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Erin Bailey

San Diego

Summary

UX Researcher/Designer and people-first leader adept at problem-solving and collaboration. Committed to supporting the business with the end user in mind.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

District Manager, Operations

Soapy Joe's Inc
11.2021 - Current
  • Monitors and analyzes business data, identifying areas of improvement and developing corrective action plans. Exceeded sales targets for all sites in quarter 2 2023.
  • Collaborates with cross-functional teams to align operations with corporate objectives. Builds positive relationships with site and field leadership.
  • Locate, develop and promote talented employees to cultivate collaborative and hardworking leadership team.
  • Analyzes market trends and customer feedback to develop new strategies for improving operations.
  • Travels to more than five locations per week to manage site performance, managers, and employees. Oversees over 100 team members.
  • Creates and presents training material for new and existing staff to support competency, compliance and business growth.

General Manager

Abercrombie & Fitch And Hollister
06.2016 - 02.2021
  • Collaborated with region’s General Managers quarterly on leadership, team development, visual merchandising, business and company initiatives.
  • Spearheaded region-wide training calls for managers and full-time associates in training.
  • Drove company KPI's, consistently meeting quarterly sales goals. Aligned store team to drive more revenue. Store reached 4 million in sales, becoming highest volume year in 5-year trend and close to store's highest volume year at 4.3 million. Finished quarter 3 at +26% to sales plan during 2020 despite retail closures.

Store Manager

Abercrombie & Fitch And Hollister
02.2012 - 06.2016
  • Led several stores throughout San Diego market ranging from $3 million to $6 million. Oversaw all visual merchandising to align with both company vision and local target customer. Monitored staffing, ensuring scheduling aligns with overall business needs and traffic flow.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Sociology

San Diego State University
San Diego, CA

CareerFoundry
Certificate In UX Design
06.2023

Skills

  • UX Research
  • User Interviews
  • User Personas
  • User Stories
  • Card Sorting
  • Usability Testing
  • Design Thinking
  • Figma
  • Business Leadership
  • Operations Management

UX/UI Projects

E-Wallet App: PlutoPay

Immersion UX Course: CareerFoundry

  • Problem: Design an e-wallet, mobile-app that allows users to easily pay, send and receive money with out a physical card or bank.
  • Research and Process: competitive analysis, user interviews, user persona, user flows, low-mid-high-fidelity wireframing, prototyping, card sorting, usability testing.
  • Solution: Responsive app that securely allows users to easily send money to family and friends. Can sort and filter through transactions, add passes and credit cards to a digital wallet.


Vocabulary App: Word Wise 

Introductory UX Course: CareerFoundry

  • Problem: Design a mobile-app that empowers people to learn new vocabulary.
  • Research and Process: competitive analysis, user interviews, user persona, wireframes and prototyping, usability testing.
  • Solution: Vocabulary app that incorporated flashcards to facilitate testing and learning new vocabulary.

Timeline

District Manager, Operations

Soapy Joe's Inc
11.2021 - Current

General Manager

Abercrombie & Fitch And Hollister
06.2016 - 02.2021

Store Manager

Abercrombie & Fitch And Hollister
02.2012 - 06.2016

Bachelor of Arts - Sociology

San Diego State University

CareerFoundry
Erin Bailey