Joan Iannotta

• Act as executive gatekeeper and oversee heavy scheduling and calendar management
• Coordinate domestic and international travel
• Demonstrate outstanding communication skills when interacting with clients, designers and executives by phone, email and in person
• Plan and schedule trade show travel, booth creation and registration for multiple brands six times a year
• Plan internal events for the company as well as for the HU fashion brands
• Remain resourceful when choosing locations for meals, meetings and events
• Prepare for meeting presentations and audio/visual conference calls
• Protect confidential and proprietary information with the utmost discretion
• Process expense reports and internal documents

• Design women’s and men’s footwear and accessories in coordination with brand creative direction, trend research, material analysis/development and brand identity
• Over the years I have designed for DKNY, Edun, Devi Kroell, Calvin Klein, Ugg Australia, and Vince Camuto

• Act as executive gatekeeper and oversee heavy scheduling and calendar management
• Coordinate complex domestic and international travel, including creating itineraries and arranging point to point transportation
• Prepare agendas and make arrangements for department, corporate and other meetings
• Demonstrate outstanding communication skills when interacting with high profile figures by phone, email and in person
• Plan events with elite clientele and celebrities
• Remain resourceful when choosing locations for meals, meetings and events
• Prepare for meeting presentations and audio/visual conference calls
• Protect confidential and proprietary information with the utmost discretion
• Process expense reports and internal documents
• Screen a high volume of incoming phone calls, emails and faxes
• File and retrieve corporate records, documents and reports

• Designed shoes in coordination with CK Jeans clothing line and with corporate creative direction
• Researched internet, trends, market, and attended trade shows for inspiration and material
• Created mood, inspiration, trend and material boards for shoe design development
• Designed hardware through detailed technical drawings and use of computer aided design programs
• Managed design and development team for Calvin Klein Jeans women’s shoes
• Traveled abroad to factories in China to oversee development
• Corrected shoes for production through fittings
• Maintained, updated, distributed and organized development calendar for the entire team

• Designed shoes and accessories in coordination with the DKNY Ready to Wear clothing line
• Designed Pure DKNY bags in coordination with the Pure Ready to Wear clothing line
• Designed shoe and bag and hardware constructions through detailed illustrations and use of computer aided design programs
• Designed presentation Women’s shoes for Edun 2010 Pre-Fall season
• Researched internet, trends, market, and attended trade shows for inspiration and material
• Created mood, inspiration and material boards for shoe and bag development
• Traveled abroad to oversee development of shoes and bags by working associates in the factory
• Corrected shoes and accessories for production through fittings
• Maintained, updated, distributed and organized development calendar for design development team

• Set up conferences, booked travel, planned events on and off-site, completed expenses, answered phones and ordered supplies for all Condé Nast Digital executives and employees
• Maintained a very busy meeting calendar for all Condé Nast Digital departments
• Set up new hires, freelancers and contractors
• Established and maintained excellent relationships with PR firms and design houses for site shoots
• Researched, requested, organized, photographed and returned items in the fashion closet from site shoots
• Author of the AMG Connect/Condé Nast Digital intranet site