Experience

Uncommon Goods

• United States
• Retail
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Director Of Merchandising

  • Jan 2022 - Present

• Senior Manager, Buying

  • Dec 2020 - Jan 2022

  Led a team of buyers responsible for the Art, Home Décor, Garden Décor, and Technology businesses. I directly oversaw product selection and strategy for the Leisure category, which includes everything from wooden tabletop games to personalized books.

• Senior Buyer - Lighting & Tech, New Business Development

  • Mar 2017 - Dec 2020

  Built relationships with crowdfunding platforms, industrial design schools, and tech incubators, creating new pathways for designers to learn about our brand. Oversaw the Art, Home Décor, Garden Décor, Leisure, and Technology categories.

• Buyer - Home Decor, Garden

  • Aug 2015 - Feb 2017

  Piloted a pre-order program. Helped makers and designers prepare their products for retail following successful crowdfunding campaigns. Expanded our reach in the Technology space.

• Associate Buyer - Home Decor, Garden

  • Jul 2014 - Aug 2015

  Managed over 300 vendor relationships, including exclusive product development, margin negotiations, inventory management, and forecasting. Discovered a love of whimsical garden sculptures.



Richline Group, a Berkshire Hathaway Company

• United States
• Retail Luxury Goods and Jewelry
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Merchandiser

  • Sep 2013 - Jun 2014

• Associate Merchandiser

  • Apr 2013 - Sep 2013

• Assistant Merchandiser

  • Nov 2011 - Apr 2013



P.P.O.W. Gallery

• Greater New York City Area

• Intern

  • Aug 2011 - Nov 2011

  Planned gallery openings, managed the gallery website, and fact-checked and edited interviews with owners for Smithsonian Archives of American Art. Planned gallery openings, managed the gallery website, and fact-checked and edited interviews with owners for Smithsonian Archives of American Art.



The Metropolitan Museum of Art

• United States
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 700 & Above Employee

• Intern

  • Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

  Led museum visitors through highlights and special exhibit tours of my own design. Learned that the average museum goer spends no more than seven seconds looking at a work of art, and tried hard to improve that. I also edited content for the Twentieth Century and Modern and Contemporary sections of the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History. Led museum visitors through highlights and special exhibit tours of my own design. Learned that the average museum goer spends no more than seven seconds looking at a work of art, and tried hard to improve that. I also edited content for the Twentieth Century and Modern and Contemporary sections of the Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History.