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Ecommerce Project Manager @ 5.11 Tactical From April 2014 to February 2018 (3 years 11 months) Irvine, CASenior Project Manager, Global ECommerce @ 5.11 Tactical – Manages multiple technical and business initiatives to deliver effective solutions within time and budget constraints.– Collaborates with senior leadership and key stakeholders to clearly define short- and long-term business objectives and...

Ecommerce Project Manager @ 5.11 Tactical From April 2014 to February 2018 (3 years 11 months) Irvine, CASenior Project Manager, Global ECommerce @ 5.11 Tactical – Manages multiple technical and business initiatives to deliver effective solutions within time and budget constraints.– Collaborates with senior leadership and key stakeholders to clearly define short- and long-term business objectives and develop product roadmap. – Owns and maintains prioritized Product Backlog for 511tactical.com website enhancements, features, user stories, bugs and tickets.– Manages ecommerce cost center, budget / P&L, and vendor contracts.– Develops and maintains systems and business process documentation, functional requirements and workflows between ecommerce platform, ERP system, 3rd party extensions, and custom modules.– Works with key project resources and stakeholders to create transparency into each other's tasks, challenges and time frames, and drive process improvements for cross-channel initiatives.– Provides status reports and enables efficient communication among project team, stakeholders, and senior leadership. Irvine, CaliforniaVisual Merchandiser @ Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams – Directly reported to President of Design and Co-founder, Bob Williams, Chairman and Co-Founder, Mitchell Gold, and the Senior Vice President of Retail Stores and Merchandising on visual merchandising strategies and store design concepts for company's west coast showrooms.– Maintained strong communication with visual team, showroom managers, and senior leadership for west coast retail locations in Orange County, Los Angeles, and Portland, OR.– Directly responsible for merchandising, store design, and visual upkeep of all assigned retail locations.– Conveyed the style and integrity of the brand through the creation, development and execution of visual communication, retail floor plans, new product sets for assigned showrooms. – Developed and presented visual marketing strategies that were creative, compelling and cohesive with the brand identity. – Created and distributed visual directives to all MG+BW retail locations in the US, Canada and Mexico. – Worked with Product Development team, VP of Sales, VP of Retail Stores and Merchandising, VP of Marketing, Regional Account Managers, and Store Managers to create, direct, and execute strategic plans to ensure maximum sales per square foot.– Maintained familiarity with merchandise sales in company stores and with competitors.– Ran sales reports per location to gain a solid knowledge of product performance and volume.– Designed, created and executed strategies for seasonal launch floor changes and mid-season floor sets, and adjusted overall presentations and floor plans accordingly.– Attended High Point Furniture Market and catalog photo shoots semi-annually; contributed to the layout and overall presentation of new collections. From November 2010 to August 2012 (1 year 10 months) Orange County, California AreaExecutive Editorial Assistant @ Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia – Under direction of the SVP, Executive Editorial Director and Executive Creative Director of Merchandising, maintained constant communication between Executive Offices, various departments within MSLO, outside vendors, and contractors to ensure timely execution of editorial, business, and interior design project initiatives.– Recorded all decisions made in editorial department meetings and those with outside vendors and contractors for interior decorating projects; communicated recaps and next steps back to working team and other interested parties.– Assisted in the concept creation, development and production of decorating and home stories for Martha Stewart Living magazine and Apple iPad issues.– Defined content strategy and calendar, and contributed regularly to the Home Design Blog (homedesign.marthastewart.com); helped to focus and structure blog calendar, created readable, relevant and accurate content that was suitable for the target audience and consistent with the style and voice of the MSLO brand.– Managed requests for all props and prototypes as needed by editorial and product design departments; functioned as preliminary contact both internally and externally on such projects.– Oversaw special projects and any “special requests” originating from Executive Offices, including interior design and decorating initiatives and property management of Ms. Stewart’s residences. From July 2009 to November 2010 (1 year 5 months) Greater New York City AreaStudio & Gallery Associate @ Partners & Spade – Under the direction of Co-Founders, Andy Spade and Anthony Sperduti, worked on numerous, ongoing freelance projects, events, and general assignments at their storefront gallery and creative studio.– Assisted in the curatorial vision of the gallery.– Ensured smooth operation of the gallery while executing high-level sales of fine art, antiques, rare books and exclusive product by Partners & Spade.– Increased sales performance by developing and maintaining effective client relationships.– Collaborated with gallery team on concept creation, research, development and installation of exhibits and events. From January 2009 to November 2010 (1 year 11 months) Greater New York City AreaExecutive Assistant to CEO @ Damon Dash Enterprises – Acted as a liaison between CEO, strategic business partners, high-profile executives and public figures, and key media contacts across numerous industries.– Produced successful presentations, marketing plans, press releases and events for all business ventures, including partnership with Margherita Missoni and Pro-Keds to benefit OrphanAid Africa, capsule collections for Rachel Roy New York, and collaborations with new artists contracted under Sony Records.– Coordinated travel arrangements and itineraries for CEO and key business associates.– Managed daily schedule of CEO and his office and household staffs.– Ensured that all meetings, calls, and events were clearly documented and occurred on a timely basis. From September 2007 to June 2008 (10 months)