•Leads client interior design and space planning project programming, understanding project goals and analyzing needs to craft multifunctional, inspiring spaces that promote productivity and well-being while evoking the client or brand personality.•Conducts site surveys and layout test fits and creates preliminary concept boards to establish clear design direction for client approval. Manages project timelines, budgets, and deliverables. •Creates 2D drawings and documentation, 3D renderings, and other visual communication tools using design software, ensuring consistent, high-quality output.

Partnered with the Real Estate & Facilities Planning and Operations teams, senior leadership, as well as external contractors, vendors, and production shops to support the business workplace, field offices and building interior design, managing multiple small- and large-scale projects from initial request to implementation.•Led commercial office design projects and workplace strategy initiatives, managing multiple projects ranging from small field office refreshes to 25,000 sq ft+ floor plate renovations from concept to implementation, applying operational standards, adhering to brand guidelines, and ensuring high-quality design execution.•Executed feasibility studies and schematic designs incorporating program requirements obtained through stakeholder collaboration, employee attendance data analysis, and storage capacity assessment.•Optimized space utilization and enhanced productivity by implementing a hybrid model, integrating activity-based working standards to provide employees the flexibility to choose from diverse space types as they transition through the various work modes during the workday.•Created 2D drawings and documentation, 3D renderings, and other visual communication tools using design software, ensuring consistent, high-quality output.•Coordinated large-scale moves and renovations with fast turnaround, showcasing effective project management and communication. Provided strategic direction to resolve site-specific challenges.•Increased efficiency with streamlined project schedules and planning templates, supporting departmental and business objectives.•Supported Business Resource Groups (BRGs) and other committees in planning gallery exhibits and events promoting sustainability, diversity, and inclusion in the workplace

•Elevated brand presence in NYC and Boston stores, utilizing AutoCAD expertise and extensive experience in prototype implementation for commercial retail projects. Ensured excellence in design execution, safety, accessibility, and brand compliance.•Led cross-functional team collaborations in planning and executing innovative and impactful room set designs, merchandising solutions, layout refreshes, and department renovations, driving sales and shaping a distinctive retail customer journey.•Demonstrated expertise in configuring retail racking and modular furniture systems, optimizing retail space and encouraging customers to create versatile, function-forward design solutions at home.

•Ideated and executed innovative marketing and branding strategies for global corporations and boutique clients in collaboration with the executive creative director and stakeholders. Oversaw diverse projects in a fast-paced setting, ensuring brand standard adherence to maintain brand integrity.•Coordinated multidisciplinary creative teams, showcasing expertise in myriad project types including brand strategy and marketing campaigns, photography and video production, editorial content curation, digital contests, graphic design, web development, packaging design, brand-positive events, and trade show experiences.

Consulted with high end residential clients in their homes and created project work briefs and presentationsVisited job sites, took measurements, and developed floor plans and furniture layouts in AutoCAD and SketchUpFulfilled administrative responsibilties, including maintenance of the material resource library, sourcing and ordering of materials and furnishings, coordinating deliveries with vendors and staging professional photo shoots.https://jillkalmaninteriors.com/ (formerly Bella Interiors)

Developed and implemented the brand model for Blow Inn hair salon based on owner's vision, making sure all visual and verbal elements (interior design, website, copy, social networking pages) reflected the core concepts.

AutoCAD drafting for residential interior design firm in Westport, CT.