Spa Strategy, Denver, Colorado, Senior Interior Designer, High End Spa Specialist

• Creative lead for new spa design and construction, spa concept packages and marketing collateral
• Evaluated existing spa layouts, functions and profitability to provide interior design solutions to positively impact functionality, flow, client comfort, retail sales, and create facilities to draw new clientele
• Monitored team members’ design development and provided design critique and advice.
• Provided exemplary design on projects ranging from $100,000 to $5,000.000 for such clients as Marriott International, Ritz-Carlton, Starwood Hotels & Resorts and The Brown Palace Hotel
• Trained junior designers to handle their own individual projects, improving the productivity of the firm.
• Ensured quick and efficient handling of the client problems/Inquiries with courtesy, fairness, equity and grace
• Analyzed and monitored efficiency levels of team members in time management, finance management, project coordination, and client/vendor relationship.

OZ Architecture, Denver, Colorado, Senior Interior Designer

• Designed interior spaces, created construction documents, and managed construction administration for university, corporate, hospitality and governmental projects
• Drove creative design staff and target-driven work culture, empowering team members for the Buckley AFB Recreation Center to independently make tactical business decisions and improve efficiency
• Managed such projects ranging from Buckley Air Force Base’s Youth Recreational Center, Intrawest Placemaking U.S. Headquarters, Denver Detention Center and Regis University campuses
• Supervised and trained junior designers to provide unique designs within the project budget, meeting all elements of Intrawest Placemaking’s desire to create a new corporate headquarters that would include functional working spaces which would easily and physically transform into one large area fit for entertaining their world-wide clients.
• Managed and oversaw interiors projects and schedules on weekly basis with OZ Architects to cohesively design the transition from outside to inside on new construction projects as in the new Rocky Vista College of Osteopathic Medicine

RJF International, Koroseal Interior Products Group, Denver, Colorado, Manuifacturer's Sales Representative

• Successfully launched new commercial and hospitality wall covering (Sanitas Brand)
• Worked with clientele to design custom wall coverings; managed pricing and product tracking
• Built and nourished relationships with new customers, architects and designers throughout region

OZ Architecture, Denver, Colorado, Interior Designer

• Won 1st Place 2004 ASID National Award for Institutional Interiors for Colorado State University Lory Student
Center Food Court - 18,500 sf; $1.5 m
• Engaged multiple architects and consultants to communicate attainable project objectives and requirements
• Successfully completed 5,000-100,000 square foot projects for clients and real estate brokers in Class A and B office buildings
• Estimated the project time and focused on standardization of the process to reach targets

Lita Dirks & Company, Lakewood, Colorado, Senior Interior Designer for Model Homes & Hospitality

• Designed model homes and community clubhouses for Connecticut and Colorado builders. This included full FF&E packages and installation, and the specification and coordination of materials and finishes
• Developed design programs and lifestyle marketing collateral to promote home sales
• Trained junior designers to supervise projects to completion, quality maintenance, and design implementation.

Gray Design Group, Lakewood, Colorado, Corporate Interior Designer

•Managed development of client contracts, programming, space planning, schematic design, construction documents, construction administration; ensured customer satisfaction
•Completed the first project for Regis University; extended this successful working relationship for 14 years
•Facilitate collaboration among clients, project architects, interior designers, construction firms and supervisors to synchronize with the project plan

The Interior Edge, Tulsa, OK, Interior Designer

• Managed corporate interior design, space planning and move management for American Airlines, Occidental Oil, Amoco Oil, Shell Oil, Public Service Company of Oklahoma and Fluor Daniel Companies

Weber Design Associates, Tulsa, OK, Interior Designer

Assess and enhance tenant and owner building interiors
Conceptualization of interior architectural projects and construction documentation through post-occupancy