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- Building and maintaining relationships with architects, designers, developers, main contractors, sub contractors and painters.- Writing technical specifications.- Full colour consultation and design service- Technical problem solving- Project management - Event management - Marketing and promotional activities- Mentoring and training junior colour consultants- Merchandising and promotional displays- Presenting

- Responsible for course planning and content•- Marketing and promotion of the Interior Design course - including press releases and contributing written content towards marketing material- Staff management including timetabling and recruitment- Coordination and planning of student exhibitions- Tutored in Furniture Design, Interior Design Studio, Interior Design Theory, Product Knowledge and Perspective/Technical Drawing- Undertook considerable course development and restructuring including rewriting the course document and cirriculum

- Responsible for driving sales and implementing strategies to develop and build existing customers - primarily retailers and merchants- Devising and coordinating South Island wide marketing strategies and promotions- Frequent successful launches of new products and ranges- Identifying new customers and business opportunities- Reporting on sales against budgets- Quoting and pricing- Managing contractors including on site management- Significant visual merchandising and installing store displays- Staff product and technical training

- In 2005 exceeded sales targets by 50%- Design and sustainability consultant to designers and architects- Successfully marketed and promoted the Interface, Lonseal and Melded Fabrics brands to architects, contractors and end users- Redesigned and project managed the complete overhaul of InterfaceNZ’s website- Quoting and quantifying large scale and often confidential projects- Project management – from design concept to completion