Kate Burger: Co-Founder in Los Angeles, CA

• Co-founder of the global creative agency offering ideation, conceptual design, creative direction, and brand strategy for retail, event, trade show, interior design, and architectural sectors. • Achieve company objectives through storytelling, brand identity, marketing strategy, and trends by implementing global insight, graphic language, and imaginative design experiences. • Cultivate retail environments, trade show booths, fixture design, and visual merchandising. • Manage space planning development and provide construction administration.

• Lead 25+ Ambassadors in campaigns to advocate for sustainable and ethical practices in the fashion industry. • Partnered with the Garment Workers Union to support the Garment Worker Protection Act (SB62) legislation to improve working conditions and fair wages. • Dialogue with and encourage fashion brands on strategies surrounding responsible supply chain practices. • Educate citizens and students through lectures focused on the impact fashion industry practices have on people and our planet.

-Achieved compounded annual growth rates of 25% each year by implementing KPIs, sales forecasting, and incentive-based compensation plans. - Reorganized store management structure to positively impact retention and continuity amongst employees, further improving customer experience. - Lead 100 employees across 15 stores as director of retail and e-commerce. - Functioned as an experiential marketing executive to expand the number of stores from 5 to 15 by redeveloping and elevating store design, merchandising, and brand ethos. - Improved store environments by designing and developing custom fixturing systems and visual merchandise planning. - Developed company e-commerce and social media platforms, overseeing a team of web developers, graphic designers, content creators, and social media talent. - Managed product development, buying team, merchandise assortment, and store display continuity.

• Founded full-service design firm specializing in experiential marketing, retail environments, events, and trade shows. • Designed and fabricated booths, sets, and window displays for retail, photography, web series, and TV. • Developed comprehensive retail launch programs to include operations and creative strategy. • Global client partners: Nike, Chrysler/Fiat, Sony, Anthropologie, Johnson and Johnson, Philips Lighting, Splendid, The OWN Network, AOL, Vanity Fair, Vogue, Target, Audi, VES, George P. Johnson, Crafting Community, Milk, and Bookies.

• Visual Display Coordinator for high sales volume “A-Door” retail locations • Planned weekly, monthly and seasonal product line displays and objectives • Directed strategic budgetary planning, material sourcing, and sustainability management. • Store launch specialist and opening team visual artist and display coordinator.