Experience

Yumi International

• United Kingdom
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Brand Partnerships Manager

  • Jun 2022 - Present



Little Mistress Group

• United Kingdom
• Apparel & Fashion
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Brand Buyer

  • Sep 2019 - Jul 2022



SilkFred.com

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Brand Scout

  • Jun 2015 - Aug 2019

  Responsibilities: • Searching for new brands to join the platform via trade shows (e.g. Capsule, Pure and Scoop), social media, events and other online market platforms. • Pitching to brands via telephone and face-to-face meetings. • Signing up new brands and setting them up on to the platform. • Looking after the new brands through their first month on the platform, to help them transition across to our Account Management team. • Advising brands on ways to help maximise their sales and increase platform performance. • Helping market brands through online presence and social media. • Being reactive to sales and helping with wholesale orders. • Wholesale stock managing and liaising with our warehouse. • Liaising with the customer experience and marketing teams. • Carrying out market research and providing market reports. Key Skills: • A natural ability to build relationships and rapport quickly with new brands. • Exceptional communicator and very organized. • Keeping on top of good selling stock and having a great eye for new fashion trends. • Photoshop to create banners and improve imagery for the site. Key Achievements: • Bringing over 800 key brands to the platform since joining the company. • Created sales guides to assist with future brand set-ups. • Approaching and securing several well-known household names and signing them up to our platform. Show less



Love

• London, United Kingdom

• Wholesale Manager

  • Mar 2013 - Jul 2015

  Responsibilities: • Looking after Wholesale accounts for the Love brand nationally and internationally. • Research and analysis of viable areas and customers to target and pitch the brand to in the UK. • Booking appointments and acting as a representative agent to introduce and present the collection to potential customers sought. • Ensuring the wholesale department mirrors the retail area of the business. • Weekly presentations to directors, providing reports on new accounts and sales figures • Graphic design, creating website banners, product shots and retouching. • Making sure the wholesales website was up to date and accurate with all the current styles. • Showroom merchandising all new samples and stock samples. • Overseeing the wholesale assistant. • Chasing payments and making sure all orders are sent with courier service. • Exhibiting in trade shows such as ‘Pure’ in order to drive brand sales. Key Skills: • Excellent telephone manner and customer service. • Building long-term collaborations with customers by developing strong relationships. • Staff management and task delegation. • Good eye for boutiques that will be successful in selling brand styles. • Photoshop of product shots and website banners. Key Achievements: • Building a new and viable customer base, and exceeding my sales target of £5k per week. • Maximizing sales and business growth. • Creating new and exciting ways for customers to order – via online, email, telephone, newsletters, and events. Show less



JFH Hillebrand

• Essex

• Marketing Assistant

  • Aug 2011 - Mar 2013

  • Office Administration • Marketing • Promotion • Invoicing and budget management. • Creation of Corporate Christmas gift. • Office Administration • Marketing • Promotion • Invoicing and budget management. • Creation of Corporate Christmas gift.



Tatty Devine

• United Kingdom
• Luxury Goods & Jewelry
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • 2012 - 2012

  • Website Management: Blog Entries, Research, Press Releases • Jewellery Production • Managing Company Interns • Stock Taking • Gift wrapping • Website Management: Blog Entries, Research, Press Releases • Jewellery Production • Managing Company Interns • Stock Taking • Gift wrapping



London Loves LA

• London, United Kingdom

• Studio Assistant

  • 2011 - 2012

  • Photoshoot Assistant • Fashion Styling • Promotional Design • Graphic Design • Organised Events: Pop Up Shop, Website Launch • Visual Merchandising: Pop Up Shop • Website Design and Retouching (Photoshop) • Sales assistant: Pop Up Shop • Buying • Modelled for product shots • Photoshoot Assistant • Fashion Styling • Promotional Design • Graphic Design • Organised Events: Pop Up Shop, Website Launch • Visual Merchandising: Pop Up Shop • Website Design and Retouching (Photoshop) • Sales assistant: Pop Up Shop • Buying • Modelled for product shots



By Jam Clothing

• London, United Kingdom

• Studio Assistant

  • 2009 - 2011

  Responsibilities: • Visual Merchandising: Concession at Laden Show Rooms and Topshop, and sample sales. • Fashion Forecasting and gaining knowledge of key trends for future styles. • Acting as photo shoot assistant for ‘look book’ campaigns. • Working at Trade Show’s such as Pure, Clothes Show Live and Britain’s Next Top Model. • Weekly Stock Take • Taking and editing product shots for the website. Key Skills: • Photographing and retouching product shots (Photoshop). • Website Design and content: creating banners, uploaded images, blog entries, social networking and page layouts. • Exercising sales skills to gain new accounts at trade shows. Key Achievements: • Promotional Design: Look Books, swing tickets, invites and Product Image Layout • Gaining brand awareness and building relationships with key accounts. • Responsible for organising a successful sample sale. Show less



Debenhams

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Sales Assistant

  • Oct 2007 - Oct 2009

  • “Fuse” fashion department • Sales Adviser / Assistant • “Fuse” fashion department • Sales Adviser / Assistant