Fashion

Assistant Merchant - RH Baby&Child, RH Teen - Furniture, Lighting

- Build seasonal assortment plans in pre-season development and manage updates throughout season
- Own SKU item set-up and maintenance in partnership with Merchandise Operations team
- Act as the liaison between Merchandising team and Vendors while overseeing vendor set-up, custom orders, replacement part requests and purchase order issues/ updates
- Weekly recap sales & margin performance & participate in financial weekly business review & post mortem each season
- Responsible for researching competitors pricing and retail strategies; execute all price changes in partnership with planning and merchandise operations teams
- Execute floor set updates in partnership with Visual Merchandising and Allocation Teams
- Participate in process of seasonal launches, including product naming, product information, dimensions, web & catalog proofing, packaging, and signage
- Offer input on product assortment strategy and participate in weekly PD meetings
- Manage returns/customer service feedback through salesforce database log

- Built seasonal assortment plans in pre-season development & support assistant merchant with updates throughout season
- Assisted in SKU item set-up and maintenance in partnership with Merchandise Operations team
- Partnered with planning team to place purchase orders on time for newness prior to launch to ensure all product is delivered in timely manner
- Managed all pending customer issues/ replacement part needs in salesforce database log
- Responsible for updating maps for all swatch displays in retail stores, maintained swatch card replenishment quantities
- Participated in process of seasonal launches, including product information, dimensions, web & catalog proofing, packaging, and signage
- Participated in weekly business reviews to gain better financial understanding of business

Merchandise Coordinator - RH Baby&Child, RH Teen - Furniture, Lighting

- Maintained current and up to date line sheets for upcoming and current seasons
- Issued purchase orders to all exclusive brands vendors as well as follow up on expected deliveries, delays, etc.
- Maintained samples process from conception to bulk production as well as detailed library of all previous styles
- Lead daily fit sessions, followed up with detailed fit comments and revisions for each style to vendors
- Measured fit samples and QC all incoming Top of Production samples to ensure spec accuracy for production
- Created design/assortment sheets and gathered design inspiration for upcoming seasons, studied trends to better understand client base
- Participated in Line planning meetings to understand plan & budget quarterly, as well as depths for core & fashion styles

Exclusive Brands Coordinator - Women's

- Created pre-production fit garments, responsible for sketching, spec, and creation of pattern for new designs
- Sketched flat garments and details relevant for production utilized by Byer factories
- Maintained production sample data to ensure garments were shipped within given deadlines
- Measured production fit samples and acted as a liaison between factories and production staff
- Coordinated with merchandisers to maintain updated fabric and trim information for each style
- Checked in new production requests and maintained updated spec packages for production garments

Product Development Engineer- Girls Sportswear & Dresses

- 2nd Place Winner
- Couture gown inspired by the coloring of peacock plumage and the designs of the Late Charles James

Designer

Responsible for fabric shopping and building costumes, assisted in fittings, and made costume alterations

Assistant Costume Designer "The Liar"

- Created three collections: Bridal - five dresses, Children's - five looks, Couture - one look (Bridal- 5 dresses,
- Incorporated corsetry in Bridal and Couture collections, 1920's inspired Children's looks with modern twist

Designer - 1st Place Best Creativity and Design

- Responsible for fabric shopping and building costumes
- Assisted in fittings and alterations

Assistant Costume Designer "Pirates of Penzance"

- Created flat, detailed sketches for each garment in production
- Participated in the ideation and creation of the fall/winter and spring/summer seasonal lines
- Tracked market trends and color stories to provide input into the conceptual development of new lines
- Maintained line sheets, fabric swatch, & trim books to track domestic and export production orders for season collection
- Styled models and assisted in collection photo shoots for upcoming season

Assistant Designer

Find out detailed information about Samantha Armann, Assistant Merchant - RH Baby&Child, RH Teen - Furniture, Lighting in San Francisco, CA

Samantha Armann: Assistant Merchant - RH Baby&Child, RH Teen - Furniture, Lighting in San Francisco, CA

Samantha Armann

Restoration Hardware

Restoration Hardware

Stitch Fix

Byer California

Stanford Shopping Center

Marin Shakespearean Opera

Marin Shakespearean Opera

Berkeley Playhouse

Jessica McClintock, Inc

The Art Institute of California