business has grown over 50% in one year with projected profitbabilty in 2019.

AUGUST 2010-OCTOBER 2017

PRESIDENT, FOUNDER JOAN DAVIS ART STUDIOS, LLC & JOANDAVIS.COM San Francisco, CA

Opened and maintained a 3000 square foot private showroom catering to the trade at the San Francisco Design Center Created over 100 large scale paintings for Jincheng Media, Shanghai China

Provided artwork and textiles for over twenty furniture showrooms including A.Rudin, Baker, Century, Grange, Sloan Miyasato and more.

Sold investment level art pieces to clients including the Pelosi estate, the Gugenheim estate, San Francisco General Hospital, Macy's, The Ritz Carlton Hotels and the The Four Seasons Hotels. Raised over $250,000 for local charities through Jenny McCarthy and Comedy for Kids, Edgewood, Heroes for Hearts Foundation, the San Francisco Giants, and San Francisco Museum of Art. Opened and maintaining a large studio in Incline Village Lake Tahoe to cater to the tourist market and "billionaire row" collector market and moved the base studio to Hollywood California in November 2017.

Developed and began the business in a home based studio in 1993 with relocations to Texas and Connecticut.

DECEMBER 1990

SENIOR MERCHANDISE MANAGER CARDINAL HEALTH DISTRIBUTION

Dublin, Ohio

Created, marketed and sold a private label line of company health products including vitamins and general merchandise. Gave national sales presentations to the entire sales team through travel to the different divisions and presenting at National Sales Meetings.

Bought and maintained a sales budget for the General Merchandise department for over 10,000 stores

Increased sales and profitability for the Leader Drug store chain in private label, General Merchandise and seasonal sales by 25% in one year.

Followed merchandising guidelines to present visually appealing displays.

Handled all customer relations issues in a gracious manner and in accordance with company policies.

Engaged with vendor sales personnl in a sincere and professional manner while negotiating price and delivery.

JULY 1985-OCTOBER 1988

ASSISTANT BUYER FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES Manhattan, NY

Developed new apparel marketing and advertising programs for the Mens's Division and the Plus Size Women's Discount Division of Federated Stores.

Promoted to Assistant Buyer after only three months of training and relocated to Gold Circle Store Headquarters, Columbus Ohio, after one year.

Selected and planned merchandising display of seasonal merchandise mixes for all categories tops and bottoms Maintained samples, tracked all shipments, contacted all suppliers on a regular basis to make sure product was received in time for promotions and maintained profitable inventory levels chain-wide.

Window Display Specialist KG Marx Paper Party Outlet Columbus EDUCATION

WWW.JOANDAVIS.COM, Ohio

Documentation Specialist AT&T Columbus, Ohio

1985

Bachelor of Science: Journalism

Ohio University, Athens, OH

This is my business website which showcases my work as a Fine Arts Professional. It displays my collections and my exhibitions. I tell stories through color, line, shape and form in many of my large works as well as create custom collections on trend for national corporations, designer and private collectors.

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