Kylie Beard Email & Phone Number

Melbourne, Vic, Au

Melbourne, Australia

Owner, Managing Director and designer of One Day Soone jewellery.A boutique jewellery design company with an emphasis on creating limited-edition, high-quality, hand-finished 925 sterling silver and rose gold plated contemporary jewelry.Melbourne-based, with a truly international client base, One Day Soone jewellery maintains retail stockists throughout Australia and New Zealand.www.one-day-soone.com

Melbourne, Australia

Residential Interiors - Concept, Joinery Design, Preliminary and Tender Documentation and Presentations, Sourcing, Specification and Scheduling, Fee Proposals, Client and Trade Liaison

Melbourne, Australia

Parks and Recreation Architectural projects, Schematic, Preliminary, Tender and Construction Documentation, Consultant engagement and liaison*Contract - 2-3 days per week*

Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne, Australia

Plan, manage and co-ordinate all design related activities for the Hoyts client account including New cinemas, refurbishments, kiosks, and upgrades. Account management, fee proposals, design direction, establishing and maintaining drawing standards across the Hoyts account and ensuring all issued drawings comply with AS/BCA.Management of internal and external design resources, clients, stakeholders, liaison with relevant project and site teams and consultants and engineers.

Melbourne, Australia

Key responsibilities:- Plan, manage and co-ordinate all design related activities for the Optus client account including Experiential stores, new stores, refurbishments, kiosks, and signage upgrades. 65 stores (various configurations) over an 11 month period.- Management of internal and external design resources, clients, stakeholders, Retail Design Managers/Landlords, liaison with relevant project and site teams and consultants and engineers.- Account management, design direction, - Establishing and maintaining drawing standards across the Optus account and ensuring all issued drawings comply with AS/BCA. Other responsibilities:Client liaison, concept design, store design and planning, furniture and fixture design, store programming and deliverables, Landlord/RDM negotiation, invoicing, certification and statutory approvals, business development, site visits.Collectivus is a boutique agency that specialises in interior design, graphic design, multimedia, digital and branding services for clients from a wide range of business sectors. Collectivus has worked extensively on conceptualising and designing future innovation for retail stores, hospitality ventures and shopping centres, across Australia.

Melbourne, Australia

Responsibilities include:Management of;- Concept to completion design deliverables for ~120 store/yr National retail rollout- 15+ designers located in Melbourne, Sydney, Shanghai and remote design contractors- Documentation deliverables, change management and implementation- Design Approvals – Client, Local and National Retail Design Managers, Centre, Landlord, Property Managers, Statutory, Engineering- Work collaboratively and build and maintain ongoing relationships with all key client and internal project stakeholders on all aspects of the rollout program and scheduling including Design, Project Management, Store Delivery teams, Logistics, Local and Off-shore Manufacturing and Procurement, Finance - Monitor, track and report on progress of project deliverables, design team efficiencies and performance against program targets to key project stakeholders to ensure achievement of final trade date and excellence in fit-out execution- Co-ordination and management of RFI’sProgram Consistency and Improvement;- Provide leadership on design related issues, store planning and technical knowledge to design and build at key stages of the project- Develop, communicate and maintain consistency of the clients brand representation across all aspects of the rollout program including fixture and store design, documentation, communications and store fit-out- Continuous improvement of design and fitout standards and implementation to ensure store delivery is meeting client and internal company business targets- Identify, develop, manage and implement opportunities for program and cost improvement initiatives across all aspects of the project (internal and client driven)- Ensure the presentation and functional qualities of all stores in the roll-out program are of the highest possible standards

Melbourne, Australia

Retail design, store planning and account and program management for National and International client retail rollouts as outlined below. General responsibilities include;- Account and Program management- Client liaison- Site visits- Marketing and Business development- Tender applications - International benchmarking research presentations2010 - 2013 (Thailand Based)Senior Designer - Various ProjectsResponsibilities included:- Vodafone National Rollout ~150 store Australia/New Zealand Retail Rollout- International Benchmarking research projects- Design guidance, documentation and review - Pandora, Vodafone, Optus- Tender Applications- Contract and procurement negotiation- Marketing and New Business Development2008 - 2010Senior Account Manager - Pandora Jewelry National Fitout programResponsibilities included:- Account management ~40 store Australia/New Zealand Retail Rollout- Implementation of Pandora Global Design Guidelines- Design documentation and approvals - Concept Stores, Store-in-stores, Kiosks- Design improvement initiatives- Contract and procurement negotiation (with Pandora Jewelery Denmark)2007 - 2008Senior Account Manager - Hairhouse Warehouse National Fitout programResponsibilities included:- Account management ~40 store National Rollout (Australia)- Design and implementation of HHWH Concept and Concept guidelines- Design documentation and approvals - Concept Stores- Design improvement initiatives- Contract negotiation 2007 - 2008Senior Account Manager - Vodafone National Kiosk Fitout programResponsibilities included:- Account management ~20 kiosk National Rollout (Australia)- Design and implementation of Vodafone Kiosk Concept and Concept guidelines- Design documentation and approvals - Kiosks- Design improvement initiatives- Contract negotiation 2006 - 2007Senior Designer - JB Hi-FiResponsibilities included:- Design and implementation- Client and Statutory Approvals- Client liaison

Melbourne, Australia

Melbourne OfficeDesign, documentation and specification - National Australia Bank Retail refresh project

Auckland, New Zealand

Design and account management for national (NZ) and international client exhibitions and shopfit.Clients included:Hyundai, Honda, Caterpillar, Manicare

CKD Furniture design and development for local (NZ) and International markets.Process and Production improvement facilitation (manufacturing).

Food Product Development

Hautapu 1999Palmerston North Research Centre 2000-2002Full time Dec-Feb, Part-time March - November

Bachelor'S Degree, Technology - Industrial And Product Design (Product Development), First Class Honours

Product Development - First Class Honours · Major in Product Development with First Class Honours · Final year honours project focused.

Managing Fashion And Luxury Companies, 87%

High School