ARIANA SAARI
Minneapolis,MN
Summary
Results-driven, conscientious and compassionate leader with 10+ years of driving results for helping employers recruit, develop and retain qualified candidates. Skilled at partnering with management teams to build employee-centric cultures promoting positive morale and optimizing productivity. Motivating and positive with excellent interpersonal, coaching and communication skills.
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Store Team Leader
Aerie/Offline
10.2026 - Current
- Leads a team of 10+ leaders and 60+ Brand Ambassadors through mentorship, business acumen, customer engagement and overall brand awareness to drive a 50%+ Comp in Net Sales, 180%+ Comp in credit A/T and a 40%+ Comp in Loyalty Signups while also landing in the top-5 aerie stores in North America since joining the brand. In addition to daily open/close duties, successfully drove a positive culture rebuild within our 4-walls while maximizing profits in building. Successfully hired, trained and recruited 4 new leaders in the building while also referring candidates that were successfully hired in 3 other roles.
Store Director, Regional Events Lead, Market MGR
Madewell
10.2016 - 10.2025
- Leads + drives a profitable business by focusing on genuine connections internally with team members/externally with customers, store operational excellence, building brand awareness, talent coaching/development/retainment while fostering an inclusive work environment. Uses data/KPI’s to create a tailored response to store business to see increased results and profitability. Ensures that all aspects of the business (Ops/HR, Merchandising/Visuals, and/or Events/Community Engagement) are running seamlessly to impact the business positively and coach team members to exceed expectations.
- Partners with the Field & Marketing Teams to support the planning, success, and implementation of Store-Led events, outreach, and marketing initiatives at the 60+ store locations in the Western Region leading to an additional ~$3.2m in add’l company VOL during tenure in role.
- In addition to owning all home-store focuses as noted above, oversaw 3+ stores within the Minneapolis Market to support COVID-era business success. Through weekly TB’s with the store leadership team, created individual roadmaps for stores to impact their business intentionally through visual/merchandising of their building, hiring & training needs, business partner feedback, etc.
- Supports a profitable business by creating genuine connections that foster brand loyalty ad community engagement. Contributes to sales floor success with in-the-moment feedback and coaching team members while owning a key part of the business (Ops/HR, Merchandising/Visuals, and/or Events/Community Engagement).
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Journalism And Mass Communication
Arizona State University
Tempe, AZ05-2013
Skills
- Store operations
- Coaching, training, and mentoring
- Recruitment and hiring
- HR policies and procedures
- Employee relations
- Benefits and compensation management
- Talent acquisition
- Onboarding and orientation
- Human resources operations
- Payroll administration
Timeline
Store Team Leader
Aerie/Offline
10.2026 - Current
Store Director, Regional Events Lead, Market MGR
Madewell
10.2016 - 10.2025
Bachelor of Arts - Journalism And Mass Communication
Arizona State University