Skye Mina Work Experience August 2015 – Present triyoga Camden / Soho / Chelsea Retail assistant

- I work throughout all three triyoga’s under a retail manager and alongside one other retail assistant

- On a daily basis I work alone visiting at least one triyoga centre - Liasing with events manager and providing the necessary books, DVDs for

necessary workshops and or events being held at triyoga - Visual merchandising - Receiving / Placing orders - Communication with various suppliers (Lululemon, Nike, ect) - Liasing with finance - Admin work / invoicing - Overseeing / delegating tasks to retail volunteers

March 2015 – June 2015 Lord & Vella Internship at LORD & VELLA Interior Design, Sourcing, and Acquisition

- I worked in an office alongside 2 others - Meeting clients expectations while participating with my creative input - This included site visits/project management - Liaising with clients/contractors - Purchase orders/ following up with various client orders and shipments

July 2013 – December 2014 Hollister/Gilly Hicks Regent Street Store Manager at Hollister/Gilly Hicks Regent Street Turnover: 2013 £20M Store Experience

- Managing a team of 5 assistant managers and to deliver excellent customer service, executed via a headcount of over 700 full and part time associates in both stores; Gilly Hicks and Hollister Regent Street

- Managing all cashwrap procedures/opening/closing/deposits - Recruiting and training new managers on company/store procedures and policies. - Develop talent by recruiting managers and training them during their MIT, which

result in their promotions to assistant managers. Performing career development plans for the assistant managers

Impact/Merchandise systems

- Managing the replenishment of stock to sales floor, ensuring the merchandise displays are adhering to company standards, preparing sales floor and stockroom for Director and CEO visits, as well as managing of a team of 100 associates and 6 managers

- Performing floorsets/updates/overnight shifts to company standard - Managing all shipment shifts. This is included overseeing shipment arrival,

unpacking and sensoring. As well as backstock, making space by shifting in stockroom and bay maintenance

2012 – 2013 Abercrombie & Fitch London Assistant manager at Abercrombie & Fitch London Turnover 2012 £22M Recruiting and Training

- Recruitment of staff to fit headcount/ holding all interview sessions - Managing all paperwork and training sessions for new associates weekly

Scheduling

- Creating schedule for all associates based on budget hours provided by home office

- Adhering those hours to the +900 associates availability Visual

- Ensuring that visual merchandising processes are followed accurately, including merchandise fullness, forms, marketing and protecting the brand by following set standards throughout the store.

- Managing team of 3 leads and +60 associates of visual team - Conducting wash & wear updates - Being present for CEO preparation and visits

2011 – 2012 Abercrombie & Fitch Madrid MIT / Manager in Training graduate program at Abercrombie & Fitch Madrid Assistant Manager

- Store opening - Passing through all departments within the store (store

experience/visual/recruiting and training/merchandise/overnight/scheduling) - Successfully graduating MIT program I was promoted to assistant manager in the

store experience department with the responsibility of recruiting and training as well

2009 - 2011 Internship with LevenHigh fashion house (Madrid)

- Working with pattern making/design - Research and using creativity to create garments for the clients expectations - We worked on various collections for prestigious designers including Jesus del

Pozo While working with LevenHigh, I realized my final year thesis- The SKYELINE Project. This was a collection of 23 Prom dresses. To publicize the SKYELINE label, I collaborated with the American School of Madrid to stage a multi media event. I designed the collection and also created and produced the entire audio-visual show. This involved managing 60 students split into 4 individual teams over a period of 9 months. The entire show/collection earned a Mention of Honour from IED, in addition to earing all the participants CAS hours for their International Baccalaureate August 2009 – January 2010 English teacher at Bolingen Institute (Madrid)

- Teaching groups of young children aged (5-9) English July - August 2009 Lola advertising agency (Madrid)

- Creative input for different clients and briefs/brand research

2008 - 2010 Aupair (Madrid) Education 2007 - 2011 Istituto Europeo di Design - Fashion Design Graduated with a special mention of honor. (Spain)

- I attended this school without knowing the Spanish language and graduated fully bilingual

2005 - 2007 American School of Madrid (Spain) 2001 - 2005 International School of Prague (Czech Republic)

1998 - 2001 American International School of Johannesburg (South Africa) 1991 - 1998 Lincolnwood Elementary School Evanston, Illinois. (USA) Personal Statement I have a degree in Fashion Design from IED; where I earned myself a mention of honor for my thesis project. I am fluent in Spanish and English and can hold my own in French. I was a part of opening the Abercrombie&Fitch Madrid flagship, and managed over 700 associates in the London flagships. While I really enjoyed management (especially in stores as big and exciting as A&F and Hollister/Gilly Hicks in Regent street) I need to be involved in a more creative endeavor, where I can motivate and generate business while creating a fun hard working environment. I have a diverse, international background; Due to my fathers job as a creative director in advertising, I have lived in 7 countries on 4 continents so far. This had made me dynamic, great with people, and adapting to all kinds of situations. I thrive on new cultures and experience. I love being exposed to new ideas and new people, and fast paced environments. I’m constantly creating things and I’m particularly good in creative groups. My ideal job would be one that involves a creative challenge, people management and lots of group work. Personal Information 1A Bethwin Road, Flat 4 SE5 0SJ London, UK skyemina@gmail.com +44 7850675766 Date of birth: October 27th, 1988 Place of birth: Toronto, Canada Nationality: French - American Languages English Spanish French (conversational)