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Jen Kates

The Jackie Smith Group | Consultant
About Jen
Jen is the Founder and Creative Director of Postobello, a global lifestyle brand that was launched in 1994 and became a favorite among Hollywood’s A-list celebrities. Postobello’s offering of home furnishings and accessories sold worldwide through licensing platforms that created availability in nearly 2000 stores and exceeded $160 million in retail sales.
Jen has been featured in publications and television shows including but not limited to ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST, ELLE DÉCOR, VERANDA, HOUSE BEAUTIFUL, IN STYLE, HGTV and STYLE NETWORK. Jen’s extraordinary talents make her a valuable asset for The Jackie Smith Group. Her meticulous attention to detail propelled her to design and oversee product development of hundreds of products while conceptualizing and implementing manufacturing and merchandising.
Further, her innate ability to overhaul and improve living environments made Jen a go-to interior designer for her celebrity clients which also led to an elite residential real estate staging division that added significant value to numerous homes on the market with immediate sales results. Discovering, recreating and enhancing the homes of her clients has always been Jen’s passion, it’s paramount in her background and is the focus of her work with The Jackie Smith Group.