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CHANTEL CAMILLERI
Summary
Experienced retail professional with a love of design and a history of working in creative-focused small businesses. Seeking a workplace with a strong identity and purpose that aligns with values. Polite and friendly person with excellent communication and problem-solving skills, comfortable working collaboratively or independently. Excited about the opportunity to work with Perimeter Books.
Overview
25
25
years of professional experience
Work History
Designer, Business Manager, Customer Service
Bon Lux
01.2014 - Current
- Company Overview: Design-lead scented self-care product brand. Website: bonlux.com
- All customer service via email, social media, in person via trade fairs/markets
- Design and product development for a range of scented self-care products
- All branding design, website design
- Design of trade fair stands
- Setting up and working at events, fairs, markets
- Managed production offshore/local of range of products
- All copywriting for social media content, website + advertising
- Establishing and maintaining wholesale accounts local/international
Visual Merchandiser/Customer Service
PRESTON APOTHECARY
01.2022 - 01.2025
- Company Overview: Design retail store.
- Customer service in store and online communication.
- Assisted customers with product selection, and stock availability.
- Weekly visual merchandising of store.
- Developed visually appealing product displays, resulting in increased foot traffic.
- Packed, processed and dispatched online orders.
- Responded to customer requests for products, services, and company information.
- Developed strong product knowledge to provide customer recommendations.
- Assisted customers navigating company website and placing online orders.
- Delivered exceptional customer service to every customer by knowledge of products and services and creating a welcoming, positive experience.
- Maintained a clean, organized retail environment, and clean and tidy stockroom.
Retail Sales Manager
ELK
01.2010 - 01.2014
- Company Overview: Fashion + accessories.
- Customer service via store and email/phone.
- Assisting customers with fashion styling, processing sales.
- Communicating with design team about customer feedback.
- Weekly visual merchandising of retail showroom
- Creation of customer service + visual merchandising manual for retail store.
- Order packing, shipping through Auspost
Designer
Gumboots
01.2006 - 01.2014
- Designer of clothing + accessories ranges for high quality childrenswear labels.
- Creation of 4 fashion collections annually.
- Liaised with pattern makers, production teams offshore and locally.
- Range presentation to wholesale accounts locally.
- Communication with suppliers local + offshore.
- Buying trips to Europe + Asia bi-annually.
- Production checks offshore suppliers.
- Managed multiple design projects simultaneously, ensuring timely delivery within budget constraints.
Designer
Hunter Gatherer
01.2000 - 01.2006
- Company Overview: Streetwear fashion label mens + women.
- Designed 4 ranges of streetwear label produced locally with Ethical Clothing accreditation 'No Sweatshop Label'
- Design from sketch to costings, to production locally.
- Communicated with and maintained good relationships with local suppliers.
- Managed website, created all marketing materials, communication with 2 retail outlets
Education
Advanced Certificate of Arts - Visual Arts
Northern College of Arts
Melbourne, VIC11-2017
Certificate - Visual Merchandising
RMIT Tafe
Melbourne, VIC12-2001
Masters of Arts - Curatorial Studies
COFA College of Fine Arts, UNSW
01.1997
Graduate Diploma - Visual Arts
Sydney College of Arts, The University of Sydney
01.1996
Bachelor of Arts - Visual Arts
Sydney College of Arts, The University of Sydney
01.1995
Skills
- Good understanding and use of Google docs, sheets, shared calendar
- Some experience using Shopify online store
- Current valid drivers licence
- Good understanding and use of Squarespace website
- Content management in Squarespace websites
- Competent use of Adobe Photoshop
- Experience processing, packing and shipping orders via courier and Auspost
- Effective written communication
- Strong spoken communication abilities
- Ability to work well within a team, as well as independently
- Capable, hard working attitude
- Experienced in retail branding and visual merchandising
- Event display, working at events/trade shows/markets
- Digital photo editing
- Content creation
- Creative product display
- Visual merchandising
- Customer service
- Window displays
- Customer experience
Websites
Hobbies and Interests
- I love design, and visit lots of galleries, design bookshops, design websites
- I love retail design, visual merchandising and Interior design
- Travel to Japan and Europe
- Music and cinema
- Cooking and food. Travelling to eat and look at food, photography of food
- Currently improving an 80's cabin in Cape Schanck and growing a native garden
Interests
Timeline
Visual Merchandiser/Customer Service
PRESTON APOTHECARY
01.2022 - 01.2025
Designer, Business Manager, Customer Service
Bon Lux
01.2014 - Current
Retail Sales Manager
ELK
01.2010 - 01.2014
Designer
Gumboots
01.2006 - 01.2014
Designer
Hunter Gatherer
01.2000 - 01.2006
Masters of Arts - Curatorial Studies
COFA College of Fine Arts, UNSW
Graduate Diploma - Visual Arts
Sydney College of Arts, The University of Sydney
Advanced Certificate of Arts - Visual Arts
Northern College of Arts
Certificate - Visual Merchandising
RMIT Tafe
Bachelor of Arts - Visual Arts
Sydney College of Arts, The University of Sydney
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