Carrie A. Johannessen #917-575-5189
avenueCnyc.com avenueCnyc@gmail.com
Creative Presentation and Fashion/Home Expert Stylist
Exceptional traits
¨ Creative Interior/Window Design and Styling
¨ Styling of home décor, mannequins and people
¨ Concept design (I’m the best)
¨ Resourcing (props/people/product)
¨ Being charming (I love people, looking good and smiling)
¨ Time management
¨ Cross department partnerships
¨ An Ego that loves everything to be great and right
¨ Following the rules
¨ Indigo Specialist- creator of numerous handmade fashion lines (sold-out!)
Present & Past
Boutique and Online Store Owner
Italian Leather Goods, Vintage and Furniture
¨ SALES-instore and online
¨ Self-run and designed
¨ Buyer and curator of all Italian leather, hosiery, vintage clothing and accessories
¨ Furniture sales and design
¨ Window/Interior design
¨ Hospitality- instore sip and shops, pop-ups across the NEC (NYC, Newport RI, Boston MA.) with much success
¨ Personal shopping and styling
¨ Winner of “best windows” numerous times
¨ Special orders for groups and individuals
Ralph Lauren-20 years (Creative/Marketing Director)
¨ Interior and window concept design
¨ Globally followed directives
¨ Home, kids, men’s and women’s fashion
¨ Visual merchandising instore and windows
¨ Showroom & live fashion show styling
¨ Set design- windows and interiors
¨ Marketing and events
¨ Assist in buying and planning with partnering teams
¨ Manage budget, corporate team and freelancers
¨ Travel Internationally for new store openings/special events and training
Nike- 1 year
Senior Director of Marketing, Visual Merchandising and Styling
¨ Responsible for marketing, visual merchandising, display and styling
¨ Oversaw a 24-hour team of 500+
¨ Curate the experiential marketing, I.E. customer friendly basketball courts/running/ball pens, custom design etc.
¨ Education/training
¨ Directed/Hosted major celebrity shoe and clothing launches
Freelance
Flow Wine Group
¨ Tasting host with wine and spirits
¨ Certified in food and wine hospitality
¨ Sales
Alex Mill
¨ Window and interior design
¨ Merchandising and styling
¨ Product placement and brand development
Chanel
¨ Window and interior design
¨ Visual merchandising
¨ Fashion styling of clothing, jewelry and accessories
Meridith Baer-Staging Homes
¨ Propping and staging to appeal to buyers
¨ Planning trucking, deliveries and setup
¨ Successful visual outcome
NYC Film Industry-New Amsterdam
¨ Propping
¨ Placement
¨ Continuity
Van Wick and Van Wick-Project Manager
¨ Planned and executed events
¨ Propped, designed and provided requested services
¨ Directed events from start to finish with success
Education
¨ Palm Beach Atlantic, Berkeley and FIT
¨ Core Pilates Instructor
¨ Feng Shui- New York Open Center
¨ Life-Global