Skye Mina has over 7 years of experience in retail management and merchandising for brands like Triyoga, Hollister, and Abercrombie & Fitch. She graduated from Istituto Europeo di Design with a degree in fashion design and a special mention of honor. Her experience includes visual merchandising, inventory management, hiring and training staff, and ensuring compliance with brand standards. She is seeking a creative role where she can apply her management skills and motivation in a fast-paced environment.
1. Skye Mina
Work Experience
August 2015 – Present triyoga Camden / Soho / Chelsea
Retail assistant
- I work throughout all three triyoga’s under a retail manager and alongside one
other retail assistant
- On a daily basis I work alone visiting at least one triyoga centre
- Liasing with events manager and providing the necessary books, DVDs for
necessary workshops and or events being held at triyoga
- Visual merchandising
- Receiving / Placing orders
- Communication with various suppliers (Lululemon, Nike, ect)
- Liasing with finance
- Admin work / invoicing
- Overseeing / delegating tasks to retail volunteers
March 2015 – June 2015 Lord & Vella
Internship at LORD & VELLA Interior Design, Sourcing, and Acquisition
- I worked in an office alongside 2 others
- Meeting clients expectations while participating with my creative input
- This included site visits/project management
- Liaising with clients/contractors
- Purchase orders/ following up with various client orders and shipments
July 2013 – December 2014 Hollister/Gilly Hicks Regent Street
Store Manager at Hollister/Gilly Hicks Regent Street
Turnover: 2013 £20M
Store Experience
- Managing a team of 5 assistant managers and to deliver excellent customer
service, executed via a headcount of over 700 full and part time associates in both
stores; Gilly Hicks and Hollister Regent Street
- Managing all cashwrap procedures/opening/closing/deposits
- Recruiting and training new managers on company/store procedures and policies.
- Develop talent by recruiting managers and training them during their MIT, which
2. result in their promotions to assistant managers. Performing career development
plans for the assistant managers
Impact/Merchandise systems
- Managing the replenishment of stock to sales floor, ensuring the merchandise
displays are adhering to company standards, preparing sales floor and stockroom
for Director and CEO visits, as well as managing of a team of 100 associates and 6
managers
- Performing floorsets/updates/overnight shifts to company standard
- Managing all shipment shifts. This is included overseeing shipment arrival,
unpacking and sensoring. As well as backstock, making space by shifting in
stockroom and bay maintenance
2012 – 2013 Abercrombie & Fitch London
Assistant manager at Abercrombie & Fitch London
Turnover 2012 £22M
Recruiting and Training
- Recruitment of staff to fit headcount/ holding all interview sessions
- Managing all paperwork and training sessions for new associates weekly
Scheduling
- Creating schedule for all associates based on budget hours provided by home
office
- Adhering those hours to the +900 associates availability
Visual
- Ensuring that visual merchandising processes are followed accurately, including
merchandise fullness, forms, marketing and protecting the brand by following set
standards throughout the store.
- Managing team of 3 leads and +60 associates of visual team
- Conducting wash & wear updates
- Being present for CEO preparation and visits
2011 – 2012 Abercrombie & Fitch Madrid
MIT / Manager in Training graduate program at Abercrombie & Fitch
Madrid
Assistant Manager
- Store opening
- Passing through all departments within the store (store
experience/visual/recruiting and training/merchandise/overnight/scheduling)
- Successfully graduating MIT program I was promoted to assistant manager in the
store experience department with the responsibility of recruiting and training as
well
3. 2009 - 2011
Internship with LevenHigh fashion house
(Madrid)
- Working with pattern making/design
- Research and using creativity to create garments for the clients expectations
- We worked on various collections for prestigious designers including Jesus del
Pozo
While working with LevenHigh, I realized my final year thesis-
The SKYELINE Project. This was a collection of 23 Prom dresses. To publicize the
SKYELINE label, I collaborated with the American School of Madrid to stage a multi
media event. I designed the collection and also created and produced the entire audio-
visual show. This involved managing 60 students split into 4 individual teams over a
period of 9 months. The entire show/collection earned a Mention of Honour from IED, in
addition to earing all the participants CAS hours for their International Baccalaureate
August 2009 – January 2010
English teacher at Bolingen Institute
(Madrid)
- Teaching groups of young children aged (5-9) English
July - August 2009
Lola advertising agency
(Madrid)
- Creative input for different clients and briefs/brand research
2008 - 2010
Aupair
(Madrid)
Education
2007 - 2011
Istituto Europeo di Design - Fashion Design
Graduated with a special mention of honor.
(Spain)
- I attended this school without knowing the Spanish language and graduated fully
bilingual
2005 - 2007
American School of Madrid
(Spain)
2001 - 2005
International School of Prague
(Czech Republic)
4. 1998 - 2001
American International School of Johannesburg
(South Africa)
1991 - 1998
Lincolnwood Elementary School Evanston, Illinois.
(USA)
Personal Statement
I have a degree in Fashion Design from IED; where I earned myself a mention of honor
for my thesis project. I am fluent in Spanish and English and can hold my own in French.
I was a part of opening the Abercrombie&Fitch Madrid flagship, and managed over 700
associates in the London flagships. While I really enjoyed management (especially in
stores as big and exciting as A&F and Hollister/Gilly Hicks in Regent street) I need to be
involved in a more creative endeavor, where I can motivate and generate business while
creating a fun hard working environment.
I have a diverse, international background; Due to my fathers job as a creative director in
advertising, I have lived in 7 countries on 4 continents so far. This had made me dynamic,
great with people, and adapting to all kinds of situations. I thrive on new cultures and
experience.
I love being exposed to new ideas and new people, and fast paced environments. I’m
constantly creating things and I’m particularly good in creative groups. My ideal job
would be one that involves a creative challenge, people management and lots of group
work.
Personal Information
1A Bethwin Road, Flat 4
SE5 0SJ
London, UK
skyemina@gmail.com
+44 7850675766
Date of birth: October 27th, 1988
Place of birth: Toronto, Canada
Nationality: French - American
Languages
English
Spanish
French (conversational)