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California, United States

Palo Alto, California, United States

- Interface daily with high end clientele from consultation to final installation including site visits.- Produce elevated design presentations including space planning and product selection.- Expertise in designing small to medium scale design projects.- Collaborate with design team for large scale luxury design projects.- Continually follow industry.

Mountain View, California, United States

- Negotiate and interface professionally with clients, vendors, tradesmen and showrooms daily while building and maintaining a strong relationship through strong written and verbal communication skills.- Prepare quotes, proposals, and purchase terms and conditions for design firm. - Manage procurement life cycle from proposal to expediting and delivery to.

San Jose

• Interior Designer / Project Manager
• Interface and negotiate effectively with clients, vendors, prospects, and contractors daily.
• Organize and manage all aspects of a project from consultation to budget, design, and installation.
• Produce space plans, elevations, finish schedules, finish palettes, and custom furniture specification.
• Create client design boards and 2D/3D renderings using Chief Architect design software.
• Supervise purchasing, budget management, installation and photo shoots for clients.

• Child Development
• Coordinated education curriculum for 3 children
• Oversaw operations of all systems and procedures (laundry, shopping, cleaning, transportation)
• Budgeted for and allocated appropriate expenditures (groceries, mortgage, bills)
• Organized socials and parties (birthday parties, play dates, babysitting swaps)Home & School Club
• Organized elementary school events and budget requirements

Santa Clara, CA

• Executive Assistant
• Worked closely with CEO in the development of the corporate website, product launch campaigns, product logo, mission statement, and datasheet.
• Organised and managed tradeshows, team building activities, and corporate functions.
• Researched and filed patent information with US Patent and Trademark Office for company name and products. Main liaison for patent lawyers and senior management.
• Oversaw all aspects of office relocation including research of new office location, leasing contract, logistics, and furnishing of new office.
• Assisted HR in recruitment of new employees

Los Gatos

• Conducted competitive research for corporate and product positioning for numerous clients
• Researched and placed editorial opportunities with top tier computer magazines as well as radio interviews and television.
• Responsible for writing press releases, PowerPoint presentations, proposals, datasheets, briefing books, bios and clip summaries as well as maintaining editorial calendars and media list.
• Coordinated client press and media tours, advertising campaign, and product evaluations
• Monitored clients’ daily press coverage.

Santa Clara

• Assisted in the development of the internal newsletter, product launches, pre-show mailers, direct mail campaigns, telemarketing programs, ad banners, and production advertising.
• Organised, planned, and managed event marketing projects and initiatives, including 6 to 10 regional and national tradeshows. Oversaw the design, layout, budgeting and construction of booth.
• Responsible for all aspects of lead fulfillment including the supervision of a lead fulfillment house.
• Assisted in the maintenance of the corporate website and Intranet through an outside agency.
• Oversaw and maintained correspondence with various vendors and suppliers: Public Relations, Printers, Promotional Marketing Firms, Investor Relations, Exhibit and Design Houses, Freight Companies, Storage Companies.

Milpitas

• Provided administrative support to all members of the Marketing/Sales, Engineering, Finance, Technical Support, and Executive teams.
• Prepared and modified datasheets, maintained excel spreadsheets for co-op accrual from major distributors and resellers, and tracked all product inventories on a bi-monthly basis.
• Coordinated logistics for all industry/distributor tradeshows as well as all company functions and meetings.
• Resolved customer complaints, managed switchboard, greeted clients and maintained filing system.

Professional Certificate, Interior Design And Architecture

NCIDQ (on track for certification) • Design Communications I, II, III - Hand drafting, orthographic/paraline drawings, multipoint.

Business Administration