GHOWS TARZI 

                               

P O Box 1050 • Branford, CT 06405 • 203/687-5010 • thegaus@aol.com

 

WORK EXPERIENCE:          

 

ICI NORTH, INC., East Haven, CT

                   President of Point-of-Purchase Display Company, 1998 - Present

·        Opened a P.O.P. company where I designed and manufactured displays for Maybelline, Duane Reade, Ulta, Bourjois, Urban Decay, Hard Candy, Conair, Bed, Bath and Beyond, Tony & Tina etc.

·        Liaison between the company and the client, maintaining and developing customer relationships and sales

·        Managed several national accounts 

 

P.O.P. Displays, Queens, NY

V.P. Creative, 1998

·        Designed displays Monet, Hanes, Maybelline, Elizabeth Arden and Ulta accounts

·        Brought in Maybelline, Elizabeth Arden and Ulta accounts

·        Helped transform Ulta 3 to Ulta with a new prototype store

·        Worked on Wal-Mart Millennium Display

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dauman Displays, New York, NY 10001 

V.P. Creative Designs, 1984 - 1998

·        Designed domestic as well as international displays

·        Managed and designed for several national accounts 

·        Created award winning displays for Boots No. 7, Sears Circle of Beauty, Gillette, Michael Jordon, Sony PlayStation, etc.

·        Won multitude POPAI awards

·        Won Popai best in show for Gillette Sensor Display

·        Worked my way up to V.P. Designs and Creative after starting as a model maker then creative engineer, then designer and sales.

·        Responsible for keeping Dauman UK open by submitting winning design for Boots No 7.  Oversaw project while living in England.

·        Designed, engineered and sold all injection molded multi-million dollar job for Sears Circle of Beauty which was the first concept of a store within a store.

·        Assisted in Borghese’s launch when they separated from Revlon

·        Instrumental in bringing Elizabeth Arden to Dauman and maintaining relationship with them at POP

·        Invented universal pusher system for Ulta 3 with springs behind pushers

·        Represented company during sale negotiations to Everbrite, Inc.

·        Continued working as V.P. for Everbrite

 

 

 

OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE:

·        Freelanced on projects for Victoria Secrets, Bath and Body Works, and Conair

 

EDUCATION:

School of Visual Arts, New York, New York

 

REFERENCES:  Available Upon request. 

 

To see some of my designs please go to http://gaus212.com/P.O.P.php