My objective is to leverage my experience in the preservation and design fields in a role that will help to make New York City and all cities more beautiful, sustainable, resilient, and vibrant places to live.
I am passionate about planning and building sustainable cities and spaces that allow people to create and collaborate. I am looking for the opportunity to join a team that promotes responsible and innovative solutions to existing urban problems.
AppNexus, New York, NY, US, Space Planning & Design Specialist; Senior Facilities Specialist, Manager
• Serving as the project manager and designer for a mid-size (~1000 employees) technology company to design and advise new office build-outs globally according to existing design standards, including 4 in 2015 and 2 in 2017
• Managing creation, production, and installation of environmental graphics for 21 new and existing offices
• Designing and rendering offices in AutoCAD and SketchUp for stakeholder approval during schematic design phases
• Creating and leading the in-office sustainability initiative from an operations and maintenance standpoint
• Managing a team of 2 receptionists in their daily tasks and special projects
• Serving as the project manager and designer for a mid-size (~1000 employees) technology company to design and advise new office build-outs globally according to existing design standards, including 4 in 2015 and 2 in 2017
• Managing creation, production, and installation of environmental graphics for 21 new and existing offices
• Designing and rendering offices in AutoCAD and SketchUp for stakeholder approval during schematic design phases
• Creating and leading the in-office sustainability initiative from an operations and maintenance standpoint
• Managing a team of 2 receptionists in their daily tasks and special projects
Page & Turnbull, San Francisco, CA, US, Cultural Resources Studio Project Assistant
• Researching and writing historic preservation and planning documents of various scopes and sizes such as: Historic Resource Evaluations (HREs), Historic American Buildings Survey (HABS) reports, California Department of Parks and Recreation (DPR) A forms, memorandums, etc.
• Producing original graphics for a broad range of projects that align with the existing graphic identity using the Adobe Creative Suite
• Researching building and area histories on site, in City repositories, on the internet, and in the library
• Researching trends in preservation planning from across the globe to apply to a large-scale district-plan
Delancey Underground (the Lowline), New York, NY, US, Intern
• Assisting founders James Ramsey and Dan Barasch in organizing and hosting fundraising events
• Giving feedback to help build better website, media, and outreach programs for a budding non-profit group
• Managing printed advertisement goods
• Community outreach to gain support of local stakeholders
CAVdesign, Brooklyn, NY, US, Design Intern
•Rendering rooms in Google SketchUp for proposals and One-Day Design Solutions™
•Sourcing furniture and accessories for design schemes
•Attending and assisting at client meetings
Mirabella New York, New York, NY, US, Intern
• Organizing and assisting in designs and daily tasks
• Occasional computer drafting
JRDV Architects, Oakland, CA, US, Intern
• Rendering existing buildings and designing potential building typologies for proposed sites using AutoCAD and Google Sketchup
• Figuring out proper layouts of buildings for proposed sites
• Overlaying roads, lanes, and parcels with AutoCAD to facilitate the understanding of a given site
EJ Interior Design, Mill Valley, CA, US, Intern
As my first job in high school, working at EJ Interior Design introduced me to the world of design and architecture and helped develop my tastes
• Helping organize the office space by sorting fabric, tile, wallpaper, carpet samples, and inspirational images
• Choosing elements of design schemes such as carpets or paint colors for a bedroom in showrooms and in the office
• Going on location to assist the principal designer
New York University (NYU), London, GB, Masters, Historical and Sustainable Architecture
This program was 6 months in London and 3 months in New York, allowing us to see the different approaches that the UK and the US (or at least New York) take towards preservation and namely, adaptive reuse.
New York University (NYU), New York, NY, US, Bachelors, Urban Design and Architecture Studies
