VisualCV

Design and market decorative pillows and fashion accessories under brand name JanelleStyle. Create and market licensed collections of area and accent rugs for manufacturers and importers. Provide color and design trend information to importers and other industry members. Create and sell color palettes for wholesalers and importers. Created successful advertising materials and developed own website. Contributing design and production associate editor for RugNews.com.

Design and color private label rug collections for manufacturers, retailers and importers. Contributing design and production associate editor for trade publications. Merchandise and display wholesale showrooms. Sourcing and merchandising consultant for retail stores. Professional speaker at industry events and forums.

Design and market decorative pillows and fashion accessories under brand name JanelleStyle. Create and market licensed collections of area and accent rugs for manufacturers and importers. Provide color and design trend information to importers and other industry members. Create and sell color palettes for wholesalers and importers. Created successful advertising materials and developed own website. Contributing design and production associate editor for RugNews.com.

Design, style, color, merchandise and market lines of floor covering products with successful sell-through at retail. Client base includes some of the largest U.S. and European manufacturers, importers and retailers. Associate Editor, Rug News Magazine, contributing a monthly column on design and production. Monthly contributor to Floor Radio, a radio program serving the floor covering industry.

Directed and managed design teams in area rug and printed mat division. Set design and color direction for woven and tufted area rug production and direct print and heat transfer mats divisions. Partnered with large retail clients to design and develop exclusive private label programs. Sourced new base substrates and raw materials. Worked with extruders to develop new yarn colors and sourced new color reference systems. Responsible for maintaining profitable inventory levels. Designed, displayed and merchandised Highpoint and Atlanta showrooms.

Sourced, designed, developed and marketed a fashion-oriented, premier line of floor coverings and area rugs. Managed production with ten major mills in Europe. Directed several advertising firms to design catalogs, ads, labels, hang tags and promotional materials. Created and directed layout, copy, photography and printing of a trend setting catalog. Opened new channels of distribution by creating and managing exclusive, private label manufacturing programs with volume customers. Opened and managed permanent showrooms in Atlanta and Highpoint. Established and maintained relationships with key retailers and vendors. Managed twenty national sales reps in developing new business and increasing sales volume from $1.7 million to $4.8 million in two years.

Managed a $10 million annual budget for a line of junior sportswear for national apparel retail chain. Directed the design, sourcing of factories, piece goods and trims, negotiated prices and monitored shipments for domestic and import programs. Set color and fabric direction, designed, sketched and merchandised collections.

Member of a team of international loan auditors responsible for the review of the books of American Express International's worldwide banking branches. Traveled worldwide on team audit assignments in Europe, the near and Far East. Successfully completed management training program leading to election as bank officer.