About
Avec Amour Designs makes custom purses and accessories. At Avec Amour Designs, we want to make everyone feel unique and creative. If you hate buying things and bumping into 20 other people with the same exact thing, we feel your pain. Stand out, start trends, get noticed, and most importantly... have fun at whatever you do! Now accepting custom orders. To inquire about prices, to place an order, or to contact Avec Amour Designs, shoot an e-mail to avecamourdesigns@hotmail.com! Cheers!
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OBJECTIVE
Obtain an entry-level position in merchandising, marketing, or graphic design.
EDUCATION
University of North Carolina, Wilmington, NC
Cameron School of Business
Bachelor of Science, Business Administration, Grad Date 5/08
Concentration: Entrepreneurship and Business Development
Cumulative GPA 3.707 Cameron School of Business GPA 3.734
Deans List Fall 04- Spring 07
Study Abroad, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia 2/07-7/07
International Business Seminar Tour (England, Belgium, France) 1/08
EXPERIENCE
Owner and Operator: Avec Amour Designs, 12/04- Present
„XConceived, launched, and operated personal home-based fashion accessory business making custom purses, belts, and scarves
„XTrack income, expenses, and profits in MS Excel
„XSee portfolio of creative designs at www.coroflot.com/avecamourdesigns
Retail Sales Associate: Sweetwater Surf Shop, Wrightsville Beach, NC 8/07-Present
„XHandle customer transactions and provide quality customer service
„XProcess incoming shipments and manage restocking and merchandising
Intern: Elemental Digital Art, Wrightsville Beach, NC 1/08-Present
„XAssist in development of formal business plan, including vision and goals
„XPerform marketing and sales tasks to expand geographic reach
Summer Intern: M. Avery Designs, Hoboken, NJ 6/06- 8/06
„XDesigned and created purses
„XInstructed customers in Make-Your-Own Handbag workshops
„XPerformed marketing and merchandising activities
Other Experience:
„XHarper¡¦s Restaurant, Charlotte, NC 5/05-8/05 and 7/07-8/07
„XMarble Slab Creamery, Charlotte, NC 1/07-2/07 and 7/02-8/04
SKILLS
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite. Experience with Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Dreamweaver, Adobe Illustrator, Microsoft Expressions Web, Microsoft Front Page and Microsoft Project. Some fluency in spoken Spanish and French.
ACTIVITIES
„XMember of UNCW Entrepreneurship Club and Entrepreneurship Roundtable
„XMember of Cameron Executive Network Mentoring Program
„XPresented business idea to the Entrepreneurship Advisory Board Panel
„XVolunteer for Port City Community Church and Skateboard Showroom
HONORS
Vice-President UNCW Club Volleyball; Grand Prize Winner of Boarding for Breast Cancer Boot Design Contest.
INTERESTS
Entrepreneurship, travel, design, fashion, snowboarding and running.
Location
Wrightsville Beach/ Charlotte, NC
Specialties
- Fashion/Apparel
Education
UNC Wilmington; Curtin University of Technology (Perth, Western Australia)Awards
Grand Prize Winner of the DC Boarding for Breast Cancer Boot Design Contest
