Carolina Echeverri

- Project development and strategic planning
- Supervised project development
- Defined deliverables and monitored status of tasks
- Managed project budgets, costs and adherence to schedules
- Monitored team progress and enforced deadlines

Brand consulting and retail strategies

- Business consulting
- Brand consulting
- Design and production
- Marketing and Communication

Sales

- Identified opportunities for new business within the market
- Generated leads turning them into sales opportunities
- Arranged meetings with prospects in order to show samples and products
- Recommended, selected and helped locate stock based on customer needs and desires
- Negotiated prices with potential customers and closing sales
- Monitored sale forecasts and ran reports to evaluate trends and make suggestions
- Established long term relationships with new and existing customers

- Project planning and management from conception to end
- Supported with project costs, budgets and adherence to schedules
- Searched and secured sponsorship deals to help finance projects
- Managed relationships with sponsors
- Assisted the project director to train and develop sales team on product knowledge, selling, customer service and operations

Design

- Design and implementation of the floor plans, space and layout planning, elevations, 3D models and material boards - review and presentation to the client
- Assisted clients in choosing flooring, lighting, color palette and furniture that were consistent with their preferences and budget
- Visited sites when necessary to assess and fulfill customer needs
- Reviewed project costs, budgets and adherences to schedules
- Developed interior and retail design concepts and prepared construction document phase, detailed drawings of plans, specifying dimensions and materials needed
- Monitored team progress and enforced deadlines

Retail and Visual Merchandising

- Design and implementation of plan-o-grams
- Preserved corporate standards, created window, floor and in-store design displays
- Executed visual programs and created visually compelling merchandise displays, fixtures, in-store furniture settings and store layouts for optimal sales
- Maintained expectations of the brand through organization of the selling floor and giving excellent customer service with great product knowledge
- Offer superior customer service and cultivate relationships to develop future business opportunities
- Stocked and rotated inventory regularly, ensured all products were displayed appropriately and updated store spreadsheets

- Discussed design standards and procedures with the directors of design and architecture
- Assisted clients in space and layout planning, as well as choosing flooring, lighting, color palette and furniture that were consistent with their preferences and budget
- Completed reports, plans and estimates and calculations – formal design and construction documentation specifying dimensions and materials needed
- Reported on status of design process and cost analysis to project manager
- Collaborated with builders to see that construction was in line with drawings and designs