Hi, I’m
Nidhi Jaiswal
Visual Merchandiser | Manager | Coordinator | Trend Analysis | Window Display | Fashion Styling & Design
United States,FL
The hardest thing when you think about focusing. You think focusing is about saying "Yes." No. Focusing is about saying "No." And when you say "No," you piss off people.
Steve Jobs
Summary
I have transformed my love of fashion and design into a successful career in visual merchandising. Combining my ability to visualize the interaction of color and style with my evolving awareness of market trends, I develop engaging window displays and planograms for different seasons and holidays. I also prioritize continued learning opportunities, utilizing my technical acumen to modernize merchandising strategies.
I excel at understanding customer needs and changing desires, leveraging my hands-on product knowledge to drive sales at multiple locations. As a dedicated, creative leader, I build expert teams and establish relationships across departments to set clear standards and expectations and accelerate innovation through thought sharing. I value communication above all else, so I ensure that I reflect this in all my projects.
I also love to travel to different stores and states, meet new minds, and explore disparate fashion trends. I enjoy flexing my creative skills in my free time by experimenting with makeup, sketching, and acrylic painting.
For my next opportunity, I hope to leverage my past experience to move into a hands-on leadership position in a corporate environment where I can impact key creation and design decisions. Message me through LinkedIn with available opportunities or for more information about my visual merchandising experience.
Overview
5
years of professional experience
6
years of post-secondary education
Work History
Future Group
Visual Merchandising Assistant Manager
04.2021 - 10.2021
Job overview
- Manage and provide direction to the team in order to achieve and execute all major window campaigns, projects, and promotions by deadline.
- Collaborate with marketing department to ensure brand message of all campaigns, signage, and in-store advertising efforts are consistent.
- Coordinated with merchandising department to support release and product allocation dates.
- Support operations by providing and maintaining any and all visual needs and requirements.
- Work with all stores to maintain visual merchandising guidelines and standards.
- Work with vendors for purchasing supplies and project prototyping.
- Designed window and appealing merchandise displays to attract customers to stores, increasing foot traffic by 20%.
- Created instructional kits, campaign storyboards, and merchandising plan-o-grams using Photoshop & PowerPoint.
Future Group
Senior Visual Merchandiser
10.2019 - 03.2021
Job overview
- Consult with advertising or sales staff to determine the type of merchandise to be featured and time & place for each display and increased sales by 40%.
- Enhanced overall store appearance by applying careful consideration to product and display locations and window decorations which leads to 20% more footfall.
- Change or rotate window displays, execute weekly floor moves, merchandising trend runs, sales planners, and mannequin styling.
- Attend training sessions or corporate planning meetings to obtain new ideas for product launches
- Lead Store Managers and Assistant Store Managers to execute and maintain the design and visual strategy
- Performed training to store management and staff on all merchandising standards, proper fixture utilization, and techniques.
- Traveled to market, visited vendors, and assisted buyers with merchandise selection.
Future Group
Executive Visual Merchandiser
06.2018 - 09.2019
Job overview
- Lead the execution of product presentations and displays to ensure merchandising is consistent with the company vision.
- Accountable for visual budgets and updated floor design for 2400 square foot facility to more effectively present products to patrons.
- Traveled across India to launch seasons & new stores.
- Educated staff about coordinating clothing racks and related displays to boost the effectiveness of promotions.
- Restructured company merchandising standards to increase customer traffic and product exposure.
- Efficient and timely execution of Visual Directives follows the monthly visual calendar and executes all updates (both interior and window).
- Arranged consistent shelves, bins, and racks at 90 locations by following established planograms.
- Awarded as "Consider it Done" in 2019 for solely handling the department.
Future Group
Award 'Consider It Done'
Job overview
- Awarded for solely handling the VM department for 5 consecutive months and managed aesthetically pleasing displays to showcase company products and achieved the target of $130000.
- Quickly learned new skills and applied them to daily tasks, improving efficiency and productivity, opened new stores, launched new season, and coordinated communication with merchandise operations and vendors for PO creation and maintenance along with window design.
- Proved successful working within tight deadlines and fast-paced atmosphere
MANGO
Visual Merchandiser/Senior Fashion Consultant
11.2017 - 05.2018
Job overview
- Led entire client shopping experience, putting together ensembles and providing styling tips that were personalized.
- Performed various sales transactions, checked on invoices, prepared special orders, and delivered correct merchandise.
- Researched current fashion trends; competitor activity and made $1200 bill from one customer.
- Shared weekly visual reports and section-wise money mapping.
- Managed implementation and timely execution of all the visual directives and increased L2L by 60%.
Superdry
Retail Trainee/Visual Merchandising
03.2017 - 10.2017
Job overview
- Learn operations, and merchandising, develop my skills, and promote products and services in-store.
- Maintain VM checklist, window standards, and mannequins styling.
- Build and maintained relationships with customers worked independently and with a group to complete tasks and managed projects to maximize profit.
- Managed aesthetically pleasing displays to showcase company products and increase sales.
- Monitored and replenished display inventory and restructured according to available stock.
- Organized store merchandise racks by size, style and color, and observed customer behavior.
Forever 21
Visual Merchandising Intern
06.2016 - 08.2016
Job overview
- Monitored and replenished display inventory and restructured according to available stock.
- Managed aesthetically pleasing displays to showcase company products and increase sales.
- Follow guidelines for mannequins style and window dressing.
- Create Planogram and FTC display as per fashion trends.
- Developed merchandising strategy to efficiently move overstock.
- Create & maintain focal points, category displays, and theme-wise displays
- Project made on customer behavior.
PUMA Group
Store Management Intern
01.2016 - 02.2016
Job overview
- Learn operations and increased sales by offering advice on purchases and promoting additional products.
- Handled problematic customers and clients to assist lower-level employees and maintain excellent customer service.
- Develop basic merchandising skills, and observed customer behavior.
- Interacted well with customers to build connections and nurture relationships.
- Promoted customer loyalty and consistent sales by delivering friendly service and knowledgeable assistance.
- Used POS system to enter orders, process payments, and issue receipts.
Education
FOOTWEAR DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTENOIDA, INDIA
MBA from Retail Management & Fashion Merchandising
08.2015 - 07.2017
Fashion Institute of TechnologyNew York, NY
Certificate from Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator
03.2022
University of DelhiNew Delhi, India
Bachelor of Commerce Degree from Commerce
07.2010 - 06.2014
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of IndiaNew Delhi, India
Information Technology Training Course Certificate from Information Technology
02.2013
Skills
- Visual Merchandising
- Window Display
- Merchandising
- Trend Analysis
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- New Store Openings
- Design Visualization
- Inventory Management
- Design Strategies
- Fashion Styling
- Flexible and Adaptable
- Collaboration
- Decision Making
Availability
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Timeline
Visual Merchandising Assistant Manager
Future Group
04.2021 - 10.2021
Senior Visual Merchandiser
Future Group
10.2019 - 03.2021
Executive Visual Merchandiser
Future Group
06.2018 - 09.2019
Visual Merchandiser/Senior Fashion Consultant
MANGO
11.2017 - 05.2018
Retail Trainee/Visual Merchandising
Superdry
03.2017 - 10.2017
Visual Merchandising Intern
Forever 21
06.2016 - 08.2016
Store Management Intern
PUMA Group
01.2016 - 02.2016
FOOTWEAR DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE
MBA from Retail Management & Fashion Merchandising
08.2015 - 07.2017
University of Delhi
Bachelor of Commerce Degree from Commerce
07.2010 - 06.2014
Award 'Consider It Done'
Future Group
Fashion Institute of Technology
Certificate from Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India
Information Technology Training Course Certificate from Information Technology
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