Gabrielle Palazuelos: Costume Intern in San Diego, CA

- Learned the inner workings of a major network TV show - Comfortable with on-set etiquette - Communicated well in a team atmosphere plus followed daily directives

- Create seasonal business strategies that meet financial goals and customer expectations - Drive visual product creation that differentiates Sun Diego from its competitors - Oversees all 8 locations to ensure assortment and feel of the store is consistent with merchandising direction - Realized 12% you sales growth and consecutive month over month increases at the flagship location since my start

- Analyze store data to understand operational goals and help develop action plans to execute successful sales throughout each department - Drive Visual presentation in order to maximize sales and deliver positive brand experience to the consumers - Recruit, interview, and coach employees - Prep Display clothes, followed latest fashion trends to style mannequins accordingly

- Projects included developing store promotional plans, competitive analysis, and merchandise placement with valued fashion magazines, stylists and fashion influencers. - Executed store activation for our Hawaii store, which included thorough research, planning, and communication between vendors. - Worked alongside the buying team to develop an efficient and accurate system for monitoring all purchase orders - Worked with stylist to place Furla in the following magazines: Vogue, Harper's BAZAAR, Elle, Seventeen and many more

- Served as a member of the visual merchandising team and successfully completed multiple summer floor sets for the summer/fall lines - Represented AE store 2223 as a super seller to other stores within San Diego - Helped style clientele head to to toe in entire outfits