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Elizabeth Jenkins

The Colony

Summary

Experienced Visual Manager with 15+ years of working in the apparel and home furnishing industry. Highly skilled in retail visual management on a multi store level, styling, interior design, people development, and sales. Mentored and lead multiple new Visual Leads to learn brand standards, and store set execution. Seeking new opportunities with a growing brand that is innovative, creative, and inspiring.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience

Work History

Assistant Store Leader Visuals

Crate and Barrel
11.2022 - Current
  • Effectively planned and executed all seasonal floorsets, shared all photos and videos with corporate partners.
  • Implemented best practices for floorset planning and execution such as creating a "Pairing Sheet" to help with landing furniture correctly, creating a customer interest tracker to help sell off floor models, and partnering with other leaders to have all teams help in floorset execution resulting in completing floorset by lights up.
  • Piloted the door to floor process that is now the company standard for shipment processing.
  • Recruited and hired talented individuals bringing depth and experience to Crate and Barrel Knox st.
  • Actively contributed towards fostering a culture of continuous improvement, supporting the achievement of store-wide objectives.
  • Uses microstrategy and dept class reporting to analyze needs of the business to help guide merchandising decisions.
  • Played an integral role in the successful execution of annual physical inventories, ensuring accuracy and efficiency in the process.

Visual Manager

West Elm
12.2018 - 10.2022
  • Managed visuals for 2nd largest west
    elm in the company in a high volume location.
  • Drove sales through strategic planning and
    execution of seasonal concepts.
  • Consistently chosen for west elms "best of" for
    10 consecutive seasons.
  • Mentored and trained multiple visual leads in
    Texas and Southeast on brand standards,
    seasonal concept planning, execution,
    photographing, and reporting.
  • Completed successful visits with Texas area stores through store walk throughs, training opportunities and visit recaps.
  • Communicated new merchandising strategies
    with teams.
  • Partnered with Omni team on product flow to
    ensure seamless execution of newness, and
    replenishment.
  • Trained and developed every team member on
    visual standards and operations.
  • Highly skilled in identifying and training talented
    individuals for visual and operational bench
    strength.
  • Skilled in executing new store openings, and
    seasonal prototype.
  • Managed analytical reports to identify and track
    sales activities and customer trends.

Visual Manager

Madewell
09.2017 - 12.2019
  • Planned and executed all seasonal updates.
  • Trained and developed all team members on
    visual standards, and floor set execution.
  • Trained and developed every member of the
    team on product details, fit, construction and
    selling points.
  • Supervised and managed sales floor for proper
    coverage and LP awareness.
  • Performed all store operations including,
    markdowns, reprices, opening and closing the
    store.
  • Managed all payroll and scheduling
    responsibilities.
  • Oversaw all recruiting, hiring and onboarding of
    new associates.

Store Merchandising Manager and Area Mentor

Urban Outfitters
10.2007 - 06.2017
  • Drove sales through strategic planning and
    execution of seasonal concepts.
  • Mentored and trained Houston area store
    merchandisers on brand standards, planning and
    execution of seasonal concepts.
  • History of training and developing team members
    for advancement in their careers.
  • Used outside inspiration to help create a
    compelling and inspiring environment.
  • Adapted seasonal concept to specific needs of
    the business.
  • Planned, executed, and documented all
    seasonal floor set concepts.
  • Partnered with the display artist on all project
    builds, budgeting, sourcing, materials, and
    timelines.
  • Trained and developed all team members on
    visual standards and store operations.
  • Decreased store shrink to 1.73% from 3.0% by
    completing the target shrink program.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Studio Arts

University of Texas At Dallas
Richardson
05.2009

Skills

  • Self motivated professional
  • Training and development of visual managers
  • Interior design and styling
  • Mapping and floor planner programs such as Autocad and Floorplanner
  • Highly skilled in planning and implementing strategies and best practices

Accomplishments

  • Awarded West Elm's, "Catch the Spirit" award for
    quarter 4 for the month of January in 2021.
  • Won West Elm's prestigious, "Patrick Lord" award
    for 2021.
  • Consistently chosen for West Elm's, "Best of
    Floorset" for the last 10 seasons.
  • Nominated for West Elm's prestigious Howard Lester Award in 2022
  • Nominated for Visual excellence for West Elm's celebration week in 2022

Timeline

Assistant Store Leader Visuals

Crate and Barrel
11.2022 - Current

Visual Manager

West Elm
12.2018 - 10.2022

Visual Manager

Madewell
09.2017 - 12.2019

Store Merchandising Manager and Area Mentor

Urban Outfitters
10.2007 - 06.2017

Bachelor of Arts - Studio Arts

University of Texas At Dallas

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