Highly creative and commercially-minded individual with a world class academic background and diversified business experience gained with blue-chip global corporates and start-ups, combined with a distinctly bustling personality. Currently working as Brand Development Manager in a luxury design house creating bespoke projects for VIPs and UHNWIs.
Managing a broad scope of brand & business development activities of a high luxury design house creating unique pieces for the global elite including royalty and A-list artists in the music, fashion and film industries. The brand has developed bespoke costume designs for pop superstars, interior designs and state of the art interiors for private aviation as well as priceless jewelry pieces and perfumes (14 of them were recognised in the Guinness Book of World Records). Scope of role:
♣ Market Research & Product Development: Conducting thorough industry-specific research on the end-to-end business operations, competitors, manufacturers and suppliers
♣ Partnership Management: Negotiating with partners and managing relationship with stakeholders across Europe
♣ Branding Strategy: o Managing relations with the PR company and Sales agents and developing CI with external vendors
o Investigating opportunities of partnerships with other brands and liaison with celebrities
♣ Business Development: Developing Sales leads through targeted Marketing campaigns and channels
♣ Event management:
o Organising events such as photography shoots and launches, recruiting staff and managing third parties
o Managing logistics of private presentations of the products to clients incl. private houses
♣ Financial Management: Budgeting of manufacturing process and managing the cost sheets
♣ Client Management: Liaising daily with elite clients and managing the clients’ book; coordinating meetings with VIPs
♣ Contract management: Drafting and managing contracts