Experience

STUDIO FOUR NYC, LLC

• United States
• Design
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Vice President

  • Sep 2019 - Present



Studio Four NYC

• New York, NY

• Sales Manager

  • Aug 2010 - Present

  Textile design studio and showroom selling fabrics, rugs, and wallpapers from global designers. • Manage 3 sales associates and personally handle 150+ client list • Boost team year-over-year sales numbers by mentoring team daily via modeling, observation, feedback, and meetings, and by fostering positive, collaborative atmosphere. • Cultivate current client list, and find new clients through cold calling, social media, sending customized packages based on designer’s aesthetic, and attending industry events. • Sell 3 products (custom hand-made and broadloom rugs, fabrics, and wallpapers from ~40 lines) to top-tier interior designer clients at showroom, at client office, or by sending samples to out-of-state clients located throughout United States and United Kingdom. • Oversee sales process: discover client needs and budget, source options to fulfill client scheme, answer client questions, persuasively close sale, order products, coordinate installation, resolve post-sale issues, and manage client expectations. • Provide excellent customer service and superior designs, ensuring 100% return clients. • Foster in-depth relationships with clients by entertaining outside showroom to maintain and increase business. • Manage showroom aesthetic, ensuring best layout for product sales. • Develop and maintain United States and overseas vendor relationships. • Hired as Sales Associate, and promoted to Sales Manager (2016) due to leadership skills and sales numbers (sold more than twice as much as any other salesperson). • Increase personal year-over-year sales numbers, drastically exceeding owner expectations.



Christopher Burns Interiors

• New York, NY

• Interior Design Intern

  • Jun 2009 - Jul 2009

  • Resourced fabric and furniture for residential projects. • Selected, picked-up, and returned fabric and finished samples to NYC vendors. • Resourced fabric and furniture for residential projects. • Selected, picked-up, and returned fabric and finished samples to NYC vendors.



Q Collection NY

• United States
• Retail Apparel and Fashion

• Interior Design Intern

  • Jun 2009 - Jul 2009

  • Researched and developed sustainable resources catalogue. • Edited vendor websites for consistency on Q Collection price and verbiage. • Researched and developed sustainable resources catalogue. • Edited vendor websites for consistency on Q Collection price and verbiage.



Foley & Cox

• New York, NY

• Interior Design Intern

  • May 2009 - Jun 2009

  • Managed studio fabrics and samples, assisted clients with product information and pricing, completed purchase orders, and assisted with residential installations. • Managed studio fabrics and samples, assisted clients with product information and pricing, completed purchase orders, and assisted with residential installations.



Bare Ware Pottery Studio

• United States
• Retail Art Supplies

• Sales Associate

  • Jan 2007 - Aug 2008

  • Assisted owner with organizing events, and selected merchandise and supplies. • Created strong customer base, and aided customers in creative process. • Assisted owner with organizing events, and selected merchandise and supplies. • Created strong customer base, and aided customers in creative process.