Carl Furman
123, Ellis Street
Boston, MA, 01234
(123) 456 789

To apply educational background and acquired experience to a challenging position in Visual Presentation Management.

Extensive experience in the implementation and revision of visual presentation standards for a chain of 40 stores, requiring creation and implementation of a visual checklist, visual criteria standardization, conduction of visual audits, imparting of display techniques, creating and writing operational manuals, development of promotional campaigns, costing, purchasing, inventory control, training, enhancement of personnel, and conduction of marketing surveys.

MARK'S GRAFFITI GARAGE
1992-Present

• Revise and implement standards of presentation for a retail chain, consisting of 40 stores.
• Created and implemented a visual checklist, which standardized company wide visual criteria; through utilization by district managers during weekly visits to stores.
• Conduct frequent visual store audits, for the purpose of enforcing visual standards and imparting display techniques to field personnel.
• Design, execute and direct seasonal floor sets with corresponding window displays, requiring communication of updates to field personnel as the flow of merchandise changes.
• Establish and maintain consistency within stores with regard to what, where, when and how merchandise is presented.
• Periodically update and implement window display fixture to maintain consistency with company image.

1990-1992

• Directed, developed and supported a team of 26 store managers and assistant managers for the Pennsylvania Region.
• Trained store management teams to provide customers with a firm conceptualization of company's image, through the development of visual presentation, operational procedures and service skills.
• Provided managerial support and direction for twelve stores, with a cumulative yearly volume of $8.4 million.

EYE OF THE STORM
1988-1990

• Created and wrote an operational manual for a twelve store chain in Pennsylvania and New York which standardized employment and sales policies for 155 employees.
• Revamped a retail computer network by installing inventory controls that produced a substantial increase in revenue.

GENEVA COLLEGE Bachelor of Science Degree, Business Administration, 1987