Four 3 Design Associates, New York, NY, US, Project Manager

Lead Design Project Manager on Claire’s prototype project. Develop new store concept including both merchandising and branding portofolio.
Develop complete and detailed construction drawings for tenant fit outs, conforming to design and branding standards. Prepare sketches, renderings and presentations to help support design ideas. Manage design process from preliminary plans, to coordination with outside consults, landlord & building departments. Attend weekly video conferences and travel as necessary to client headquarters for design meetings.
Project tracking using MS Project to track preliminary and construction drawing progress, submissions to landlord and building departments, construction start, finish and turn over dates, as well as various construction items. Review vendor take-offs and purchase orders for accuracy.
Develop store specific design drawing sets for the Claire’s European construction team, implementing the design & branding strategy into tenant fit outs in numerous European markets. Review construction drawings from the local architects to ensure consistency and attend weekly real estate conference call.
Supervise, develop & mentor intern staff.

Bank of america, New York, NY, US, Sr. Store Designer

Develop soft line schematic drawings for new store interior fit outs, unique ground-ups and major renovations, adhering to standards and criteria for the banking centers. Review site plans and typical ground-up buildings for accuracy and criteria requirements. Review Design and Construction Documents. Perform test fits for Location Planning for confirmation that a given space can adequately serve as a banking center. Review site specific change controls, requiring design changes per field conditions, market requests and/or dictated by the building department. Provide soft line for ATM program. Review with LP's, review hard lines and CD's. Review sign and brand Packages to assuring exterior and interior signage is per the approved brand standard.
Managed Minor Renovation Program, consisting of directing the team to proper element placement, developing soft lines drawings and review of hard line drawings. Review, comment and approve all change controls, as well as attend bi-monthly change control conference calls to resolute field driven issues.
Standards Manager: Manage design standards, provide design direction and implementation. Work closely with the Standards Architect and Construction leads to identify and resolve reported issues. Ensure standard set of documents accurately reflect changes. Communicate to the greater Design Team via weekly meetings. Participate in standards related workgroups as needed, as well as weekly meetings with the Supply Chain Management team to discuss issues, resolutions, value engineering opportunities, and upcoming change to their respective standards. Direct contact for not only the Design team, but also other Bank of America partners to track all on going design issues.
Research new materials and finishes. Create relationships with vendors and national account reps, as well as work with the Design team, Construction and Supply Chain Management to create CTQ’s and RFI’s to determine the best cost efficient decision. Continue to work with Supply Chain Management, vendors and national account reps for new innovative and cost conscience changes.
Additional responsibilities include reviewing signage and branding packages for correct representation of the brand, reviewing fixture drawings for accuracy, assisted in the development of the new ADA compliant fixtures and One Bryant Park Flagship fixtures and furniture.

Foot Locker, Inc, New York, NY, US, Store Planner

Generated 2-3 Preliminary plans per week and adhere to schedules. Analyzed and processed information relative to the preliminary process. Met scheduled dates and accelerated schedules when possible. Provided preliminary plans to outside architects after Division approval to be used as the base for the Construction Drawings.
Managed architects during development of construction drawings. Reviewed construction drawings for accuracy and maintain prototypical elements. Assisted Architects with issues pertaining to landlords and building departments. Negotiated with landlords to achieve prototypical standards. Reviewed sign vendor and millwork shop drawing for accuracy of approved standards.
Reviewed, analyzed, processed and implemented all data, Landlord Design Criteria, L.O.D.’s, as-builts, surveys, photos, CAR’s, leases and necessary information to ensure proper development of all preliminary plans.
Troubleshoot challenges that surfaced during the construction drawing phase. Worked with project managers, purchasing coordinators and architects to develop cost saving measures to resolve budget issues to match CAR.
Maintained all prototype standards. Updated all Division prototypes and worked with all architects to maintain standards. Compiled and implemented Design Change Bulletins, and distributed to all architects. Maintained all AutoCAD standards between the department and architects.
Assisted in special projects including the Foot Locker Street Store Program, Temp in a Box, presentations for Division meetings and Annual Construction Meetings, Liaison for Foot Locker Europe and Foot Locker Asia Pacific, assisting in standardizing Foot Locker globally.

G&G Retail, New York, NY, US, Store Planner

 Developed schematic drawings per surveys and existing information. Developed full construction drawings and coordinated all necessary information with the mechanical engineer. Coordinated construction drawings with the architects for signing and sealing and distribution as needed.
Reviewed consultant construction drawings for accuracy of design and detail. Coordinated revisions and resubmittals as needed.
Conducted field surveys of new and relocation sites, as well as for renovations of existing stores. Compile field dimensions, locate existing elements, gather photos and existing mechanical information.
Coordinated meetings with outside consultants including engineering, expediters, vendors and contractors.
Tested and analyzed new software. Compiled construction prototype drawings sets to be used by in house and by outside architects, developed and maintained AutoCAD standards, blocks and detail sheets, plotter configuration along with page setups, line weights and colors.
Conducted mid-construction walk throughs and performed punch list on completed stores.
Communicated with Landlords on design issues and coordinated Building Department comments with the Architects.
Offered continuous input on store budgets, scheduling and procedures.