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EXPERIENCE

White House Black Market, San Francisco, CA 07/09 – Date
Assistant Store Manager
•Ensures Making Women Feel Beautiful is the top priority at all times
•Maintains constant and timely communication with the Store Manager
•Encourages and coaches the Store Associates in developing their retail skills
•Positively and consistently demonstrates a neat, professional, and fashionable image
•Performs all other duties and responsibilities as directed by the SM, DSM, and RSM

OniahDesignStudio, Brentwood, CA 01/08 – Date
Fashion Designer (freelance)
•Product line development
•Design custom pieces for clients from hand sketches and CAD
•Collaborate with vendors to ensure sample quality and cost management.
•Source trends, color and fabrics for clients.

IGIGI, San Francisco, CA
09/08 – 12/08
Assistant Fashion Designer
•Assist design room team with sketches and trims using Illustrator and Photoshop
•Support Production team with Product development
•Swatch and label fabrics, trim and strike-offs, set up and maintain master color cards, update fabric library, presenting designs and participating in major trend meetings.

Old Navy, San Francisco, CA 09/07 - 09/07
Assistant Fashion Designer (contract)
•Assisted design team with flat sketches using Adobe illustrator
•Supported design team in color coordinating and putting line together
•Worked closely with Design team to maintain harmony of line

Lucy and Lily, INC. San Francisco, CA.
04/07 – 06/07
Fashion Design Intern.
•Assisted Product development team.
•Supported design team using Adobe illustrator.
•Used Gerber system in production process.

Oda Style, San Francisco, CA.
01/07 – 03/07
Product Development Intern.
•Assisted in Production development process.
•Communicated with designers on line direction.
•Took notes from meetings with designers.

Bank of America, San Jose, CA.
01/05 – 11/05
AVP, Banking Center Manager.
•Promote consumer services and products, via customer education and cross-sell referrals.
•Resolve service issues to guarantee customer satisfaction and retention.
•Drives results in developing associates, expanding customer relationships, achieving sales goals and exceeding customer service expectations.

Bank of America, San Jose, CA.
09/03 – 12/04
Personal Banker.
•Providing services to ensure customer satisfaction.
•Business development, retention and growth of banking center clients and prospects.
•Open deposit accounts, take loan application, recognize and refer cross sell opportunities.

Google, Mountain View, CA.
08/03 – 08/03
Adwords Coordinator.
•Respond to customer service inquiries by email.
•Troubleshoot existing advertising campaigns and technical problems.
•Consistently monitor emails, customer feedback and satisfaction.

Nordstrom, Palo Alto, CA.
02/03 – 07/03
Sales Associate.
•Ensure that each customer receives outstanding service.
•Maintain an awareness of all promotions and advertisements.
•Assist in processing and replenishing merchandise and monitoring floor stock.

EDUCATION
FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising, San Francisco, California. 2006 – 2007
Associate of Arts Professional Designation: Fashion Design.
GPA 3.41 of 4.0 Phi Beta Kappa

Courses Included:
•Computer Aided Fashion Design
- Photoshop and Illustrator
•Fashion Sketching
•Industry Sewing
•Draping & Pattern drafting
•Computer Pattern Drafting
•Textile Science
•Computer Pattern drafting (Gerber system)

University of Durham Business School, Durham City, England. 2000 – 2001
Master of Arts: Management/Information Systems.

University of Ibadan, Nigeria. 1996 – 2000
Bachelor of Science: Management and Economics.