Visual Manager Lead Associate

LISA A. DEAN

Orlando, FL ***** 407-***-**** ****************@*****.***

Profile

Executive Visual Manager with over 15 years experience in design, brand management, and team building.

Skills & Abilities

DESIGN

Successfully support sales initiatives through creative merchandise presentation, trend statements, three dimensional visual presentations, and seasonal fashion.

Led total store and new corporate shop remodels/installs.

Managed construction and all projects for a successful first in company furniture integration. Set furniture showrooms to lifestyle on a quarterly basis.

Led team in outside events such as Annual Leadership Conference, Annual Jewelry Summit, Southern Women’s Show, and Gay Days Orlando. Received awards for Best Christmas Presentation Total Store for Region 2019, People Leader of the Region Spring 2019.

Created and designed Instagram social media platform for total store fashions trends.

Lead market coordination of all accessories, lamps, and occassionals with furniture groups.

MANAGEMENT

Role model exemplary service, lead visual team to provide an outstanding shopping experience.

Clearly communicate company, store, and departmental objectives to team.

Train store management, and visual and support teams on merchandising standards, proper fixture utilization and techniques.

Strong ability to work with all levels of company management.

Order supplies and additional visual needs for creative sets.

Interview, hire, train, direct, manage, coach, develop, coordinate, evaluate and discipline direct and indirect reports.

Establish strategies for work and manage team to meet or exceed performance.

Work with Visual staff in 17 locations on coordination and problem solving.

OPERATIONS

Oversaw visual aspect of total store construction projects in all FOB’s for growth door.

Checked in and set to floor all new equipment including fixturing, mannequins, floor covering, neon signing, wall plaques and all other enhancements.

Oversee a team of merchandisers/visual with RTV’s, price changes, sale changes, fulfillment, buy online pick up in store, merchandise placement and reflows, visual directives and event setups.

SALES

Communicate all sales numbers from project sets to team for evaluation and strategies.

Coordinate selling floor fixture and merchandise moves with Management to maximize sales.

Ensure accuracy of promotional presentation, merchandise placement of seasonal fashion trend statements and sales and event setups.

LEADERSHIP

Recruit and select talented, results oriented visual associates.

Utilize review process as a tool for associate talent development, promotion and advancement. Promoted 5 colleagues from team in a 4 year period.

Lead associate in support of community service opportunities

Experience

HUDSONS FURNITURE 2022- CONTRACT

VISUAL COORDINATING MANAGER/ASSISTANT BUYER OCCASSIONALS AND ACCESSORIES

Attended Spring Market at Highpoint North Carolina and created Store Front Entrance Design for spring set.

MACYS 1994-2021

MANAGER OF OPERATIONS, VISUAL AND MERCHANDISING

Oversee a team of merchandisers/visual with RTV’s, price changes, sale changes, fulfillment, buy online pick up in store, merchandise placement and reflows, visual directives and event setups.

VISUAL MANAGER

Responsible for supporting sales and Macys initiatives through creative merchandise presentations, seasonal fashion, trend statements, three dimensional visual presentations, promotional events, corporate shop concepts and prototypes. Also responsible for training, coaching and developing a team of creative visual associates.

Education

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE BALL STATE UNIVERSITY

·Major: MARKETING Minor: FASHION MERCHANDISING

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