Hello. I am a multi-discplinary designer that works mostly with beauty companies. I have designed everything from store counters to lipstick bullets. Most of my experience is in store fixtures (both counter testers and open sell and re-brandings) but I have also done packaging, windows, events, and store design. Before collaborating with brands, I was the global merchandising fixture lead at Tom Ford Beauty and a Senior Industrial Designer at MAC Cosmetics. Since going out on my own, I have worked with Editions de Parfums Frederic Malle, La Mer, Bobbi Brown, MAC Cosmetics, Shiseido (for their re-branding), NY-based beauty fixture vendor, RPG (for the Revlon re-branding) and design agency, Schoolhouse (where I did the new Sephora fixtures for Ouai and Dr. Brandt.) My background in fashion, gives me a strong eye for translating a 2D image or a mood into a 3-dimensional object, space, and/or experience. Before working in beauty, I designed garments and brands as the Founder and Creative Director for CRHEE, a womens contemporary line, and as a Partner and Creative Director for Eleven Objects, a Women's Ready-To-Wear and Accessories line. At CRHEE, I was chosen as a designer to watch by WWD, Lucky, and was selected to be part of GENART Fresh Faces for 2009, and Eleven Objects was featured in the New York Times, Interior Design, Vogue Russia, and Whitewall. Would love to hear from you.
EDUCATION: graduated Magna Cum Laude from Princeton University with a Bachelors of Arts in Architecture in 2004, recipient of the Grace May Tilton Award for American Studies
WORK EXPERIENCE:
Design Contractor (January 2017- Present)
US Merchandising Director of Luxury Fragrances, Coty (November 2019- February 2021)
- lead for all US merchandising for Philosophy and store design for Gucci makeup and fragrances
- managed budget and budgetary planning for department
- worked on creating and improving VM corporate process
Global Visual Merchandising Manager, Tom Ford Beauty (July 2015- January 2017)
- lead global merchandising fixtures, designing and overseeing all merchandising fixtures for color and fragrance for every region while at the brand
- designed the launch merchandising fixtures for TFB cosmetics's entry into Sephora (the Endcap and the current gondola system)
- created technical drawings and oversaw development for all new merchandising units and merchandising updates for the brand
- comped and/or worked with outside vendors to create materials for brand presentations
- worked with product marketing and merchandising development to ensure timely execution for global merchandising for brand
Senior Designer, Industrial Design, MAC Cosmetics (June 2014- July 2015)
- created displayers, store fixtures, packaging (form) and product layouts for displayers for MAC stores and MAC counters
- created technical drawings and worked with vendors on development of projects into production
- created physical models of designs to present for creative review
Freelance Designer, Industrial Design, MAC Cosmetics (November 2013- June 2014)
Freelance Graphic Designer
- created advertising banners and other branded materials for Styletag, an online shopping app
Partner and Creative Director, Eleven Objects (November 2010- Spring 2013)
- created all brand concepts and designed 7 accessories collections and 2 Womenʼs Ready-to-Wear collections
- managed a team of 4 from interns to designers
- art directed and produced 5 lookbook shoots and 1 NYFW presentation
Founder and Creative Director, CRHEE (Spring 2005 - Fall 2009)
- created 5 contemporary women’s collections as well as logo and all imagery for the brand
- showed in the Gen Art Fresh Faces fashion show at the Manhattan Ballroom for Spring 2009
- oversaw samplemaking and production for all seasons
INTERNSHIPS: Doo.Ri, Mary Ping/ Slow and Steady Wins the Race, Lynne Breslin Architecture and Design
RELEVANT SKILLS: Design, renderings (2D flats and 3D), technical drawings (DD sets), 3d model making, physical model-making, and 3d printing
SOFTWARE: Rhino, Keyshot, Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, CADTools, Word, Excel