Thursday. Recap.
I confirmed all appointments for Saturday.
Called all the NY Pickups.
Recut some of the swatches because some of the ones that I had cut last week were too small.
Filed Folders
Started making a list of all the styles of sample dresses that needed repairs in the showroom.
LB came to visit, took her on a tour and explained what I had been doing what else I had to look forward to.
Cut swatches for tonal cards to use in determining what colors the belts should be for the customizable gown.
Over the weekend I plan to make an excel file of the dresses that need repairs and finish the tonal card.
Also i am going to work on a mood board and illustrations for my Jenny Yoo Collection.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Tuesday was more or less a day of same old same old activities. I finished filling the swatch bins, I completed some client and whole sale swatch requests. I switched out hangers on dresses and prepared a dozen dresses for a trunk show. I also shredded papers, filed folders and processed orders charging accounts, calling clients to let them know that their dresses were able to be picked up. I got to be the receptionist once again since Nicole is still on vacation. So I got to greet the clients and process the pickups. That is when girls come in to pick up their dresses I got to take care of that. I also sat down with Kate, Alyssa and Kerry and came up with projects for Thursday. Took the mail to the post box (it was a gross disgusting day) Out side of that the day was pretty normal.
Potentially figured out a potential theme for my senior Collection: Carneval but with a modern take. So I got fabric swatches to try and narrow down a color scheme. Also need to work on JY Collection. This weekend I'm going to do my second reading, my draft of the 4-5 page paper, do drawings/color/scan and protentially start flats for the JY Collection and find images/pick colors for my collection. So busy busy, but I am enjoying it. :)
Potentially figured out a potential theme for my senior Collection: Carneval but with a modern take. So I got fabric swatches to try and narrow down a color scheme. Also need to work on JY Collection. This weekend I'm going to do my second reading, my draft of the 4-5 page paper, do drawings/color/scan and protentially start flats for the JY Collection and find images/pick colors for my collection. So busy busy, but I am enjoying it. :)
Friday, July 2, 2010
Today was the big luncheon for which I was running around like a chicken with my head cut off looking for cellophane on Tuesday. It went well. I did a lot of odds and ends today. Filed folders for Chicago orders, continued filling in the attributes file, reformatted it and made it look cohesive. I got to be be the stand in Receptionist because Nicole is on vacation so I did the swatching and I refilled some of the swatches I put the coupons out in the show room, in the client folders and I got to greet the clients and introduce the appointments to the sales team which was nice (helps me work on my people skills) and I got to do my very first two dress pick ups by myself (which was a little nerve wracking and threw me kind of off guard but it shows that I am learning and it was a good refreshing.
Need to talk to Kate and Debra, Frenchy and Rita (kind of want to do some production, product development work) -more design related
-work on collection for JY and work on inspiration ideas and color schemes for my own collection.
Also Jenny said it was ok if I switched tuesday and wednesday in the last week of July.
Work is good. I like the office and it makes me think that if I do ever open my own business i want to be able to see my office as a sort of family the way Jenny treats everyone in her office.
Need to talk to Kate and Debra, Frenchy and Rita (kind of want to do some production, product development work) -more design related
-work on collection for JY and work on inspiration ideas and color schemes for my own collection.
Also Jenny said it was ok if I switched tuesday and wednesday in the last week of July.
Work is good. I like the office and it makes me think that if I do ever open my own business i want to be able to see my office as a sort of family the way Jenny treats everyone in her office.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Did a lot of running errands today.
Refilled the client folders, and did a lot of swatching.
The Jenny sent me on an errand to get Cellophane which is more time consuming than it sounds. Went to the first place (didn't have cellophane so i got tissue paper instead) Didn't work, she really wanted cellophane so I googled a few places went to about 10 more stores which none of them carried cellophane anything. Went back defeated, Jenny called around and finally found a paper place that carried it. Hopped on the Subway and headed to 18th street. Success! I found them, went back and took the mugs that Jenny had ordered and filled them with candy, wrapped them with cellophane and tied them with a ribbon. She liked them which is what matters and I'm glad that I made them appeal to her vision.
That was my day, a lot of running around. However I did learn that a substitute will not always work. If someone wants Cellophane try all the different ways to get them what they want before you try and convince them to use a substitute.
Refilled the client folders, and did a lot of swatching.
The Jenny sent me on an errand to get Cellophane which is more time consuming than it sounds. Went to the first place (didn't have cellophane so i got tissue paper instead) Didn't work, she really wanted cellophane so I googled a few places went to about 10 more stores which none of them carried cellophane anything. Went back defeated, Jenny called around and finally found a paper place that carried it. Hopped on the Subway and headed to 18th street. Success! I found them, went back and took the mugs that Jenny had ordered and filled them with candy, wrapped them with cellophane and tied them with a ribbon. She liked them which is what matters and I'm glad that I made them appeal to her vision.
That was my day, a lot of running around. However I did learn that a substitute will not always work. If someone wants Cellophane try all the different ways to get them what they want before you try and convince them to use a substitute.
Saturday, June 26, 2010
Thursday Marked the half way point (5 weeks, 8 hours that day and 75 hours total)
the day was more full of what I would call busy work than I would have liked but in a way someone has to do it in order for the company to run as smoothly and efficiently as it needs to.
I sat down with my supervisors Kate and Debra and filled out my Learning agreement. We bounced different ideas back and forth of how i could get the best and more varied experience possible. We ended up deciding to engage me in different activities having to do with Design, Business and Marketing or Promoting the Product.
Design: Sketches, and I am going to present to them and Jenny most likely a collection of Bridal and BMs designs at the end of the internship.
Business: Sales and Fittings and observing/ helping out with appointments.
Promotions/Marketing: Photoshoots and looking at magazines etc... that showcase JY designs.
(Also researching different methods of ad. and different venues for photoshoots.)
I entered data into an excel file on the computer, I completed or almost completed several swatch orders including a huge order to our Showroom in Chicago. I also reorganized the showroom, straightened up the dresses, placed them in their proper places by fabric and then arranged them by color. Restocked the bags for NY pickups and created new Tailor Cards which we give to our clients when they pick up their dresses in case they need to have their dress tailored.
That is about the extent of my Thursday. Not as exciting as I would have liked but all good things to do to preserve order in a company.
the day was more full of what I would call busy work than I would have liked but in a way someone has to do it in order for the company to run as smoothly and efficiently as it needs to.
I sat down with my supervisors Kate and Debra and filled out my Learning agreement. We bounced different ideas back and forth of how i could get the best and more varied experience possible. We ended up deciding to engage me in different activities having to do with Design, Business and Marketing or Promoting the Product.
Design: Sketches, and I am going to present to them and Jenny most likely a collection of Bridal and BMs designs at the end of the internship.
Business: Sales and Fittings and observing/ helping out with appointments.
Promotions/Marketing: Photoshoots and looking at magazines etc... that showcase JY designs.
(Also researching different methods of ad. and different venues for photoshoots.)
I entered data into an excel file on the computer, I completed or almost completed several swatch orders including a huge order to our Showroom in Chicago. I also reorganized the showroom, straightened up the dresses, placed them in their proper places by fabric and then arranged them by color. Restocked the bags for NY pickups and created new Tailor Cards which we give to our clients when they pick up their dresses in case they need to have their dress tailored.
That is about the extent of my Thursday. Not as exciting as I would have liked but all good things to do to preserve order in a company.
Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Today was a great day.
I arrived around my usual early time and was put to work right away typing up the company's attributes and the values of those attributes on an excel file format. This will help the sales associates not only in New York but also in Chicago and most likely eventually LA better express the good qualities about every dress they have in their showrooms. this in turn should help sell the dresses and that in turn makes a better profit.
After I finished that task, I helped Jenny begin to clean out her office and on Thursday I will continue to help her organize, I shredded old folders of resumes and papers and paper work that she hadn't looked at in 2 or more years. Reorganizing as she put it will help her to be more efficient and she'll know where everything is once we get rid of all the things that don't need to be in there, we can make room for everything that does need to be within arms reach and that way she will stay better organized, which in turn will make her work more organized and she won't expend energy on looking for things.
I did some typical swatching and filing of papers, as well as creating some new client folders.
Today I did learn something new. I got to charge credit cards for purchases. How one goes about doing that... Is you pull up the bride's account on the computer and depending on if it is a bride or bride's maid that you are charging you view the billing info for the appropriate transaction. Enter the Credit Card number into the machine and the Expiration Date. Then you enter the amount and then it prints, attach it to the sales receipt and if all the clients within the folder have been charged and all cards have gone through the machine fine you place it in the accountants box to be invoiced. However if you are still missing payment from any of the members of the party or someone's card was declined you have to contact them to clear up the issue.
I'm learning a lot and I really like that I'm getting a lot of different sides of the business, from production, to sales, to accounting/billing, to almost secretarial duties and some design aspects as well.
I did show Jenny my designs that I accomplished over the weekend, maybe on Thursday I can ask her what she thought. Also need to ask her about the last week of July and need to sit down with her, Kate and Debra in order to fill out the paperwork for Caz.
I arrived around my usual early time and was put to work right away typing up the company's attributes and the values of those attributes on an excel file format. This will help the sales associates not only in New York but also in Chicago and most likely eventually LA better express the good qualities about every dress they have in their showrooms. this in turn should help sell the dresses and that in turn makes a better profit.
After I finished that task, I helped Jenny begin to clean out her office and on Thursday I will continue to help her organize, I shredded old folders of resumes and papers and paper work that she hadn't looked at in 2 or more years. Reorganizing as she put it will help her to be more efficient and she'll know where everything is once we get rid of all the things that don't need to be in there, we can make room for everything that does need to be within arms reach and that way she will stay better organized, which in turn will make her work more organized and she won't expend energy on looking for things.
I did some typical swatching and filing of papers, as well as creating some new client folders.
Today I did learn something new. I got to charge credit cards for purchases. How one goes about doing that... Is you pull up the bride's account on the computer and depending on if it is a bride or bride's maid that you are charging you view the billing info for the appropriate transaction. Enter the Credit Card number into the machine and the Expiration Date. Then you enter the amount and then it prints, attach it to the sales receipt and if all the clients within the folder have been charged and all cards have gone through the machine fine you place it in the accountants box to be invoiced. However if you are still missing payment from any of the members of the party or someone's card was declined you have to contact them to clear up the issue.
I'm learning a lot and I really like that I'm getting a lot of different sides of the business, from production, to sales, to accounting/billing, to almost secretarial duties and some design aspects as well.
I did show Jenny my designs that I accomplished over the weekend, maybe on Thursday I can ask her what she thought. Also need to ask her about the last week of July and need to sit down with her, Kate and Debra in order to fill out the paperwork for Caz.
Monday, June 21, 2010
Thursday (this marks the 4th week at Jenny Yoo)
I started out the morning putting dresses out on the floor. These dresses had come from other stores or clients. After that I refilled the swatches in the center console which go to clients. This is important because it gives the clients a reference not only of the different colors that they liked but also the different materials that the dresses come in. Therefore it is important to refill the stock because it saves time and energy and presents the company as organized, efficient and thoughtful. After that I sat down with Jenny because she had a special project for me. On Tuesday during the meeting about the photo shoots she had mentioned that she was designing a new wedding gown that clients can customize, she explained it as a plain white strapless with pleats in the bodice, and she wants to create a series of belts that clients can attach to the dress to make it their own but at the same time be more or less unique. So my task was to go out to other stores and look at jewelry, belts, details on clothing for inspiration to create these belts and then over the weekend I am going to sketch out some ideas as well.
After gathering ideas and uploading pictures I listened to messages and took notes. Nicole who is the Receptionist taught me how to listen to the messages on her phone and also we reviewed how to retrieve and package a dress when a client comes to pick it up. She had shown me once before but this time I got to learn how to enter that specific event into the Jenny Yoo computer system which is important because it records the time, date and who picked up the dress in order to prevent confusion or the loss of a dress.
By the end of Thursday I was pretty much just doing normal office activities, filiing invoice folders, post wedding date folders and doing some swatching.
I started out the morning putting dresses out on the floor. These dresses had come from other stores or clients. After that I refilled the swatches in the center console which go to clients. This is important because it gives the clients a reference not only of the different colors that they liked but also the different materials that the dresses come in. Therefore it is important to refill the stock because it saves time and energy and presents the company as organized, efficient and thoughtful. After that I sat down with Jenny because she had a special project for me. On Tuesday during the meeting about the photo shoots she had mentioned that she was designing a new wedding gown that clients can customize, she explained it as a plain white strapless with pleats in the bodice, and she wants to create a series of belts that clients can attach to the dress to make it their own but at the same time be more or less unique. So my task was to go out to other stores and look at jewelry, belts, details on clothing for inspiration to create these belts and then over the weekend I am going to sketch out some ideas as well.
After gathering ideas and uploading pictures I listened to messages and took notes. Nicole who is the Receptionist taught me how to listen to the messages on her phone and also we reviewed how to retrieve and package a dress when a client comes to pick it up. She had shown me once before but this time I got to learn how to enter that specific event into the Jenny Yoo computer system which is important because it records the time, date and who picked up the dress in order to prevent confusion or the loss of a dress.
By the end of Thursday I was pretty much just doing normal office activities, filiing invoice folders, post wedding date folders and doing some swatching.
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