I am a retail director and brand builder working in the arts and design industries. My work has been in product procurement and development, managing business operations, developing new sales channels, providing creative direction, managing events and exhibitions, and leading employees.
I grew up in Prince Edward Island, Canada. In 1995, I emigrated to the US and spent four years living between New Orleans and PEI while pursuing a career in music and making art. In 1999 I moved to New York, soon after landing a job at Moss, a big, brightly-lit and engaging design shop and gallery in Soho. Through working closely with Murray Moss as Product Manager for ten years, I found myself at the epicenter of the world of contemporary design. I worked with the great Moss team on many installations and exhibitions that the gallery presented in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, and Milan. Moss was a design mecca for many artists, designers, curators, and educators, and much of the work it fostered found its way into museum collections worldwide.
When the Moss store closed in 2012, I became Director of Retail and Product Development for the Museum of Sex, stewarding a change in the curation and positioning of the MoSEX Shop. I set up a program of artist and manufacturer product launches and collaborations, in-store pop-up shops, and gallery-like presentations. Through the next two years I revamped the store website, added new sales channels and clientele, and directed a renewal of the branding language for the Museum shop.
From 2014-2023 I worked with Ameico, an importer and distributor of 20th and 21st century design products. At Ameico I lead the sales team, I was the US Brand Manager for Izipizi, a Paris-based producer of reading glasses, and I was the director of the Ameico retail store and gallery located in the historic 1917 SNET Telephone Exchange Building of New Milford, CT.
Today I am involved with multiple designers, brands, artists, and industry professionals offering sales advice, creative direction, and general brand positioning strategies.
I grew up in Prince Edward Island, Canada. In 1995, I emigrated to the US and spent four years living between New Orleans and PEI while pursuing a career in music and making art. In 1999 I moved to New York, soon after landing a job at Moss, a big, brightly-lit and engaging design shop and gallery in Soho. Through working closely with Murray Moss as Product Manager for ten years, I found myself at the epicenter of the world of contemporary design. I worked with the great Moss team on many installations and exhibitions that the gallery presented in New York, Los Angeles, Miami, and Milan. Moss was a design mecca for many artists, designers, curators, and educators, and much of the work it fostered found its way into museum collections worldwide.
When the Moss store closed in 2012, I became Director of Retail and Product Development for the Museum of Sex, stewarding a change in the curation and positioning of the MoSEX Shop. I set up a program of artist and manufacturer product launches and collaborations, in-store pop-up shops, and gallery-like presentations. Through the next two years I revamped the store website, added new sales channels and clientele, and directed a renewal of the branding language for the Museum shop.
From 2014-2023 I worked with Ameico, an importer and distributor of 20th and 21st century design products. At Ameico I lead the sales team, I was the US Brand Manager for Izipizi, a Paris-based producer of reading glasses, and I was the director of the Ameico retail store and gallery located in the historic 1917 SNET Telephone Exchange Building of New Milford, CT.
Today I am involved with multiple designers, brands, artists, and industry professionals offering sales advice, creative direction, and general brand positioning strategies.