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Jen Baran

Jen Baran

Boston, MA, US

 

About 

Employment 

Burapha University Thailand, Bangsaen Thailand, Visiting Design Professor

• Facilitate learning through lectures, Individual projects, and group critiques
• Create lesson plans, lectures, projects, quizzes, tests, and readings
• Teach 4 Classes: Interior Design, Architectural 3D Modeling, Graphic Design, and English for the Design Work Place

Jan 2013 - Jul 2014
 

Kerry Hanson Design, New Canaan, CT, US, Design Assistant

• Created floor plans, space plans, and three-dimensional computer models
• Created look books, research trends, organize the materials library, select
materials and furniture
• Learned a new online program, called Studio Webware which creates
proposals, invoices, order forms, time billing, and budget sheets
• Contacted suppliers and vendors to check pricing and com

May 2013 - Aug 2013
 

IIDA Miami University Chapter, Oxford, OH, US, Event Director

• Founded this position
• Developed Lunch and Learn Lecture Series
• Currently, create outlines and conduct presentations on Adobe Creative Suites computer programs and other relevant topics in design
• Coordinate with professionals to come speak to our organization

Aug 2012 - May 2013
 

Catering/Event Planning (multiple companies), Boston, MA, US, Catering/Event Planning

• Took orders and delivered in a fast pace, high stress environment.
• Collaborated with coworkers to ensure the whole production ran smoothly.
• Understand the importance of great teamwork, planning, and execution.

Aug 2006 - Aug 2012
 

Juliette Reid Interior Design, Boston, MA, US, Design Assistant

Summer Internship

• Gave client presentations
• Coordinated with suppliers and venders to make sure that items would be ordered and delivered on time.
• Other responsibilities: created floor plans, space plans, three-dimensional computer models, inventory spreadsheets, researched trends, and organised the materials library.

May 2011 - Aug 2011
 

Education 

Miami University, Oxford, OH, US, BArch, Interior Design

Interior Design Studio 408
Professional Practice In Interior Design (444)
Architectural Materials (417)
BIM Revit (404C)
Environmental Control Systems II (414)
Materials of Interior Design (419)
Building Information Modeling (404)
Furniture Design and Construction (309)
Interior Design Studio 304
History of Interiors (321)
Interior Design Studio 204
Graphic Media IV (214)
History and Philosophy Environmental Design I (221)
Design and Human Behavior (225)
History and Philosophy Environmental Design II (222)
Graphic Media III (213)
Principles of Environmental Systems (212)
Interior Design Studio 203
Jewellery Design and Metals I (264)
Graphic Media II (114)
Architectural Design Studio II (102)
Graphic Media I (113)
Architecture Design Studio I (101)
Drawing AP Credit

Aug 2009 - May 2013
 

Lorenzo de Medici School, Florence, Italy, Study Abraod

Fashion Design I
Fashion Drawing
Apparel Dev II
Video Producution

Aug 2011 - Dec 2011
 

Duxbury High School, Duxbury, MA, US, High School, General Education

General Education
Drawing and Painting
Drawing and Painting AP (2 years)
Traditional Photography
Fashion Design
Jewellery Design
Interior Design
Ceramics
Graphic Design

Sep 2005 - Jun 2009
 

Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), Providence, RI, US, Pre-College Summer Program

Pre-College Interior Design Program

Interior Design
Figure Drawing
Graphics

Jun 2008 - Sep 2008
 

Awards 

Department of Architecture and Interior Design Scholarship, Scholarship

Scholarship awarded for my portfolio, for all four years at Miami. 2009 - 2013

2009
 

Areas of Specialization 

Skills