Alison Austin

Experience

1. Visual Merchandising Associate

   DICK'S Sporting Goods

   Mar 2019 — Present

   Part of the visual team responsible for merchandising and developing ‘events’ for the Power Aisle and Front End from conception to implementation • Partakes in strategic meetings with the buying team, marketing and visual partners to understand product merchandising needs including fixtures, marketing and other new initiatives • Provides hands on visual merchandising during all floor sets and events • Collaborate and strategizes with internal partners to ensure seamless approach is taken and ensure product strategies are implemented across entirety of DSG Chain • Creates planograms, floorplans and ‘gameplan’ direction that is sent to stores to ensure proper execution across the chain • Ensures all project deliverables and deadlines are met in partnership with direct manager • Understand and analyze merchandise receipts and replenishment for floor sets and sell through

Education

• Columbia College Chicago

  BFA Fine Arts, Fashion Design

  2005 — 2009