
Freelance Writer, Editor and Photo Shoot Producer
Hartford, Connecticut Area

Freelance Writer, Editor and Photo Shoot Producer
Hartford, Connecticut Area
(Apparel & Fashion industry)
January 2009 — Present (7 months)
(Privately Held; Apparel & Fashion industry)
October 2007 — January 2009 (1 year 4 months)
(Apparel & Fashion industry)
December 2006 — September 2007 (10 months)
Show Producer: CLEAR, Sole Commerce
Produce two biannual fashion trade shows.
Responsibilities include: screening potential designers for all ENK women’s trade shows (Fashion Coterie, Accessory Circuit, Intermezzo Collections, Sole Commerce, CLEAR); attending European trade shows to cull new talent and forecast trends; negotiating contracts; maintaining budgets; developing growth strategies and marketing and public relations strategies; merchandising show floor and conceptualizing overall show design; maintaining exhibitor and retail relations; managing show staff and labor.
(Public Company; 51-200 employees; Publishing industry)
September 1997 — December 2006 (9 years 4 months)
Fashion Director: Footwear News, WWD Ultimate Accessory Guide
Managed the fashion department of weekly trade footwear publication and produced footwear pages of biannual consumer magazine. Responsibilities included: accessory and apparel market work; creative direction and concept development of all fashion and feature photo shoots; prop and wardrobe styling; photographer, model, stylist, artist and location selection for all photo shoots; creating and maintaining budgets; writing all fashion copy and headlines; writing and producing monthly fashion column, “Fashion Desk;” attending and reporting on worldwide trade shows and ready to wear collections; overseeing design and production of fashion pages and covers.
1991 — 1995