Herb Fogliano

• Develop visual directives for luxury bathroom showroom, enhancing product appeal and sales.
• Coordinate with vendors to optimize merchandise selection, achieving award-winning displays.
• Design and execute trade show booths, earning accolades for innovation and presentation.
• Negotiate display pricing with vendors, ensuring cost-effective and attractive product displays.
• Collaborated with vendors to create unique product displays, driving successful product launches and increasing brand visibility in the market.

Administrative Support

• Prepare and edit documents, reports, and correspondence.
• Maintain and organize filing systems, both physical and digital.
• Reviewed sales data to optimize product assortment, ensuring maximum profitability and aligning inventory with customer preferences.

• Spearheaded visual strategies for 30 stores, enhancing brand visibility and customer engagement.
• Developed visual training programs to empower staff in maintaining high standards and effective layouts.
• Created cohesive event and window designs, ensuring consistent brand presentation.

Administrative Support

• Managed visual budgets to optimize resource allocation and improve cost efficiency.
• Researched vendors for display props, elevating visual appeal and brand consistency.
• Scheduled appointments and meetings and maintained calendars and schedules for VP Assists in preparation for conferences, seminars, and other department-sponsored programs or events.

• Managed visual presentation for 76 stores to ensure brand consistency and elevate customer experience.
• Collaborated with Buyers and Store Operations to create impactful gallery presentations.
• Led a team of 35 Visual Coordinators, promoting professional development and store success.
• Executed floor plan changes for promotions and new store launches, maximizing space utilization.
• Implemented Plan-O-Gram program, standardizing layouts for enhanced operational efficiency.

Administrative

• Developed and implemented visual presentation strategies to maximize customer engagement.
• Managed calendars, meeting requests, and travel arrangements for Merchandising team for store visits on the east and west coasts.

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• Planned and implemented all visual merchandising and in store display of Women's Sportswear and Outerwear for 5 Madison Avenue Boutiques.
• Created and developed merchandising schemes and strategies.
• Trained sales staff in merchandising standards.
• Designed and implemented all window displays on a weekly basis.

Administrative

• Book travel arrangements for in-store visits with the CEO, including flights, hotels, and rental cars.