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Vic Garcia

Vic Garcia

Los Angeles, CA, US

 
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About 

My passion is designing interiors so that I may help people’s dreams become a reality. I enhance livable spaces by creating moods for a new experience and lifestyle. I create innovative designs maintaining functionality and adhering to design principles, all while bringing the client’s needs to fruition in every detail.

Employment 

CallisonRTKL, Miami, FL, US, Resource Specialist Assistant

 Sourced the market for trending products for the in-house library, including setting up meetings with product vendors.
 Maintained and kept library fully stocked.
 Supported Interior Designers and Architects on projects with the procurement of products.
 Collaborated with Interior Designers during various phases of projects, including documentation.
 Aided potential clients during project presentations.
 Assisted with the front of the house.

Oct 2007 - Jul 2008
 

Spaces2k, Miami, FL, US, Sole Propietor

 Owned a retail store specializing in 20th century collectable home furnishings.
 Procurement of home furnishings and accessories.
 Offered interior design services for home and commercial spaces.
 Strategized visual displays for optimum sales.
 Prepared all documents for business operations.

Dec 1999 - Nov 2001
 

Raphia Inc, Miami, FL, US, Visual Merchandiser/Floral Designer

 Developed creative merchandising strategies to promote sales revenue.
 Enhanced product with innovative merchandise displays.
 Created stimulating visual displays to draw new and existing customers.
 Created original floral arrangements to enhance visual displays and for customer purchase, and to promote the sales of individual floral stems.
 Organized, unpacked/packed, processed, stored, and labeled new and existing merchandise.
 Inventory control.

May 1997 - Mar 1998
 

Education 

Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA, US. Art History, Associate of Arts, Art History Tranfer

Historical study of the visual arts, being concerned with identifying, classifying, describing, evaluating, interpreting, and understanding the art products and historic development of the fields of painting, sculpture, architecture, the decorative arts, drawing, printmaking, photography, interior design.

Sep 2017 - Dec 2021
 

Santa Monica College, Santa Monica, CA, US. Interior Architectural Design, Associate of Science, Interior Architectural Design

The program applied artistic and functional design techniques to professional planning, design, and furnishing for residential and commercial spaces, as well as for film and television.

Sep 2017 - Jun 2020
 

Areas of Specialization