With a background in film, Ohio native Devon Iott knows what’s pleasing to the eye. However, her career trajectory completely changed when she picked up a seemingly simple part-time job at a craft store, and soon went from being a cashier to a teacher of the store’s curriculum, cultivating a serious passion for sewing along the way. “I thought I wanted to work in the film industry, and then this kind of just happened. I met and became friends with some great people, one job led to the next, and suddenly I was on a different path.” Since then she’s worked in multiple fabric stores and for companies like Singer-Viking-Pfaff sewing machines and Colette Patterns.

Devon now operates as the go-to, get-it-done, check all the boxes doer for Ruby Star Society: she reigns over social media, plans product photography and coordinates special projects with the designers. “I do a lot of different behind-the-scenes things, everything from coming up with kits to putting together catalogues and sometimes even sewing samples.”

Her personality is suited perfectly for the work she does for Ruby Star, keeping the company humming like a well-oiled machine. “I love organizing, and details, and projects,” she says. “I’d say I’m an ‘observer’ personality, where I don’t always need or want to be out front, but I love to keep everything moving in the background.”