Andrew Forrest

Act as a front line customer service representative for H&M customers. Maintain sales floor and stock levels. Merchandise sales floor to corporate directive. Basic retail sales register and POS duties.

Assistant to the General Manager and Head Designer. Wrote and created press releases, newsletters, and marketing material for RubAddiction. Secured coverage for RubAddiction on blogs and pertinent news outlets. Translated website from German to English.

Developed a lesson plan for S.E.A. semester at sea. Wrote a Power Point and lesson plan for a three day “Eutrophication” module. Created written assignment prompts and rubrics for module.

Assisted the Senior Account Executives at Nike with the Luxottica Luxury Eyewear and Panerai Watches accounts. Prepared weekly, monthly, and quarterly reports to track media placements. Pitched media outlets with stories for our clients and secured placements. Compiled and updated media and V.I.P. lists for special events and press releases.

Cultivated and maintained a high end clientele list for women's designer ready-to-wear. Managed Gucci inventory, including the seasonal buy, re-orders, and cancellations. Helped process end of month reports for Gucci business. Acted in a key holder position and supervised three other employees when senior management was not in the store.

Tracked and analyzed line performance and maintained buy for best sellers resulting in Gucci achieving their annual sales goal of $700,000. Maintained high-end clientele list resulting in gross business of $900,000. On-boarded and helped train new sales associates in designer RTW department. Provided impeccable customer service to Saks Fifth Avenue clients and customers.

Achieved Theory’s sales goal for the first time in two business quarters. Processed weekly department activity reports for Theory corporate offices. Acted as a liaison between Theory Corporate and Saks Fifth Avenue.

Merchandised floor to uphold Theory visual directive. Received training in suit cuts and fabrics per Theory standards. Recruited by Saks Fifth Avenue based on performance.

Sales associate in the American Designer department of the San Francisco flagship store. Assisted customers in wardrobing and image consultation.

Sold admission tickets to the John Steinbeck museum. Merchandised and organized museum bookstore and stockroom. Achieved top museum membership sales in 2004.

Helped create one of the gallery's first digital catalogue of paintings, photographs, and sculptures.

Acted as archive assistant. Helped catalogue and classify manuscripts, books, ephemera, and other miscellaneous items, at the John Steinbeck Museum.

Interviewed key community leaders and grant recipients from the Community Foundation. Pitched articles to local print media outlets and secured coverage.

Nine month study abroad program that focused on German and European history and culture.

My degree focused primarily on the uses and gratifications that people derive from media, as well as the effectiveness of non-verbal communication through advertising and viral marketing images.