Dana Levine Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il

Current highlights:•. Developed and manages the implementation of the Workplace Strategy Program and restack program•. Manages the design and ‘build out' of multi-million dollar floor renovations, upwards of 50k square feet each, including construction, furniture and AVContinued, overall responsibilities:•. Develops, supports and implements design, furniture, and architectural standards•. Consistently manages projects to finish on time and under budget. • Develops, manages and monitors multi-million dollar project budgets and schedules. • Tracks project costs, performs invoice review, and prepares detailed reports and summaries of project financial status.• Acts as liaison between client, facilities and vendors, including status meetings, troubleshooting and all related project activities.• Collaborates in close coordination with Architects, Engineers, General Contractors and Client Representatives to produce successful projects and installations.• Performs relocation management, coordination and supervision, including E-911 compliance.• Manages TI buildouts and complex facilities improvement projects.• Maintains AutoCAD files for all areas, including power/communication and E-911 locations.• Creates space plans and construction documents for in house projects.• Manages and specifies furniture and interior finishes.• Coordinates and manages in house trades on construction projects.• Drafts RFPs, negotiates contracts and manages awards to be in compliance with company’s procurement policies.

Chicago, Il

• Lead Interior Designer for a prominent university in Illinois for over twelve years.• Led the design direction and was the creative force on multiple, concurrent projects in a fast paced environment.• Contributed an ongoing, vital role in the visual branding transformation of a multi-campus university by creating functional spaces that doubled as dynamic marketing tools that boosted student enrollment.• Built and nurtured a client relationship and project driven business that thrived on repeat clients, word of mouth, and the cultivation and maintenance of long term clients.• Produced realistic budgets and proposals, value engineering when necessary, to keep within the client’s budget without sacrificing the design intent or the margins and profit for the company.• Played an integral project management role that ensured a successful project and installation.• Presented and marketed all potential design contracts.

Chicago, Il

• Programmed, space planned and designed commercial Interior Design spaces, amassing over 2.5 million square feet of personally designed space.• Executed drawings and marketing materials for a complete design package from conceptualization through installation.• Collaborated in close coordination with Architects, Engineers, General Contractors, Client Representatives, and other trades to produce successful projects and installations.• Managed budgets and proposals for varying furniture and design fees ranging up to $1.5 million dollars.• Managed and led the Interior Design Department, including supervising and mentoring a team of designers.• Specified, produced bid documents, and managed purchase orders for the procurement and installation of FF&E.

Bachelor Of Fine Arts (Bfa)

Associate Of Technology In Interior Design, Interior Design

Activities and Societies: Attended Academie Van Beeldende Kunsten in Rotterdam, Netherlands.