more about our great staff
Alex: With a long history at Joelle's, Alex is both the store and merchandising manager. Alex assists Joelle with all of the buying decisions and is responsible for the store merchandising and the window displays. Alex wears many hats! She is extremely talented and creative and is an integral part of Joelle's business. Alex has an Honours BA in Fine Arts from Western University.
Aimee: You will find Aimee assisting Jeff with the men's store on a regular basis as well as being a dedicated member of Joelle's team. Aimee works hard at merchandising in the kids' section, doing returns and receiving, and assisting her customers. Her tasks are endless! Aimee balances it all along with being a wonderful mom and a conscious recycler!
Linda: After managing Riverside for many years, Linda joined our sales team as a full time employee and brought with her much expertise and enthusiasm. She is guaranteed to make you laugh and to make you look good, all at the same time. Linda is a wonderful mentor for all of the girls and is responsible for our co-op students. Her dedication and hard work is much appreciated.
Robyn: With her experience as a flight attendant and Degree in Psychology from Western University, Robyn brings a lot to our sales floor! Robyn's responsibilities include special orders and special gift-wrapping. She is more than happy to work private appointments. Her genuine love of people and clothing is an asset to our team!
Vicki: Our dedicated commuter from Brantford continues her hectic pace of working, kids and golf! Vicki is extremely reliable and has been with Joelle's for many years. As golf season comes to an end, we get her in the store more often. Vicki's past corporate retail management experience helps us to keep organized!
Lindsay: Lindsay keeps us all on our toes! She started as a co-op student several years ago, has now completed her University education and has the best spirit and enthusiasm we've ever seen!
Danielle: What can we say about Danielle? A dedicated, hard working fashionista, who is pretty much working full time while also attending teacher's college!
Chris: We are very excited to have Chris as a part of our team. Chris owned Athena Gallery in Mapleview Mall for eight years – she is an accomplished and successful retail sales professional and entrepreneur with much experience in our industry.
Laura: You'll see Laura on the weekends. Her skills are in graphic design and she has a good eye for fashion! She keeps the fitting rooms in order on those crazy Saturdays!
Amy: An English teacher at Waterdown High School, Amy will be working evenings and weekends at Joelle's. Find her in the jean section on Saturdays! Amy brings with her much experience from many aspects of retail and service. You may remember her from Emma's Backporch!
Heidi: One of the first employees of Joelle's, Heidi has retired from being a dental hygienist and is back at Joelle's! We are thrilled to have her. Her daughter, Katie, put in her time as a co-op student and will be back from University to help out the odd weekend.
Sue: Our newest full-timer, Sue, has come to us from Gymboree. We look forward to having Sue's expertise in the kids' and maternity section, as well as in the rest of the store. We can tell she will fit right in!
Rachel: Rachel has also completed a co-op placement and fits us in between school and cheerleading!
Absent from the PHOTO: Stylish Amanda will be starting out this fall as she also makes her way through teacher's college. Paige is happily working in Toronto at the Gladstone Hotel in her field of event planning. She will be back now and then to help out! Tammy will be having her first baby in October!!! And Audrey has just announced that she is pregnant with number two!
Plus: Margaret (our bookkeeper), Dave (of Whalesongs) and Joan (Joelle's mom, who continues to make the awesome gift bags), all work behind the scenes to complete the great mix!