Sales Customer Service

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Stephanie Sakellarides

* ********* **** *********, ** 11803

Cell: 516-***-**** Email: *************@*****.***

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STRENGTHS-SKILLS-ABILITIES

• Excellent understanding of the retail market; from sales and customer service, to merchandising and logistic processes.

• Strong fashion sense according to colors, fabrics, and styles, while keeping up with the latest trends.

• Extensive knowledge of editorial and media writing, including accuracy, creativity, sourcing and deadlines.

• Equally adept at performing as a project team member or working independently, depending on the nature of the project at hand.

• Fine multitask skills and capability of working in a fast paced environment.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Visual Merchandiser, Bloomingdale’s, Garden City, NY (Jan. 2011-Jan 2012)

Determine product direction by analyzing market trends and previous sales; arranging the receiving merchandise according to consumer trends and the latest styles; supervising the creation of visual displays and overall appearance of the store.

PR/Style Intern, Aliomi Vintage Co., New York, NY (Jun. 2010-Jan. 2011)

Developed print and media campaigns to promote sales and service, organized promotional events, such as holiday and launch parties, and fashion shows, contributed weekly to online blog and assisted with photo shoots, attended staff meetings and participated in developing design ideas.

Retail Sales Associate, Various Fashion Retailers, Long Island, NY (Nov. 2004-Jan. 2011)

Learned the basics of the retail merchandise business by performing direct client sales and service of merchandise for various brand name retailers.

PR/Style/Design Assistant Intern, Brenda Lynn Inc., Fairfield, CT (Jan. 2009-May 2010)

Assisted designer with new line of accessories; Organized and performed traditional office duties, developed a press release for a new line of sun protection hats, participated in backstage prep for fashion show where the company’s hats were being featured.

Staff Reporter, Spectrum Newspaper, Fairfield, CT (Jan. 2009-May 2010) Wrote articles about real life events and issues that affect the Sacred Heart Community, attended events and made contacts to conduct research for article topics, also an active member of the Public Relations Committee.

Fashion Editor, Pioneer Magazine, Fairfield, CT (Dec. 2007-May 2010)

Assisted in editing design formats by utilizing a variety of Mac platform based programs, conducted qualitative focus group research on the aesthetic look of the publication and offered contributions regarding its customer appeal. Periodically conducted outside research on the editorial content and analyzed results.

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Arts and Science (Media Studies) Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT (2006-2010)

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