Julián Ariel Romero

• Acquired clienteling skills that lead to great professional relationships with important clients and a strong client book.
• Responsible for helping the Men's Universe reach its sale goal of 3.5 million.
• Ensured store visual merchandising standards were met and maintained, especially in Men’s Universe.
• Assisted with efforts to maintain inventory accuracy and shrink reduction requirements.
• Planned and orchestrated unique client experiences for Core Clients.

• Visual Merchandising Manager; Created and managed an appealing, easy-to-shop environment by re-envisioning the store layout and ensuring the visual merchandising standards were consistently maintained throughout the store.
• Designed and developed graphic tees, custom skateboards and promotional flyers for various in-store events.
• Planned and orchestrated various in-store events and promotions, as well as adidas sponsored events at off-site locations.
• Applied understanding of the customer bases behavior patterns to make relevant adaptations to product placement.

• Interim Store Manager 06/2011 - 11/2011; Lead team during management transition in where I allocated resources and organized processes to drive profitability in a variety of situations and market conditions.
• Embodied the adidas brand values: Authentic, Committed, Passion, Honesty, Innovative and Inspirational

• Military Police Officer for the 810th MP Company, 2nd Detachment.
• Designed and developed the unit logo and graphic tees using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator.

• Project manager for the SAIL (Signature Art & Iconic Landmarks) urban design project.
• Designed and developed public art and iconic landmarks for the Downtown Miami area that have been implemented in the 2025 Downtown Miami Master Plan.
• Designed a unique crosswalk for the Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT) Brickell Avenue Resurfacing project using Adobe Photoshop that was implemented in 2012.
• Designed a commemorative plaque for the 20th anniversary of the Biscayne Boulevard “New World Design” streetscape by Brazilian designer, Roberto Burle Marx using Adobe Illustrator.
• Established an inventory of all exisiting public art in the Downtown Miami area, and key locations for future development.

• Conducted extensive market research and user research through the use of contextual modeling, cultural probing and persona development to design new concepts for future “Smart Books”.
• Final concepts modeled in Rhino 3D and rendered in Bunkspeed Hypershot.
• Presented final concepts in Taiwan at Computex Taipei (the largest computer exhibition in Asia).

• Developed personas to design a customizable cell phone case targeting the fashionista market.
• Refined and advanced design concepts using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Illustrator.
• Final concepts modeled in Rhino 3D, rendered in Bunkspeed Hypershot and rapid prototyped.
• Research and design from concept development has been used to create a new custom line for Case-Mate.