Penny Johnston Email & Phone Number

Lincoln, NE, US

Omaha Metropolitan Area

Lincoln, Nebraska Area

As the General Manager for the Lincoln office, I lead and manage the day-to-day operations making certain the AOI Furniture Team has the resources needed to complete their job, while working alongside the sales team and dividing new business accordingly. I am responsible for identifying strategic sales opportunities and developing key relationships in.

Lincoln, Nebraska Area

I performed the full range of interior design services at Fritz + Lloyd Interiors. These services included, but were not limited to, space planning and programming, BIM, conceptual images and 3D renderings, interior finish selections and specifications, interior detailing, furniture selections and specifications, artwork and accessories, project.

Greater Omaha Area

As an Account Executive for the Mohawk Group, I managed all architecture and interior design accounts, as well as healthcare end users and flooring dealers, in the surrounding Lincoln and Omaha area. Responsibilities included maintaining existing relationships as well as adding new accounts, keeping clients up to date on the latest flooring offerings with.

As an independent sales representative for Huffaker Associates, I represented Aceray, David Edward, Leland International, Freshcoast Furniture, Malik Gallery, Carnegie Fabrics, Brentano Fabrics, Lumicor, and Joel Berman Glass to architects and interior designers in the state of Nebraska. Responsibilities included product presentations, updating client.

At Visions in Architecture, I was hired to start the Interior Design department. In addition to my normal interior design responsibilities, I had a strong role in the marketing and new business efforts and was responsible for writing healthcare design articles for the company blog. Additionally, I wrote two articles that were published in the February 2011.

I was brought on board to help establish the facility interior design department with my Design Director. While at BryanLGH, I helped to establish and enforce interior finish and furniture standards. I was also responsible for developing yearly furniture budgets for various departments. From these budgets, I would then specify, receive quotes from.

I was responsible for teaching a 3 credit, 300 level lecture to interior design students on Materials and Finishes. I taught this class every fall semester for 3 years. For this class, I developed all new class material, tests, final exams, and class projects.

During this time, I created realistic 3D images of proposed buildings and interior spaces for clients. I was also hired as a consultant to budget, specify, and quote furniture and artwork, as well as develop installation plans for the first major phase of construction at BryanLGH West Medical Center including the Emergency Department, Mental Health.

I worked in a team environment with multiple designers assigned to a project. I was responsible for design development, 3D renderings, construction documents, and submittal reviews. I also worked directly with in-house architects and engineers. Other responsibilities included the selection and specification of furnishings.

As an interior design intern, I was responsible for helping my lead designer set up AOI’s first material library. I was also responsible for maintaining the library, ordering samples, basic furniture layout and selection, and acted as a second eye to check counts and quantities before furniture orders were placed.