Hi, I’m
Jac Gamache
Summary
Adept at fostering strong relationships, driving growth through strategic insights, and efficient project management, achieving significant sales increases while ensuring brand consistency and operational excellence. Thrive in a collaborative and entrepreneurial environment with strong problem-solving skills.
Overview
19
years of professional experience
Work History
Boxed Sourcing + Production
New Business Development
03.2020 - Current
Job overview
- Spearhead new business development from self sourced funnels building and maintaining strong client relationships focused on personalized service contributing significantly to company growth through successful pitches and proposals.
- Lead end-to-end client branded projects through product design, to production and delivery, ensuring timely and budget-compliant execution.
- Apply deep industry knowledge specializing in products that match a client's ESG and DEI corporate initiatives.
- Utilized Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and AI tools to refine client artwork and develop high-quality mockups for promotional merchandise.
- Collaborated cross-functionally and manage multiple concurrent campaigns with the client's sales, creative, and logistics teams to ensure consistent brand representation, identifying project risks early and implementing contingency plans to meet deadlines.
- Streamlined internal processes for efficiency.
Self-employed
Creative Strategist
11.2015 - 10.2018
Job overview
- Provided clients consulting and strategy that drove growth.
- Enhanced product offerings and increased client acquisition through compelling messaging and visuals.
- Optimized future collections and provided financial forecasting based on real-time insights reducing waste and bloated inventories.
- Improved branding consistency by managing editing, color correction, and post-production processes for all content. Streamlined internal processes to improve creative workflow efficiency.
Self-employed
Makeup Artist
09.2012 - 10.2018
Job overview
- Collaborated with over 500 brides, maids, and mothers as makeup artist and bridal stylist.
- Delivered exceptional customer service, driving referrals and organic sales growth.
- Volunteered with Click for Hope campaigns, sharing impactful stories of women affected by alopecia, sexual assault, and cancer.
BHLDN
Associate Manager
10.2012 - 11.2015
Job overview
- Developed waitlist protocol for bridal appointments, maximizing salon capacity and increasing sales.
- Established clientele and email programs to effectively manage 200 weekly private styling appointments.
- Achieved monthly conversion rates of 40-60%, generating $45,000-$70,000 in sales, surpassing 25% benchmark.
- Managed weekly schedules for 20-25 employees, including onboarding and training program development.
- Oversaw supply ordering and budget management to optimize operational efficiency.
- Implemented rigorous processing techniques, resulting in the lowest store shrink rate in company history.
Anthropologie
Associate Buyer
09.2006 - 09.2011
Job overview
- In one year, successfully grew intimates division to $75 million resulting in double-digit year over year sales and stretch plan bonus.
- Ranked and assorted 600 skus across seven categories to curate an edited and balanced collection meeting strategic seasonal attribute goals and financial objectives based on historical data.
- Continually identified opportunities or risk based on recent sales trends.
- Leveraged strong analytical skills to evaluate sales data, driving better-informed buying decisions that maximized profits.
- Presented subsequent reorder or cancellation strategies based on findings to maximize profitability or minimize loss to the executive team.
- Fostered collaborative partnerships with design, planning, production, allocation, ecommerce merchandising, store operations, visual team, public relations and social media to execute vision and strategy
- Maintained timely product deliveries by effectively communicating with vendors, merchants and distribution center.
Education
University of MichiganAnn Arbor, MI
Bachelor of Arts from Economics
University Overview
- Alpha Chi Omega Member
Hope CollegePhiladelphia
The Philadelphia Center from Experiential Learning
Skills
- New business development
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Graphic design with Canva
- Project management with Commonsku
- AI-driven solutions with ChatGPT
- Microsoft Office proficiency
- Google Workspace expertise
Timeline
New Business Development
Boxed Sourcing + Production
03.2020 - Current
Creative Strategist
Self-employed
11.2015 - 10.2018
Associate Manager
BHLDN
10.2012 - 11.2015
Makeup Artist
Self-employed
09.2012 - 10.2018
Associate Buyer
Anthropologie
09.2006 - 09.2011
University of Michigan
Bachelor of Arts from Economics
Hope College
The Philadelphia Center from Experiential Learning
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