Freelancer profile translated to English.

Description

After business school and 10 years in operational marketing in fashion and luxury as a visual merchandising coordinator, I chose to explore a universe where creativity, rigor, and excellence meet. My approach blends art direction and attention to detail with a meticulous selection of high-end papers, with different finishes and textures, to bring to life creations that are both aesthetic, original, and refined. I am committed to offering my clients creations and services that make a lasting impression and enhance their projects.

I am also a paper artist, artisan of art (paper art), I imagine and create unique and tailor-made decorations for events, window displays, and in-store or corporate animations. My expertise also extends to set design.

Each project is a meeting, a story to tell. Let's create unique experiences together, contact me.

Some of my creations:

Chanel Horlogerie-Joaillerie: creation of window display decoration elements + communication/animation objects. Live services in stores.

Chanel Mode: decoration elements for internal events

Chanel Parfums Beauté: development of in-store animation and live services.

Van Cleef & Arpels: animation of in-store workshops

Hermès: creation of a pop-up dummy book for an in-store experience

Roche Bobois: creation, manufacturing, and installation of a window display for Designer's Days, flagship on Boulevard St Germain.

Moncler: creation of client gifts for Chinese New Year, in-store animation

Bulgari: creation of in-store animation concepts. Live service at the La Samaritaine corner

Le19M - Manufactures de Mode: decoration of premises for St Catherine's Day

Industry field of expertise

Languages

German
Fluent
English
Fluent
French
Native or bilingual

Workplace preferences

Can work on-site

Paris (up to 50km), Paris (up to 100km)

Clotilde Gries Paper Artist
Paper creations for events, visual merchandising, set design, scenography
ARTS AND CRAFTS
August 2018 - Today (8 years)
Paris, France
Creation of paper decoration elements for companies: window displays, client gifts, in-store animations, workshops, event decorations...
Art Direction Events Visual Communication Adobe Illustrator Adobe Photoshop
CHANEL France
Visual merchandising coordinator
LUXURY GOODS
August 2014 - April 2018 (3 years and 9 months)
Paris, France
Deploy the VM strategy to subsidiaries (outside France)
 Support local VMs in adapting and adhering to the House's VM guidelines
 Manage suppliers and develop specific tools adapted to the event (from design to store installation)
 Creative recommendations and proposals for retailer events and animations
 Product zoning to ensure an optimal customer experience and highlight collections in line with the overall Marketing strategy
 Monitor POS material stock
Visual Identity Marketing Adobe Photoshop Visual Communication
Lacoste
International travel retail coordinator
FASHION AND COSMETICS
July 2011 - July 2014 (3 years and 1 month)
Paris, France
Ensure the deployment of the TR strategy and contribute to sales development
 Supervise order processing to ensure optimal customer support
 Define product assortment twice a year by point of sale type
 Budget monitoring, objective setting with management control, sales forecasting
 Close collaboration with VM for the development of sales support tools: creation of a book, training of sales staff on VM tools, travel throughout Europe
 Showroom sales
 Professional press relations management: define press budget, create media plan, manage press and POS tools with the graphic designer, write press releases
 Trade show organization: project manager for stand design and manufacturing, selection of key products, press conferences on the stand
Marketing Visual Identity Press Relations Events visual merchandising