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Monica Federici St Albans, Hertfordshire
07478679417 [email protected]
Profile I am a confident, driven and sociable individual who is always ready and enthusiastic for new challenges and opportunities. I possess a real love for fashion, retail and styling which is reflected through my work and daily life. I have exceptional communication skills and thoroughly enjoy meeting and networking with new people. My positive and upbeat nature helps me motivate myself and other people around me. Education Fashion Retail Academy, London Sept 2014 to date Level 4 Fashion Buying and Range Planning St Albans Girls School Sept 2007 May 2014 11 GCSEs A to C English: B,B Maths: C Science: C ALevels History, Art, Philosophy & Ethics Grades: C,C,D Relevant Experience River Island Industry Project March 2015 Winner of the River Island Industry project from the FRA. Competed by producing a new concept for River Island. I had to follow a brief and pitch my work to top buyers within the company and members of HR. Was part of the winning team, gaining me a further buying placement in the company. Skills I developed was working well to deadlines and within a team. Miss Selfridge Buyers Admin Assistant (Placement) February 2015 March 2015 Worked alongside the buying team in the Denim department managing the critical path and dealing with samples. My job was to support the buyer and assistant buyer. I gained brilliant skills working within a team alongside merchandisers and buyers. I was able to develope my computer skills working on Photoshop, Word and Excel.
Jack Wills March 2014 Sales Advisor to date Developed exceptional customer service skills on a face to face basis and dealing with requests over the phone. Personal styling & outfit building: helping customers build outfits and offering alternative options. Offered supervisory role as a result of my product and store knowledge and my skills of customer service but declined due to current education commitments. Office Shoes August 2013 Sales Advisor to March 2014 Meeting sales targets & pushing sales: was regularly top seller and was awarded over the Christmas period for hitting over £1000 above my personal target. Working as a team to achieve store targets: Consistently offered support to other team members and gave them advice on how they could improve their personal targets. Developed communication skills and sales techniques through face to face customer interaction: I would usually compliment the customer on their choice of product or discuss the occasion they were buying for. Budgens Supermarket November 2012 Sales Assistant to August 2013 Understanding product rotation in store. Till trained to a high standard. Achievements & Ambitions
● I was part of the winning team out of the entire FRA to win the River Island Industry project after pitching a new concept we believed could work well within their store. This allowed us to a additional placement at River Island.
● I was a selected student from FRA to work with Arcadia, meeting with Sir Philip Green and the CEO of Topma. I was asked to discuss and research their brand, feeding back with ideas and ways I thought their company could develop. Nov 2014
● I have worked with up and coming designer, SydneyDavis. Assisting her on fashion shoots and by promoting her brand at her fashion show during London Fashion Week.
● In 2013, I organized a charity fashion show for members of the public which raised £2000 for the Wendy Gough Cancer Awareness Foundation.
Hobbies and Interests
● I enjoy being creative and have an interest in art. I often visit art and photography exhibitions and also refurbish old furniture.
● I have a strong interest in popculture and the music industry. I like to keep up to date with new releases and social trends.
● I really enjoying personal styling and building outfits, often I do this for friends and family for events or occasions.
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