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VICTORIA VILLARD
victoriaslvillard@gmail.com

Education and Qualifications

FIDM: Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising 2007 - 2008
919 S Grand Ave. Los Angeles, CA

BA Hons. Fashion Visual Merchandising

A commercially focused degree – including Product Development, Marketing, Business and finance modules. An understanding of the economic and cultural elements within the fashion industry is also made key, with emphasis also placed on developing interpersonal skills.

San Francisco Academy of Art 2008-2011
79 New Montgomery, San Francisco, CA, 94103

Major: Visual Merchandising

Foundation Degree: BFA

Employment

THE CENTER FOR ANTI AGING MEDICINE Santa Barbara, CA

Personal Assistant to MD
August 2010 – 2013

Managing and administrating on a daily basis operations for Dr. Janet Hranicky, Ph. D and Dr. Michael Galitzer, M.D Primarily focusing on ensuring that their lives were made as easy as possible. I was to work to a strict schedule and punctuality was essential.

Maintain and administrate all of the clinic’s appointments
Corresponding, reading, maintaining emails on behalf of the MDs
Preparing letters, typing documents from audio or dictation
All Administration work (Handling Files, Taking Phone Calls, Taking Appointment Bookings, Following up on all bookings)
Building and maintain ahealth.com.
Leasing with internal colleagues in regards to day to day duties and supporting them where appropriate
Acting as a representative by attending meetings on the MDs behalf when necessary
Event planning, organizing, maintaining and managing on a monthly basis
Writing reports and executive summaries of new products on the market which may be of interest to clients.

Banana Republic San Francisco, CA

Visual Merchandiser-Women’s and Men’s Clothing
November 2008 – July 2010

Adhere to all typical day/week/stock guidelines
Control visual budgets
Maintain an organized and clean visual room. Ensure all tools are maintained
Adhere to all company safety guidelines
Uphold all company policies and procedures
Sales Associate for non-apparel with cashier experience.

ClearView Media Group London, England
London’s Largest Events Company

Visual Manager
2007-2008

As Visual Manager of ClearView Media I was responsible for organizing and overseeing design of all promotional material that was distributed by over 100 employee’s and through other media’s such as newspapers, billboards etc.
As well as overseeing design of promotional material my main role at ClearView was to arrive at the venue in which they were holding events and decorate the venue usually to a theme, overseeing over 10 staff. Sometimes decorating venues with capacities of over 3,000.

Working to a deadline.
Ensuring all materials were at my disposal as and when I needed them.
Ordering materials for venues and ensuring they arrived on time.
Ensuring all staff arrived punctually and met their deadlines.
Working within a team.

Pier La Fond Wendy Foster Santa Barbara, CA

Sales Associates
2005-2007

Luxury/high-end retail store. Responsible for maintaining and showing the fine jewelry and clothing. Keeping in contact with all customers to ensure high levels of Client Satisfaction. Worked with the Register, Greeting, closing and opening the store.