ASHLEY GEISSINGER
Brooklyn,NY
Summary
Entrepreneurial, curious, and creative professional with a strong background in sales, showroom management, and gallery operations. Proven expertise as a buyer, curator, and design consultant. Recognized for hard work, attention to detail, and a track record of driving sales and elevating brands. Highly skilled in maintaining and growing client relationships while continuously seeking personal growth opportunities and training others.
Overview
14
14
years of professional experience
Work History
Showroom Manager & Sales
Thom Filicia
03.2021 - Current
- Manage showroom, opening and closing daily
- Keep constant contact with the owner, brand manager, and all other associates, vendors and clients
- Provide communication, offering constructive comments, product feedback, and accountable coverage of sales, Lead conference calls with management team and vendors Execute strategies for increasing sales and company visibility
- Monitor all outreach programs for business growth
- Maintain both showroom and personal appearance that is consistent with the current work culture and professionalism
- Handle all sales and customer service for the showroom and Thom Filicia design team
- Understand all areas of the showroom to a level of proficiency to provide excellent customer service
- Create lasting bonds between clients, staff, vendors and other business partners
- Order all new accessories for the showroom and design team
- Source new vendors and branding partners
- Facilitate all showroom and press events.
Showroom Manager & Sales
Bradley USA
10.2019 - 03.2020
- Managed showroom, opening and closing daily
- Kept constant contact with owners, and other associates, vendors and clients
- Providing communication, offering constructive comments, product feedback, and accountable coverage of sales, Lead conference calls with management team and vendors
- Maintained both showroom and personal appearance that is consistent with the current work culture and professionalism
- Handled all sales and customer service for the New York Showroom
- Understood all areas of the showroom to a level of proficiency to provide excellent customer service
- Created lasting bonds between clients, staff, vendors and other business partners.
Showroom Manager
Ferrell Mittman
03.2018 - 10.2018
- Managed showroom, opening and closing daily
- Kept constant contact with owners, and other associates, vendors and clients
- Providing communication, offering constructive comments, product feedback, and accountable coverage of sales, Lead conference calls with management team and vendors
- Executed strategies for increasing sales and company visibility
- Maintained both showroom and personal appearance that is consistent with the current work culture and professionalism
- Created lasting bonds between clients, remote staff, vendors and other business partners
- Filed in for all staff when absent or high volume of clients present.
Showroom Manager & Sales
Jerry Pair & Associates
01.2011 - 01.2018
- Handled all manager duties on a day-to-day basis including opening and closing daily
- Kept in constant contact with associates, vendors and clients
- Provided communication; offering constructive comments, product feedback, and accountable coverage of sales and customer service
- Conference calls and desired results amongst management and vendors
- Executed strategies for meeting and exceeding sales goals
- Handled all staffing requirements including the hiring and firing of staff
- Set expectations, Trained staff to sell effectively, taught sales techniques to improve productivity
- Expressed gratitude for a job well done and praised achievement
- Lead by example, while building morale and maintaining an open-door policy
- Held weekly staff and sales meetings
- Monitored all staff activity and held them accountable for poor performance
- Managed payroll and PTO, ensuring proper coverage is maintained in the showroom
- Responsible for IT and software issues, as well as all purchasing and all operational needs
- Wrote staff reviews and helped with staff career building, making sure to provide opportunities for growth
- Maintained both showroom and personal appearance that is consistent with the current work culture and professionalism
- When not performing management tasks, handled all company email mail blasts, promotions and showroom events
- Also handled all vendor visits, press meetings, new product launches and media opportunities
- Filled in for all staff, when absent or high volume was present - including sales, customer service, memo department
- I had a full understanding of all areas of the showroom to a level of proficiency that allowed me to provide training, create expectations, measure performance and constant improvement
- Shared ideas of how to improve procedures and operations with upper management as well as vendors
- Created long lasting bonds between clients, staff, vendors and other business partners.
Education
BS - Interior Design
Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Fl
Skills
- Client / Interpersonal Relationships
- Store Operations / Management
- Interpersonal and Written Communication
- Brand Awareness / Showroom Setup
- Decision-Making
- Team Leadership / Development
References
Available upon request
Timeline
Showroom Manager & Sales
Thom Filicia
03.2021 - Current
Showroom Manager & Sales
Bradley USA
10.2019 - 03.2020
Showroom Manager
Ferrell Mittman
03.2018 - 10.2018
Showroom Manager & Sales
Jerry Pair & Associates
01.2011 - 01.2018
BS - Interior Design
Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale, Fl
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