Overview
Work History
Education
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Ayaka Suzaki

Ayaka Suzaki

Brooklyn,NY

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Sales Coordinator / Pricing Specialist

TOKIO 7 - CONSIGHNMENT SHOP
07.2022 - Current
  • Initially utilizing and learning detailed knowledge of leading clothing brands in order to identify in-demand pieces with consigners and effectively negotiate competitive and profitable retail clothing prices.
  • Developed online sales from brick and mortar from 1.5k profit to 3k monthly.
  • Consistently delivered an average of $2,500 daily in commissioned sales revenue
  • Managing, social media collaborations with influencers, and other prominent retail shops. Spearheading the stylistic change of the shop's Instagram and TikTok profiles.

Cosignment coordinator to Pricing Specialist (10/22 - present)

  • Creating and managing cosigner and their profiles and reconsciled accounts on sales, damages and returns. Overseeing aging of inventory and discounts and allowances. Assinging of pricing on cosigned pieces (1/3) inventory.
  • Coordinating brand shoots for social media, retall sales and e-commerce sales.
  • Training current staff in consignment intake and sales.

Social Media Marketing Assistant/ Event Coordinator

TWELV MAGAZINE
05.2021 - Current
  • Created weekly Instagram and website content in alignment with the organization's campaigns and promotions.
  • Published digital magazine articles based on various trends and events locally.
  • Coordinated monthly photo shoots with designer brands (ex: Alexander McQueen) and manage rental clothing procurement and returns.
  • Planned and managed 13 large-scale social events at Public Hotel in NYC by curating guest lists of over 200 influencers with direct hands on.

New York Region PR/Styling Assistant

SHEIN
09.2022 - 09.2023
  • Leveraging working relationships with multiple New York-based modeling agencies to select a diverse range of models that will appear on SHEIN's e-commerce platforms
  • Assisting in the creation of photo shoot sets, operating as the on-site fashion style for models during shoots, and returning shoot attire back to the company's source in China after the completion of each project.

Sales Assistant / Clothes Alterations

MUJI - JAPANESE MINIMALIST RETAIL STORE
05.2019 - 08.2019
  • Developed creative ideas for the shop's advertising campaigns
  • Managed the show window design and styling torsos in accordance with the seasons
  • Provided personalized, top-tier level customer service and generated daily shift reports
  • Administered customer orders and performed clothing repairs with a sewing machine.

Education

Bachelor of Science in Business Management -

STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY, Stony Brook, NY

Bachelor of Science in Business Management -

MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE, Purchase, NY

ALBRIGHT COLLEGE, Reading, PA

Skills

  • Native-level Japanese
  • Novice-level Spanish
  • Novice-level French
  • Adobe (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, and Lightroom)
  • Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint)

References

  • Makoto Watanabe, TOKIO 7, (212) 353-8443
  • Hissa Igarashi, Twelv Magazine, hissa@twelvmagazine.com
  • Minjie Wu, SHIEN, (908) 335-6437

Timeline

New York Region PR/Styling Assistant - SHEIN
09.2022 - 09.2023
Sales Coordinator / Pricing Specialist - TOKIO 7 - CONSIGHNMENT SHOP
07.2022 - Current
Social Media Marketing Assistant/ Event Coordinator - TWELV MAGAZINE
05.2021 - Current
Sales Assistant / Clothes Alterations - MUJI - JAPANESE MINIMALIST RETAIL STORE
05.2019 - 08.2019
STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY - Bachelor of Science in Business Management,
MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE - Bachelor of Science in Business Management,
ALBRIGHT COLLEGE - ,
Ayaka Suzaki