First a fan of dogeared jewelry, now its sales director.Not long ago, Dogeared was simply one of Robin Kramer's favorite brands of jewelry jewelry, personal adornments worn for ornament or utility, to show rank or wealth, or to follow superstitious custom or fashion. The most universal forms of jewelry are the necklace, bracelet, ring, pin, and earring. . Now, as the company's new director of sales, it's her career. "The whole thing was very serendipitous ser·en·dip·i·ty n. pl. ser·en·dip·i·ties 1. The faculty of making fortunate discoveries by accident. 2. The fact or occurrence of such discoveries. 3. An instance of making such a discovery. ," Kramer said. "For my birthday last year I decided to give gifts to my family and closest friends. I came across Dogeared for the first time and was blown away by their Make a Wish necklace necklace: see jewelry. . It was simple. It was clean." She bought 20 necklaces from Dogeared at retail in March of last year and gave them to friends at her birthday party at the beginning of June. At the end of the month, in a completely unrelated occurrence, a friend e-mailed her about a job opening at Dogeared. "She said she was with this wonderful company and how it was ready to grow," Kranler said. "When she said the company was Dogeared. I called her immediately. After a phone interview, I knew it was the right fit." After college in Boston Kramer moved to San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden because she fell in love with the city. She stayed for 15 years, working for the Gap, then freelancing for a year. After that, she got a job at an investment banking firm. Then she worked at Williams-Sonoma and Old Navy. Most recently, Kramer worked as the sales and marketing manager at Molly West Hand-bound Books--a high end store founded by her best friend since fifth grade--which makes memory and keepsake journals, wedding albums, and baby books. At Dogeared, Kramer is responsible for attending trade shows, overseeing sales, and hiring. "We have such an incredible base of customers. What I'm doing is creating a bond and learning about them so we can service them better." Kramer lives in Santa Monica Santa Monica (săn`tə mŏn`ĭkə), city (1990 pop. 86,905), Los Angeles co., S Calif., on Santa Monica Bay; inc. 1886. Tourism and retailing are important, and the city has motion-picture, biotechnology, and software industries. . She is a Bikram yoga Bikram Yoga, also known as Hot Yoga, is a style of yoga developed by Bikram Choudhury and a Los Angeles, California based company[1]. Bikram Yoga is ideally practiced in a room heated to 105°F (40.5°C) with a humidity of 40%. instructor and also enjoys hiking. |
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