Ariel Khawly
Glendale,CA
Overview
10
10
years of professional experience
Work History
Owner/Vintage Clothing Seller
Vintage for Y'all
Glendale, CA
09.2017 - Current
- Source and research vintage clothing items across thrift stores, estate sales, and other secondhand sources.
- Craft individual item listings from start to finish handling photography; transparent listing descriptions that include measurements, flaws, and historical context.
- Ensure timely shipping of each order, most often sending out same or next day.
- Provide friendly customer service with each sale through prompt responses to questions and handwritten notes in each order.
- Research current fashion trends that connect back to existing vintage styles to ensure pieces are relevant to the current market.
- Continually growing a 3K+ shop following and a 100% 5-star rating from 300+ reviews across resale and social media platforms.
Junior Publicist
Emily Blair Media
Marina Del Rey, CA
12.2023 - 07.2024
- Crafted personable yet timely pitches that garnered new relationships resulting in press mentions via major media outlets including Forbes, Elle, Wired, Hollywood Reporter.
- Served as an on-the-ground representative at events, facilitating relationships between clients and attending media.
- Managed two direct-reporting account coordinators, primarily mentoring on pitch writing and media relations.
- Incorporated weekly trend reporting, implementing strategies to keep clients aligned with cultural and seasonal moments.
- Streamlined and maintained organized records of all internal media lists, pitches, and related client documents.
Junior Publicist
Icon Printing Solutions
Los Angeles, California
06.2022 - 11.2023
- Served as the on the ground lead for two New York Fashion Weeks with 10+ clients in attendance each season, managing crises and client expectations, updating schedules daily, streamlining event check in, and acting as a liaison between clients and on-site photographers/media.
- Managed four direct reporting account coordinators across all facets of media and client relations.
- Represented clients at a variety of photoshoots and red carpet events, assisting with styling and social content.
- Coordinated client-hosted red carpets including media invites and managing the internal team on site.
Sales Associate
Urban Office Products
Austin, TX
02.2017 - 05.2017
Sales Associate
Forever 21
San Francisco, CA
01.2015 - 05.2015
Education
Bachelor of Science - Advertising
University of Texas At Austin
Austin, TX12-2018
Skills
- Transaction handling
- Ordering and stocking
- Point of sale proficiency
- Attention to detail
- Gift card handling
- Visual merchandising
- Refund handling
- Loss prevention
- Reliability and punctuality
- Team collaboration
- Product knowledge
- Order packaging
- Written and verbal communication
- Merchandise exchange
- Inventory management
- Online sales
- Customer service expertise
- Multi-genre music knowledge across past and present
Favorites
- Artists: King Krule, Adam Ant, DIIV, Camera Obscura, Betty Davis
- Records: Blue Rev, Goat's Head Soup, So Tonight That I Might See, Mutilator Defeated at Last
- Films: Paris, Texas; The Red Shoes, Alien; Napoleon Dynamite; Pretty in Pink
- Books: Just Kids by Patti Smith, Firestarter by Stephen King, Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein
Timeline
Junior Publicist
Emily Blair Media
12.2023 - 07.2024
Junior Publicist
Icon Printing Solutions
06.2022 - 11.2023
Owner/Vintage Clothing Seller
Vintage for Y'all
09.2017 - Current
Sales Associate
Urban Office Products
02.2017 - 05.2017
Sales Associate
Forever 21
01.2015 - 05.2015
Bachelor of Science - Advertising
University of Texas At Austin