Jennifer Moss
Historian/Archivist of Fashion & Textiles with keen eye for design. Expertise in luxury account and project management in residential and commercial interiors. Chicago, IL 60618
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Blake, Chicago, IL — Account Manager
March 2023 - July 2023
Managed book of business with long-time and new elite clientele, consistently hit high level sales goals and exceeded expectations within first month The RealReal, San Francisco / Chicago, IL — Luxury Account Manager March 2020 - March 2023
Managed ~3000 high-value accounts by appraising, pricing, and preserving pieces, bringing in over $8 million in consignment retail value over the course of 3 years. Drive new and repeat business, cultivate relationships with existing consignors for referrals and continued growth
Repeatedly attain and exceed goals month over month; hit and maintained top level
“Diamond” performance tier; train new employees
RH, San Francisco, CA — Project Manager
January 2019 - December 2019
Oversaw and coordinate various aspects of projects from inception to completion on residential interior design projects. Collaborated closely with interior designers and cross-functional teams to drive project success.
Creation Hospitality, San Francisco, CA — Interior Design Project Manager
April 2014 - June 2018
Worked directly with commercial interior designers on grand-scale hospitality projects; communicated directly with domestic and overseas fabricators, and managed projects from conception to installation; proficient in CAD LACMA, Los Angeles, CA — Curatorial & Collections Graduate Intern August 2012 - June 2013
Digitally and physically photographed and cataloged incoming items into Costume & Textiles Department collection
Assisted in collections care of objects and their proper storage, inventory, location, including creating and hand-sewing labels into fragile historical garment. The Wardrobe LLC, New York, NY — Archivist & Cataloguer June 2012 - August 2012
Photographed, labeled, housed, and prepared all incoming objects for physical and digital catalog of well-known fashion designer’s entire archive of work, and conducted research for publication in digital database
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY – Collections Intern May 2012 - August 2012
Prepared incoming objects from Brooklyn Museum’s Costume Collection for de/accession into The Costume Institute’s Permanent Collection and conducted research on de/accessioned items for entry in The Museum System/Online Museum Database Education
New York University
MA, Visual Culture, Costume
Studies
University of Michigan
BA, History of Art, Arts & Ideas
in the Humanities
Cum Laude
Study Abroad, Paris
Volunteer & Organizations
Intuit: The Center for Intuitive
and Outsider Art
Young Professional Board,
Art Acquisition Committee
Chicago History Museum
Costume Council
Richmond Museum of History
Costume Collection Technician
Skills
AutoCAD
Project Management
Salesforce
Microsoft Office
Google Suites
Sourcing
Procurement
Problem Solving
Design
French Proficiency
References available upon request