Shannon Quinn
Designer/Consultant · Arhaus
Huntington Beach, CA
In My Own Words
Open to new adventures. Looking to pivot. Career oriented, focused, creative problem solver. Flexible. Articulate, impeccable written and verbal communication skills. Exceedingly detail oriented.Word nerd. Experienced, creative, innovative, delivers outstanding customer service. Arbiter of taste.
Work Experience
Designer/Consultant
Arhaus2019 – Present
• Gracious, sophisticated, eclectic design • Generating orders consistently in the top 3 • Creating relationships, customer service • Managing the details
Owner/Designer
Pary Ink1998 – 2018
• Event Stylist, Environment (indoor/outdoor) & Floral stylist • Impeccable attention to the details • Design custom invitations, events and interiors, staging and traditional • Coordinate parties for 20 to over 1000 people, including weddings, parties, charities • When creating corporate events & team building we used those opportunities to incorporate branding & marketing
Senior Merchandise Manager
Old Navy2015 – 2016
Leadership, nurturing employee growth, visual merchandising. Review sales and inventory reports, analyze floor for compliance, fill any sell through by flexing inventory to support business and maintain the narrative. Annual $5 million in business with weekly units, upwards of 8 thousand
West Coast Visual Merchandiser
Lysse2014 – 2015
Spearheading the entire West Coast merchandising program, I was able to improve store sales in brand up to 85% and increase the breadth and depth of the buy by a large West Coast retailer by over 30% for the following year. Creating brand awareness, educating store employees, improving relationships with department and store managers and implementing a gratis program that fostered goodwill and illustrated why our brand was exceptional.
PA/Executive Assistant
CMST Inc.2006 – 2010
Expanding responsibilities. I was hired initially as a personal assistant to the owner. My responsibilities quickly grew to include making design decisions for rehab projects and events, eventually becoming their Marketing/Event liaison. I wrote press releases and copy for promotional materials, coordinated their client engagement events, investor events and large-scale holiday and open house events, vetting and hiring contract vendors. I broadened the scope of the events to include cross marketing for the commercial real estate and rehab/development arms of the business, increasing brand recognition and customer retention.
