Paul Ancheta
Visual Merchandising, Gurgaon Haryana India
 
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Contact details
Tel: +91 886-681570
Brief Summary
http://www.paulancheta.com/

I'm an expert in visual merchandising and communication design with international experience in fashion, luxury & lifestyle, food retail, and events.

My passion is designing VM strategies and brand experience initiatives that engage the shopper. I listen to stakeholders and transform their insights into profitable ways of product presentation. Visual identity, ambient media, and writing are three tools I converge to personalize and innovate shopper engagement.

Lots of creative people have great ideas, but lots of these ideas remain only a vision. I design for execution. I bring people together to execute projects, and I delegate for results.

I believe in building communities, both at work and in daily life. I've built cross-cultural teams of visual merchandisers and creative specialists, and I've trained and turned them into exceptional collaborators.

If my expertise or availability doesn't match your requirements, I can refer you to others in the VM community who may be able to help.

Or, we can simply talk about British pop music, an appreciation of South Delhi's diverse residential neighborhoods, and why world peace is inevitable. Let's begin at [email protected].

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Specialties:
Shop design, product display, point-of-purchase, visual identity, ambient media, performing arts, creative writing
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Professional Experience
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Head - Visual Merchandising
Biba Apparels Private Limited
New Delhi, India
January 2014 – Present

Responsible for overseeing visual merchandising strategies for India's most admired ethnic clothing brand.


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Head - Visual Merchandising
Globus Stores Private Limited
Mumbai, India
June 2011 – December 2013

Directed the visual merchandising and communication design experience for India’s premier fashion specialty store chain. Specifically:

• Inspired creative outputs from visual merchandising and brand teams
• Defined roles, templates, and procedures to ensure effective completion of creative outputs
• Partnered with buying, merchandising, store projects, and store operations teams to conceptualize and execute integrated display initiatives


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 Head - Visual Merchandising
Spencer's Retail Limited
Kolkata, India
August 2007 – May 2011

Created and evaluated visual merchandising strategies for India's most evolved chain of clothing, gourmet, food, and grocery stores. Specifically:

• Provided VM directions for marketing, merchandising, and shop design programs
• Led a team of VM managers
• Managed visual merchandising budgets and metrics


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Head - Visual Merchandising
Shoppers Stop Limited
Mumbai, India
June 2006 – July 2007

Managed the visual merchandising department of India's premier chain of department stores. Specifically:

• Redefined and advanced existing visual merchandising processes
• Constructed and implemented VM staff retention plan
• Conducted training sessions for sales teams to educate them on the most effective ways of merchandise presentation, resulting in consistent display at the front lines


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Head - Visual Merchandising
HyperCity Retail (India) Private Limited
Mumbai, India
January 2006 – June 2006

Spearheaded the foundation of the visual merchandising program for the first truly international and real hypermarket in India


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Visual Merchandising Supervisor
Paris Gallery
Dubai, UAE
July 2005 – December 2005

Drove product display and event initiatives for the northern and central territories of the most prestigious luxury retailer in the Middle East. Specifically:

• Upgraded the guidebook of visuals
• Supervised quality control of display installations


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 Visual Merchandising & Communication Design Consultant
Independent Consultancy
Manila, Philippines
January 2005 – July 2005

Controlled design and maintenance of online and other electronic literature for various social and economic development organizations.


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Audio-Visual Volunteer
Bahá'í World Centre
Haifa, Israel
August 2000 – December 2004

Handled visual collection management and events programming. Specifically:

• Arranged visual merchandising presentations for various social activities and special events
• Created promotional literature on electronic media that consistently results in high levels of audience participation for various social events 
• Improved archival processes using proprietary database management systems


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Visual Merchandising & Retail Design Consultant
Paul Ancheta Design
Manila, Philippines
March 1997 – August 2000

Created and executed visual merchandising strategies for various fashion and lifestyle brands and services.


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Advertising & Promotion Supervisor
Triumph International
Manila, Philippines
January 1991 – March 1997

Managed design, budgets, and execution of counter and shop displays for the brand nationwide.


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Display Artist / Senior Display Artist
Triumph International
Manila, Philippines
October 1988 – December 1990

Executed counter and shop display plans for the brand nationwide.
Awards and Recognition
Retail Design Awards
Bangalore, India
2009

Merit certificate for the Spencer's "Taste the World" Visual Merchandising Program as Best Visual Merchandising
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