Katie Topel

Major: Apparel, Merchandising, and Design
Company/Organization: Coach Outlet
Company/Organization website: http://www.Coach.com
Destination: Johnson Creek, Wisconsin
Timeframe: Summer
Advisor/Coordinator Email: annthye@iastate.edu

Responsibilities

* Assessed weekly reports in order to fulfill merchandising needs and properly showcase key items * Collaborated with cross functional team members to develop individual action plans for each store * Created monthly floor sets for rollouts, updated stores with merchandising documents, and styled mannequin

Accomplishments

My greatest accomplishment was setting up an entire floor set for the store by myself. I got to work with corporate to improve the stores visuals.

What advice would you give?

Push your limits within your experience. Ask for more responsibilities, so that you can learn and grow.

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