MICHELE DEVINE

• Proactively assist CEO/Owner at home, in office, and at the plant nursery in a flexible and thorough manner.
• Due to the effects of the Palisades Fire closing PCH to Malibu, my employer has reduced staff hours.

Assist CEO/Owner in managing and maintaining 20 private residential estate properties in Malibu

• Provide various levels of services based on clients’ needs
• Create house manuals for both principles and house guests
• Oversee maintenance and renovations
• Weekly inspection of multiple properties systems with alerts to CEO of issues
• Create pre-arrival and post-departure pass-fail checklists
• Hotel-like detailed arrangement of environments
• Source and Manage vendors
• Review and maintain inventory
• Car maintenance; careful transportation of automobiles. I am a trusted driver
• Concierge services.
• On the spot handyman fixes

Assist both CEO and VP of a small entertainment media production company in BH office // Assist CEO and wife at residence. This is an all-in 24/7 position managing various responsibilities:

RESIDENCE:

• Source, hire and manage domestic staff, contractors, vendors
• House maintenance and renovations
• Source products and services
• Restock home inventory
• Car maintenance
• Health Regimen: Prepare meals, supplement routine
• Personal shopping: Gifts, Grocery, Personal Items
• Selling high-end furnishings
• Inventory and Organizations of multiple storage units
• Organizing house and reducing clutter

OFFICE:

• I take direction from the CEO in Beverly Hills and VP/Head of creative in London
• Calendar
• Travel and accommodations
• Communications with entertainment agencies
• Location scouting for productions
• Maintain contacts and CEO inbox with alerts for urgent priorities
• Provide timely reminders
• Develop office systems/organization
• Driver for CEO
• Organize lunches; greet and serve during meetings
• Keep office inventory stocked

Assist two celebrity clients (superstar musician and actress/artist). Position ended when they left the state after the Woolsey Fire.

• Managing residential projects and organizing spaces
• Online sales of personal property
• Administrative work
• Errands
• Pet Care; dogs and chickens,
• Longterm property-sitting
• Cook vegetarian meals from their garden
• Hands-on artistic creative projects: Refinishing furniture, repairing leather goods, painting record album artwork

Developed a capsule accessories brand “Corsets & Crops” within The House of Cordero.

• Conceived design direction and designed original fashion accessories for high end market specialty line
• Handmade all samples for sales and editorial.
• Sourced leathers and hardware
• Organized photoshoots
• Photographed all samples
• Created social media posts and PR releases
• Contributed to building the brand website

• Purchased and styled apparel and accessories for private clientele. Organized and decluttered clients’ homes.

Managed the office, home and daily routine of a fastidious former showbiz personality 24/7, including overnights and travel.

• Scheduled personal, medical, and business appointments and kept employer on timely schedule.
• Resourced, scheduled and oversaw service laborers in posh home full of valuable antiques.
• All errands and personal shopping
• Designed and printed custom Christmas cards.
• Checked and updated contact information yearly, keeping abreast of changes with dear aging friends.
• Handled all communications
• Devised and maintained office systems
• Organized office and filing
• Arranged travel accommodations; traveled with employer.
• Shopping and wardrobe styling; laid out fully styled outfits appropriate for the day’s direction.
• Booked entertainment (theater, concerts etc), planned itineraries for dining/entertainment.
• Chauffeured Ms. Conrad and managed the Mercedes tune-up schedule.

Created and hand-made luxury accessories lines for retailers worldwide. Represented by Steven Alan Showroom.

• Created custom commissions for top stylists, fashion magazine editors, retail buyers and celebrities.
• Retailers including:
• Karl Lagerfeld’s Paris Boutique, DKNY flagship store, Harvey Nichols, Fred Segal, Barney’s NYC, Beams Tokyo, Colette Paris, United Arrows HK, Brown’s Focus London, Bergdorf’s, Maxfield, American Rag, Curve LA, Planet Blue, Scoop NYC, and many more worldwide.
• Stylists including: Andrea Lieberman, Patricia Field, Lori Goldstein, Patti Wilson, Brana Wolf, Karl Templer, Camilla Nickerson, Joe Zee, Carine Roitfeld, Tabitha Simmons, Phyllis Leibowitz, Lysa Cooper, Kurt and Bart, Katie Mossman and more.
• Photographers including: Steven Meisel, Steven Klein, David Lachapelle, Mario Sorrenti, Patrick Demarchelier, Ellen von Unwerth, Inez and Vinoodh and more.
• Publications including Vogue, Italian Vogue, Harpers Bazaar, W Magazine, V Magazine, Dutch, Interview, WWD, Nylon, Lucky, Glamour, Teen Vogue and more
• Celebrity clientele including: Jennifer Lopez, Alicia Keys, Jessica Simpson, Janet Jackson, Celine Dion, Britney Spears, Pink, Gwen Stefani, Kelly Osbourne, Steven Tyler, Lenny Kravitz, Lou Reed and many more.
• Productions including: Sex and the City, Entourage, American Idol, Karl Lagerfeld runway show, DKNY runway show, Todd Oldham runway show, MTV Fashion Rocks runway show, Music videos for Nelly (Hot in Here), Willie Nelson, Shakira, Janet Jackson World Tour, Celine Dion LV Show, + more

• Fashion Designer: Donna Karan, Karl Lagerfeld, Isaac Mizrahi, Ralph Lauren.
• Fashion Show Producer: Kevin Krier & Associates