Jennifer Harris

* Create a variety of Graphic, Product, Logo, and Interior Designs for Clients.
* Work with clients to understand their design needs and create solutions that are tailored to those needs.
* Create invoices and manage the bookkeeping of the company.

* Build displays and complete new Planograms.
* Restock and Refresh existing Plannograms to keep the store sale ready at all times.
* Flexibility to adapt plannograms to meet the stores needs based on varying space allocations and in-stock items.
* Operate fork lift, Ballymore, order picker, and pallet jacks as needed to reach top stocked merchandise.

* Unload trucks and stock new merchandise.
* Execute planograms to ensure consistent branding and revising planograms when a featured item is sold out.
* Replenish goods and verify expiration dates to provide the highest food quality standards.

* Founding member of design studio supporting 11 private brands, resulting in $1B sales in two years.
* Research domestic and international market trends to create customized company trend books.
* Analyze sales and market trends to introduce innovative products in several categories including candles, floral, dried, baskets, frames, impulse, ribbon, stickers, kids, and seasonal products.
* Featured candle design in Parenting Magazine, October 2011.
* Execute all stages of design including hand-sketching, technical drawings, sample revisions, copyrighting for website marketing, to final in-store product.
* Create initial Visual Merchandised layouts for Merchants to build their assortments from.
* Manage International Global Design Network to quickly produce designs with overseas and domestic vendors.
* Travel Overseas to ensure design execution and US marketability.
* Introduce and execute timeline processes to meet critical deadlines.
* Manage multiple cross-functional team projects to create cohesion, collaboration, and trust with team members.
* Mentor New Hires and Create the New Hire Handbook.
* Hired as a Product Designer and was promoted to Senior Product Designer and Product Design Manager within 4 years.

* Research and present seasonal concepts to merchandising and executive teams based on future industry trends.
* Collaborate with buyers to develop new products in the departments of furniture, wall decor, accessories, textiles, tabletop and seasonal items.
* Execute all stages of design including hand-sketching, technical drawings, to in-store final products.
* Communicate directly with overseas vendors and agents providing merchants with the highest quality prototypes possible.

-Research and design custom furniture for high-end residential and commercial clients.
-Prepare all drawings and renderings for potential customers.
-Manage the office and create all estimates and invoices.
-Execute communication between clients and woodworkers.

• Utilize knowledge of furniture and design to satisfy customer needs and increase sales.
• Assist in staging furniture vignettes and rotating merchandise to keep the assortments fresh.
• Increase knowledge of current trends by attending furniture markets.
• Present products to potential customers and meet with clients in their homes for custom in-house design solutions.
• Execute sales in a timely and professional manner and ensure customer satisfaction upon delivery.

* Supervise 4 associates and ensure all store duties are fulfilled while maintaining a high level of customer service.
* Support Company initiatives of newness by frequently rotating merchandise throughout the store.
* Opening and closing store duties including counting and depositing daily sales income, ensuring the store and stock room are clean and organized.
* Consistently exceeding daily and monthly sales goals.