Summary
Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Extracurricular Activities
Community Service
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Mallie Lahman

Summary

Motivated and creative Apparel Design and Merchandising student with hands-on experience in visual merchandising, retail buying, and store management. Proven ability to style and set product displays that tell a compelling brand story, train and lead retail teams, and manage inventory and POS systems. Known for flexibility, leadership, and a passion for fashion that drives customer engagement and sales. Actively seeking opportunities in retail buying, visual merchandising, or retail management.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Sales Lead

Loft
05.2025 - Current
  • Does store set for the new product
  • Styles the mannequins
  • Trained new hires
  • Learn how the numbers of the store and how they are affected/affect certain things
  • Styles customers
  • Team leader
  • Money handling
  • Accepts cash change orders
  • Deposit procedures (closing the registers, creating the cash and check deposits to end the day by putting them in the safe)
  • Problem solving
  • (I was also a sales lead during my internship but I am now permanent)

Campus Manager

Fresh Prints
08.2024 - Current
  • Work with clients on putting together a design that best suits their organization while working with their budget and timeline.
  • Cold Call to organizations and see if they want some apparel

Barista

Crossroads Coffee Shop
08.2022 - Current
  • Customer Service
  • Made drinks for customers
  • Took customers orders

Sales Associate

Loft
06.2023 - 04.2025
  • Styled Customers
  • POS System
  • Unboxed shipment and backstocked the inventory
  • Visual Merchandised new product

Intern

Loft
05.2024 - 08.2024
  • Had calls with corporate to learn how to run the behind the scenes of the business
  • Did store set for the new product
  • Styled the mannequins
  • Trained new hires
  • Sales Lead
  • Learned the numbers of the store and how they are affected/affect certain things
  • Styled customers

Sales Associate

Lovewell Boutique
10.2021 - 08.2022
  • Maintained Inventory
  • Created Purchase Orders for the products received
  • Tagged products when we received them
  • Received products in system

Childcare Worker

Burn Boot Camp
03.2021 - 08.2022
  • Took care of children while parents worked out
  • Maintained a cleanly play environment for the children
  • Assisted trainers when needed

Education

Apparel Design and Merchandising, Marketing

Appalachian State University
Boone, North Carolina
12.2025

Skills

  • Customer Relationship Management (CRM)
  • Customer Service
  • Customer Satisfaction
  • Food Service
  • Direct Sales
  • Point of Sale (POS) Systems
  • Leadership Development
  • Fashion Merchandising
  • Safeguarding Children
  • Childcare
  • Fashion Accessories Sourcing
  • Sales
  • Visual Merchandising
  • Corporate tie ups
  • Lead Generation
  • Shipping and Receiving
  • Purchase Orders
  • Inventory Management
  • Cross-selling techniques
  • Customer retention
  • Merchandise flow
  • Cash handling

Extracurricular Activities

Reagan High School Junior Varsity Volleyball - 2018-2019 Calvary Day School Varsity Volleyball - 2020-2021 Captain of Varsity Volleyball Team - 2021 10 hours a week Reagan High School Spirit Club - 2018-2019 Calvary Day School Fashion and Interior Design Club- 2021 Youth and Government - 2021 Fashion Designer For my Studio 4 class, my senior year, I did a fashion show where I had to create three full looks from scratch to match my models measurements.

Community Service

Elevation Church EHQ, 2015, 2019, 6 hours every Sunday, Served food to the other volunteers of the church

Timeline

Sales Lead

Loft
05.2025 - Current

Campus Manager

Fresh Prints
08.2024 - Current

Intern

Loft
05.2024 - 08.2024

Sales Associate

Loft
06.2023 - 04.2025

Barista

Crossroads Coffee Shop
08.2022 - Current

Sales Associate

Lovewell Boutique
10.2021 - 08.2022

Childcare Worker

Burn Boot Camp
03.2021 - 08.2022

Apparel Design and Merchandising, Marketing

Appalachian State University

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