Anthony Thomas
CONTACT
***Located in New York City and fully authorized to work
MOBILE
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EMAIL
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WEBSITE
anthonythomas.co
LINKEDIN
------------/in/anthonythomasvm
FACEBOOK
------------/anthony.thomas.83
EDUCATION
Diploma in Color Design - Interior Design
International school of Color and Design
Bachelor of Visual Merchandising
RMIT University
Certificate in Visual Design
General Assembly
Certificate of Professional Photo, Film, TV & Personal Styling
Australian College of Professional styling
SKILLS
HARD SKILLS
Adobe Creative suite – InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop
Graphic Design Skills
Visual Design
Email Marketing Print Design
Print Production Budgeting Installations
Project management Creative services Interior Styling
SOFT SKILLS
Leadership
Time Management Customer-centric Active Listening Transparent Results-driven Constantly evolving
EXPERIENCE
MAY 2020 - PRESENT
VISUAL MERCHANDISING MANAGER - HEAD OFFICE BASED
MICHAEL KORS - New York
• Conducting bi-weekly store visits across New York to help in the elevation of selected stores. • Creating and managing the work flow of two visual merchandisers in the build process of monthly visual guidelines for US and Canada.
• Managing all aspects of creative production and execution for monthly store visual guidelines. • Creating all weekly communication, urgent store requests and feedback in a short timeframe. • Collaborating and building key business partnerships in all departments to achieve results.
MARCH 2020 - MAY 2020
FREELANCE VISUAL MERCHANDISING - HEAD OFFICE BASED
MICHAEL KORS - New York
• Conceptualising and creating the Global visual merchandising guidelines for the brand with use of Adobe creative suite, photography and time spent in stores to gather information.
• Assistance in the build and execution of visual merchandising monthly store directive.
• Conducting store visits across New York to help in the elevation of selected stores.
OCTOBER 2015 - MARCH 2019
VISUAL MERCHANDISING MANAGER - HEAD OFFICE BASED
SMIGGLE (Kids stationery, office supplies, bags & accessories) - Melbourne, Australia
• Managed all aspects of creative production and execution for bi-weekly store visual directives, print collateral and props for 150 stores.
• Conceptualized seasonal windows and merchandising with collaboration of the Marketing department to reach and achieve projected commercial return.
• Provided weekly feedback to the regional VM’s on store setups, photos and store flow execution to build team rapport and connection.
• Managed and coordinated 150 new store opening packs, fixturing and product placement over a 4 year period of company expansion.
• Conducted bi-weekly store visits for improvement, test VM implementation and prop prototypes and head office feedback to relevant departments.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Achieved trip to London to conduct extensive VM training, store visits for improvements, attendance and observation of VM team store days to improve on efficiencies.
• Created the first style guide document for the brand to use for all branding, color and print assets to unify company guidelines.
• Reduced print cost down by 20% to allocated budget through regular communication through external print suppliers by internal changes with allocating.
JANUARY 2013 - OCTOBER 2015
DISTRICT VISUAL MERCHANDISING MANAGER
GAZMAN (Mens apparel and accessories) - Melbourne, Australia
• Trained all new and existing regional VM’s on store standards, store visits and brief implementation to ensure return on investment and hours was met.
• Conceptualised, created and implemented bi-weekly VM brief across 70 stores, across 4 different regions. Travelled monthly to train and implement promotional activity.
• Collaborated with regional managers to conduct store VM and fixture placement training to support commerical return.
• Assisted in opening and training of 10 new stores, 5 relocating store and 5 store closings for the brand over 2 year period.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Reached projected return on investment for all weekly staff schedules on time in store against budget.
• Introduced store procedure manual for conducting store visits approved by General Manager to be rolled out nationally for implementation.
• Company invested in further study and completion of Adobe creative suite programs to build job skill in the position.
DECEMBER 2011 - DECEMBER 2012
SENIOR VISUAL MERCHANDISING MANAGER
TOPSHOP/TOPMAN - Melbourne, Australia
CONTACT
***Located in New York City and fully authorized to work
MOBILE
------------
------------
WEBSITE
anthonythomas.co
------------/in/anthonythomasvm
------------/anthony.thomas.83
EDUCATION
Diploma in Color Design - Interior Design
International school of Color and Design
Bachelor of Visual Merchandising
RMIT University
Certificate in Visual Design
General Assembly
Certificate of Professional Photo, Film, TV & Personal Styling
Australian College of Professional styling
SKILLS
HARD SKILLS
Adobe Creative suite – InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop
Graphic Design Skills
Visual Design
Email Marketing Print Design
Print Production Budgeting Installations
Project management Creative services Interior Styling
SOFT SKILLS
Leadership
Time Management Customer-centric Active Listening Transparent Results-driven Constantly evolving
EXPERIENCE
MAY 2020 - PRESENT
VISUAL MERCHANDISING MANAGER - HEAD OFFICE BASED
MICHAEL KORS - New York
• Conducting bi-weekly store visits across New York to help in the elevation of selected stores. • Creating and managing the work flow of two visual merchandisers in the build process of monthly visual guidelines for US and Canada.
• Managing all aspects of creative production and execution for monthly store visual guidelines. • Creating all weekly communication, urgent store requests and feedback in a short timeframe. • Collaborating and building key business partnerships in all departments to achieve results.
MARCH 2020 - MAY 2020
FREELANCE VISUAL MERCHANDISING - HEAD OFFICE BASED
MICHAEL KORS - New York
• Conceptualising and creating the Global visual merchandising guidelines for the brand with use of Adobe creative suite, photography and time spent in stores to gather information.
• Assistance in the build and execution of visual merchandising monthly store directive.
• Conducting store visits across New York to help in the elevation of selected stores.
OCTOBER 2015 - MARCH 2019
VISUAL MERCHANDISING MANAGER - HEAD OFFICE BASED
SMIGGLE (Kids stationery, office supplies, bags & accessories) - Melbourne, Australia
• Managed all aspects of creative production and execution for bi-weekly store visual directives, print collateral and props for 150 stores.
• Conceptualized seasonal windows and merchandising with collaboration of the Marketing department to reach and achieve projected commercial return.
• Provided weekly feedback to the regional VM’s on store setups, photos and store flow execution to build team rapport and connection.
• Managed and coordinated 150 new store opening packs, fixturing and product placement over a 4 year period of company expansion.
• Conducted bi-weekly store visits for improvement, test VM implementation and prop prototypes and head office feedback to relevant departments.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Achieved trip to London to conduct extensive VM training, store visits for improvements, attendance and observation of VM team store days to improve on efficiencies.
• Created the first style guide document for the brand to use for all branding, color and print assets to unify company guidelines.
• Reduced print cost down by 20% to allocated budget through regular communication through external print suppliers by internal changes with allocating.
JANUARY 2013 - OCTOBER 2015
DISTRICT VISUAL MERCHANDISING MANAGER
GAZMAN (Mens apparel and accessories) - Melbourne, Australia
• Trained all new and existing regional VM’s on store standards, store visits and brief implementation to ensure return on investment and hours was met.
• Conceptualised, created and implemented bi-weekly VM brief across 70 stores, across 4 different regions. Travelled monthly to train and implement promotional activity.
• Collaborated with regional managers to conduct store VM and fixture placement training to support commerical return.
• Assisted in opening and training of 10 new stores, 5 relocating store and 5 store closings for the brand over 2 year period.
ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Reached projected return on investment for all weekly staff schedules on time in store against budget.
• Introduced store procedure manual for conducting store visits approved by General Manager to be rolled out nationally for implementation.
• Company invested in further study and completion of Adobe creative suite programs to build job skill in the position.
DECEMBER 2011 - DECEMBER 2012
SENIOR VISUAL MERCHANDISING MANAGER
TOPSHOP/TOPMAN - Melbourne, Australia