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San Francisco Bay Area

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San Francisco Bay Area

- Implemented new brand identity, including successfully launching rebrand from Callahan+Co. to Anthology in March 2024-- Designed, built, and maintains new company website, anthologylines.com.-- Produced all print and digital assets for company and employees-- Finalized brand colors with company owners and implemented across entire brand identity package.- Led the modernization of all company digital business practices, including use of cloud storage, file sharing, and all Google Workspace products, and was first point of communication for day-to-day IT needs of the greater team.- Sales focus on textile partners for all of the SF Bay Area design firms, furniture dealerships, and end users.- Maintained a firm understanding of many technical aspects of our furniture and textile lines – otherwise not often realized by other sales representatives – successfully bridging communication between specifiers and greater Anthology team and manufacturing partners.- Created space plans, test fit drawings, and renderings to communicate product capabilities to customers and specifiers.- Designed and documented product vignettes for temporary installations with the company's existing demo inventory.

San Francisco, California, United States

- Focused on new build and TI corporate/workplace projects, from small-scale offices to 600k+ sf campuses, all with sustainability and wellness at the forefront of design thinking and strategy.- Coached designers on best practices, processes, and general knowledge of furniture specification.- Collaborated with firm's BIM manager to create standards and processes to streamline specification.- “High Tech Client” Silicon Valley HQ, completed in 2020: --Specified all furniture for the 643k square foot campus, ultimately coming in over $1 million under projected furniture budget.--Ensured that specifications contributed to the project’s achieving LEED Platinum, WELL Building Standard, LBC Net Zero Carbon, and LBC Materials Petal Certifications.--Initiated and managed collaboration between furniture manufacturers and department executives’ to solve for the ongoing challenge of providing globally-compatible technology solutions in the client’s Customer Experience Center.

San Francisco, California

San Francisco, California

- Delivered custom spaces for Enterprise clients while maintaining WeWork’s own space and facilities standards.- Responsible for space planning, custom millwork designs, specification of all architectural finishes and FF&E, decorative and architectural lighting specification, and acoustic strategies through all phases of projects, including construction administration and onsite problem-solving.- Collaborated with other development disciplines to coordinate schematic handover packages for consultant teams and contractors.- Aligned with Supply Chain and Logistics teams to generate and manage FF&E project schedules and tracking.- Developed and implemented interior design, architectural, and FF&E standards for Enterprise clients.

- Trained designers for WELL AP Exam Prep and CEU workshops.- Increased participant engagement by breaking into digestible parts and introducing group-based exercises.

San Francisco Bay Area

- Oversaw furniture specification and design strategy from start to finish, from initial design proposals and concept presentations to specifications and installation.- Engaged with various project stakeholders including clients end users, design professionals, construction and installation teams, and specialty consultants.- Facilitated workshops to synthesize an office’s values and culture into meaningful and tangible design strategies and applications.- Leveraged relationships with vendors and custom fabricators to produce new and innovative applications of existing and fully-custom products to meet client needs.- “Cybersecurity Tech Client,” sole designer on winning global bid and subsequent projects during my tenure at OWP:--Blended Steelcase and open line product to create workstation solution with a cost-effective and simple kit of parts which became workstation standard to this day.--Global contact generated about $9 million in sales over next 4 years, with client relationship continuing year over year.- Designed the One Workplace SF showroom and office remodel:--Produced construction documents, installation drawings, 3D renderings, specifications, ancillary curation, and detailed shop drawings for custom fabrication of furniture and millwork.--Managed project budget of $1 million for all work and new product, contributing to SF office sales doubling by about $50 million.

San Francisco, California

Solana Beach, Ca

- Produced unique and sophisticated spaces for the hospitality, corporate, retail, and high-end residential markets.- Collaborated directly with principal designer and principal architect.- Managed city and county permit submittals.- Refined firm’s graphic standards, greatly increasing efficiency and clarity in production of presentation materials.- Created new marketing materials, including 1- and 2-page ad spreads for Luxe Magazine, which increased new client call volume up to 35% in the months after publishing.

Solana Beach, California

Responsible for maintenance of materials library, drafting revisions to space plans and construction documents, creating visualization materials for clients to learn and understand how our design elements and concepts work together.

San Diego, Ca

Identified and resolved audience and member inquiries quickly, efficiently, and to the highest degree of customer satisfaction possible across multiple lines of communication including e-mail, telephone, and postal mail.

San Diego, Ca

Board member of San Diego State's 2008-2009, 2009-2010, and 2010-2011 student chapter of ASID.Maintained chapter website, membership data, and email communication information.

Handled day-to-day business operations including welcoming all clients from the moment they walk in the door, appointment scheduling, product sales and inventory, maintaining client refreshment counter, and store opening and closing--which included closing out cash register and balancing transactions for the day.

Assisted marketing director with nationwide retail tracking as well as preparing and distributing promotional material to retailers and radio stations.