Sarah Phillips Collins

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Acting Associate Chair of Luxury and Brand Management at Savannah College of Art and Design

Atlanta, Georgia, United States

Overview

Sarah Phillips Collins is the Associate Chair of Fashion Marketing & Management at SCAD-Atlanta, where she also serves as Acting Associate Chair of Luxury & Brand Management. With an MFA in Fashion from SCAD, she leads curriculum development and faculty mentorship, and has guided student collaborations with brands like BMW, Coca-Cola, and Deloitte.

Beyond her academic roles, Sarah is a freelance designer and owner of C+C Design Factory, a multidisciplinary studio. She expresses her creative passion through freelance costume design for various theater productions, including "Spamalot, " "Chicago, " and "Grease, " and contributes graphic design work to the Industrial Designers Society of America.

In 2020, she created and hosted a limited series podcast called "Fashioning The Pandemic, " where she interviewed fashion industry professionals about how the pandemic changed their businesses.

Personality Overview

Achievement-Oriented

Friendly But Fast

Values Relationships

They will bat for you if they come to believe in you.  A combination of speed and relationship gets the best response from them. They are more likely to accept new and exciting technologies.

Topics They Care About

Luxury Brand Management
Serves as the Acting Associate Chair for this department at SCAD and engages with luxury leaders from companies like LVMH and Hermès to create student opportunities.
Collaborative Innovation
As a SCADPro Professor, she managed student teams on time-sensitive innovation projects for Fortune 500 clients like BMW, Chick-fil-A, Coca-Cola, and Deloitte.
Student Mentorship
Praised by former students for being a great creative mentor, she focuses on shaping the next generation of creative minds through curriculum development and industry partnerships.

Media Appearances

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Work History

9-2024
Acting Associate Chair of Luxury and Brand Management at Savannah College of Art and Design
3-2024
Associate Chair of Fashion Marketing and Management at Savannah College of Art and Design
9-2022 - 5-2024
SCADPro Professor at Savannah College of Art and Design
7-2023
Owner & Designer at C+C Design Factory
8-2022
Freelance Costume Designer at Paideia School

Education

2003 - 2005
Master of Fine Arts - MFA from Savannah College of Art and Design
1994 - 1998
BA from Oglethorpe University

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Insights For Selling To Sarah

During A Call Or A Meeting

DO's

  • Give them control of the sales process
  • Help them visualize the impact of their decision
  • Build a trustworthy relationship while keeping the product center-stage

DONT's

  • Don’t force involvement of other stakeholders unless it is critical
  • Don't make any commitments that you might not be able to fulfill
  • Don’t hesitate from asking questions or pushing them, but take a friendly approach

When Cold Calling

When Writing An Email

While Negotiating & Closing

    The secret to closing fast with Sarah is

  • Relationship and product conviction matter equally, followed by a sense of achievement.
  • Will you ever get a clear answer from Sarah

  • If they are not convinced, they will say no though in a friendly way.

Insights For Deal Planning

    How fast (or slow) will Sarah move?

  • They can make decisions quickly if they develop trust in you and conviction in the product.
  • Can Sarah take some risk or not?

  • If necessary, they will be ready to take risks.

You And Sarah

Personality Compatibility


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