Award Winning & Innovative Senior Interior Designer, Team Leader & Sales Professional who excels in generating new business with high-end affluent clientele, building a strong base of repeat & referral clients, & executing multiple projects at a time with precision. An exceptional listener who is intuitive to client wants & needs, is known for strong attention to details & exceptional follow-up/follow-through. Experience spans across Complex Remodeling & Home Renovations, Luxury Kitchen & Bath Designs, New Builds, Custom Manufactured Cabinetry, Case Good Design, Custom Bedding & Window Treatments, Custom Upholstery, & Lighting Design. Specializing in Kitchen & Bath Design, I have over 17 years of experience in Residential Design, I am relentless in delivering exceptional service and carefully understanding client’s needs. I consistently look for new product designs and technologies to introduce in my work. I have been repeatedly successful in strengthening marketing and sales efforts, driving sales and new business levels for design firms within the Houston area. I have a demonstrated history of working in the architecture & planning industry, with a strong arts background. Skilled in Sales, Retail, Textiles, Accessorizing, and Finish.Melissa has won several local awards, as well as a few national awards. Melissa singularly won a local 2018 ASID Ruby Award, “Best Emerging Professional in Residential,” for her Kitchen and Bathroom designs. This project also won Runner-Up Regionally, at the 2018 Wood-Mode 75th Anniversary Awards for “Best Bathroom”. She Received a local 2018 ASID Ruby Award and 2018 Regional Winner and National Finalist Wood-Mode 75th Anniversary Award for “Best Kitchen,” in conjunction with Owner Micqui McGowen, playing an integral team contributor role in these wins as well as several other Industry Awards for the “Team.” In 2019, she also singularly won a local ASID Ruby Award for “Best of Residential Design” for a Kitchen she designed. In 2021, she won another local ASID Ruby Award in the “Designer/Industry Partner Collaboration” category, for a kitchen she co-designed with a local Interior Designer, Melissa/KBC acting as the Industry Partner. In 2022 she also won a regional Thermador Kitchen Design Challenge award for the collaboration of that Kitchen. In 2023 she won a Texas Association of Builders Star Finalist Awards for “Best Kitchen Renovation” 150K- 200K category, in conjunction with the builder on the project, for a kitchen that she designed.