After recently relocating to Los Angeles from Manhattan, I have been working as a freelance interior designer. I hold two degrees, a post-graduate Interior Design degree from Parsons and an undergraduate Marketing degree from Auburn University. Prior to pursuing my post-graduate degree, I was a Graphic Designer and marketing professional within the commercial real estate development industry for 6+ years.
Studio MAI, Culver City, CA, US, Interior Designer
Freelance Design/Contract Position
Nightclub – 5,000 sq ft, West Hollywood
Designer – Contractual Schematic Design / Design Development
• Concept origination
• Client Management, Site Visits, Walkthroughs
• Presentation Design and Management
• Coordination of City and County Permits and Structural Calculations
• CAD Drafting/Elevations/Sections/Plans
• Hand Sketching
Restaurant / Jazz Bar – 2-story, 7,000 sq ft, Downtown Los Angeles
Designer - Contractual Schematic Design / Design Development
• Concept origination
• Client Management, Site Visits, Walkthroughs
• Presentation Design and Management
• Coordination of City and County Permits and Structural Calculations
• CAD Drafting/Elevations/Sections/Plans
• 3D Rendering/Hand Sketching
AvroKO, New York, NY, US, Interior Design
1 Hotel – 220+ rooms, Manhattan
Designer/Junior Freelance Designer (Public Spaces)
• Architectural/FF&E Selections
• Contractual Specification Document Generation/Management
• 3D/2D Rendering/CAD Elevations
• Furniture and Accessory Design/Hand Sketching
• Presentation Design and Management
Interior Design Intern (Suites/Model Rooms)
• Furniture Design/FF&E Selection
• Redlining Furniture Floor Plans
• Presentation Design
• Material Management/Control Sample Submittals
Fagiani’s – 3-story restaurant/retail, Napa Valley
Interior Design Intern
• FF&E Selection
• Presentation design
Bunny Williams, Inc., New York, NY, US, Interior Design Intern
Assisted both teams of designers in selecting and editing materials and fabrics, creating schematic boards, managing client books, placing CFAs, making scaled models and replicas, coordinating with vendors, and contributing to installation.
Gateway Development Services, Atlanta, Georgia, Marketing Manager/Graphic Designer
Commercial Real Estate Development
• Lead “in-house” designer for production of print media, company and project collateral, logos and advertisements
• Involved in construction process, field conditions, specifications, drawing review, red lines and approval
• Managed marketing budgets of $125,000 to $250,000 for multi-million dollar commercial developments
• Subcontracted outsourced promotional efforts including web, film production and signage
• Coordinated, contributed and designed RFP and RFQ responses for Gateway and partners
• Identified target markets through relationship management and market research to maintain 100% occupancy
• Assisted in design and programming of HTML websites for project marketing
The New School, New York, NY, US, Interior Design
Awards:
Dean's List
Magna Cum Laude
Honors Diploma
Studio Coursework:
Studio I - Design a 1,500 sf residential/work space
Studio II - Design a 10,000 sf Senior Citizen Center
Studio III - Design an 11,000sf urban spa
Computer Skills:
AutoCAD
3Ds Max
SketchUp
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Acrobat Pro
Other Studies:
Environmental Design
Furniture Design
3D Drawing/Drafting
2D Drawing/Drafting
Color Theory
ID Principals
Visual Representation
Interior Drawing
Architectural Drawing
Interior/Architectural History: Post-Modernism
Auburn University, Auburn, AL, US, Bachelors, Marketing
Awards:
Phi Kappa Phi
Beta Gamma Sigma
Tau Sigma
Golden Key Society
Dean's List - Parsons, The New School for Design, Award
Honors Diploma, Award
Tau Sigma, Award
Top 20% of transfer students. Membership in the Organization is based upon superior academic achievement by students during their first term in the institution to which they transfer.
Golden Key Society, Award
Golden Key is the world's largest collegiate honor society. Membership into the Society is by invitation only and applies to the top 15% of college and university sophomores, juniors and seniors, as well as top-performing graduate students in all fields of study, based solely on the their academic achievements.
Phi Kappa Phi, Award
Top 5% of Auburn University Graduates. Phi Kappa Phi's mission is "To recognize and promote academic excellence in all fields of higher education and to engage the community of scholars in service to others."
Beta Gamma Sigma, Award
Beta Gamma Sigma is the international honor society serving business programs accredited by AACSB International - The Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business. Membership in Beta Gamma Sigma is the highest recognition a business student anywhere in the world can receive in a business program accredited by AACSB International. Student must rank in top 10% of their class.
