Brand & Business Development
Award winning, culturally astute brand strategist accomplished in developing ground up, creative, data driven strategies and product for the world’s largest iconic private label and branded fashion retailers exceeding multimillion dollar benchmarks.
Launched and built dozens of in-house brands, each with its own demographic and retail strategy, to become nationally recognized.
Partnered with largest national retailers to initiate and build their private label brands.
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⟞ Award-winning vendor partner for private label launches, exclusives, and re-brands. ⟝
⟞ Providing overall brand direction and product development for the world’s largest retailers. ⟝
⟞ Bringing new product to market executing development, sourcing, production, and shipping. ⟝
|| Universal Thread || Wild Fable || Sonoma || Aeropostale || Time & Tru || No Boundaries || Arizona || Leith || BP || Mudd || Mossimo Supply || Xhilaration || True Craft || Nine West || Candies || Seventeen || Claire’s/ICING || Free People ||
![Tillys Private brand, RSQ, a men's and women's multi-category apparel brand rooted in denim.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c775b84a09a7e235cadfda1/1681358572249-B8MY0068E8RJHS8TUFZM/BRAND-PROJECT-RSQ.jpg)
⟞ Led successful relaunch and expansion of RSQ private label denim brand to multi-category apparel line accelerating brand growth to become #1 company volume brand accounting for 19% of company sales. ⟝
⟞ Created brand personas that allowed for successful national brand adjacencies, resulting in new brand partnerships, and expanded the RSQ demographic, evolving the customer throughout the pre-teen, teen, and early adult years. ⟝
⟞ Directed trend, design and development of product, new logo, trims, fit guides, and partnered with visuals for new in-store POP. ⟝
⟞ Initiated the trajectory of the Tillys first ever influencer collaboration with marketing, building relationships, and leveraging exposure. ⟝
⟞ Maximized bottoms trend cycle opportunity to expand bottoms business beyond table and wall to additional bottoms edit tables resulting in record weekly unit sales. ⟝
⟞ Led fit process of women’s curvy denim styles and set to launch a full extended size division fall 2023. ⟝
![RSQ Brand Persona](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c775b84a09a7e235cadfda1/1681585454504-H8R6DF0Y4HZGRDZLRLXW/image-asset.png)
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⟞ Culled, defined, and personified each private brand architecture and the brands' relationships to one another and the customer in order to create coherence across the brand story. ⟝
⟞ Implemented seasonal brand directives that contained clear ripple inspirations at all levels and departments, including branded and private label vendors, buyers, marketing, visual merchandising, and e-commerce. ⟝
⟞ Resulting in Tillys #2 revenue-driving brand generating 8% of net sales. ⟝
![Full Tilt Brand Persona](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c775b84a09a7e235cadfda1/1681585572807-VZ5T7PIS2U92M22ZC422/image-asset.png)
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![MENS AND WOMENS SWIM || BLUE CROWN || FULL TILT SWIM](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c775b84a09a7e235cadfda1/1681355798688-H24SXGYPXCSYQ05MDCN2/image-asset.jpeg)
⟞ Overhaul and rebrand of Tillys Swim proprietary labels. ⟝
⟞ Created storytelling moments for seasonal drops of fresh product in order to surprise and delight the customer. ⟝
⟞ Directed design and development including new fits, exclusive prints and patterns. ⟝
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⟞ Launched in response to the pandemic and increased interest and time spent at home. ⟝
⟞ Built and directed seasonal stories with both the male and female customer in mind. ⟝
⟞ Multi-category launch, including pillows, bedding, blankets, wall art, lamps, and decorative objects. ⟝
⟞ Created exclusive, best-selling prints to enhance brand stories, becoming reorder items. ⟝
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⟞ Rebranded Tillys name with a feminine point of view in order to expand the essential building blocks of the customer’s wardrobe. ⟝
⟞ These essential pieces transcend across brand stories and color palettes. ⟝
⟞ Of the moment, silhouette categories include seamless, basic fleece, easy knit flares, tees, thermals, and pajama bottoms. ⟝
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⟞ Contemporary label with more advanced design, fit, and detail for the 17 to 25-year-old customer. ⟝
⟞ Extends the customer life-cycle from middle school through high school, college, and into early career. ⟝
⟞ Brand adjacencies include Levi’s, Daze Denim, Juicy Couture, Motel, and Daisy Street. ⟝
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⟞ Overhaul of branding and storytelling to address the feminine side of the Tillys customer. ⟝
⟞ Delivering differentiated product according to its brand DNA. ⟝
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⟞ Acquisition of the CFDA-recognized label Foley + Corinna. ⟝
⟞ Trademarked new, exclusive material, Liberated-Leather, a cruelty-free, vegan alternative. ⟝
⟞ Relaunched brand in vegan material, becoming PeTA approved brand. ⟝
|| Bloomingdale’s || Lord & Taylor || Revolve || Shopbop || Dillard’s || Zappo’s ||
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⟞ Creating a good, better, best pricing strategy—launched in-house brand to sit between the opening price point TSJ and the best price point F+C. ⟝
⟞ PeTA approved vegan brand. ⟝
|| Anthroplogie || Shopbop || Nordstrom || Sundance || Lord & Taylor ||
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⟞ Built from the ground -up - nationally recognized fast-fashion brand. Delivering unique, in-house design, generating over 800 new products/month. ⟝
⟞ All artwork designs copyrighted by the US Copyright Office. ⟝
|| Tillys || Francesca’s || Nordstrom || Kohl’s || Target || Amazon || Urban Outfitters || Wet Seal || Zumiez || Journey’s || Pac-Sun || JC Penney ||