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Chicago, Il, Us

Downers Grove, Illinois, Us

*Custom Interior finishes designer with new and remodeled residential construction. *Provide design consults *Establish scope of work, product selection, project budget and timeline for completion.*Coordinate with team to manufacture, deliver, and install project to completion.*Produce consistent $450-500K in Sales per year

* Organized new 3000 sf showroom of high end flooring. * Managed daily operations to develop sales with architects, builders and designers.* Established procedures to communicate scope of work costs, accurately, from sales estimates into production work orders using quickbooks applications. * Developed new kitchen and bath tile business within client budgets and timelines.* Increased sales closures and product knowledge of employees.

Northbrook, Il, Us

* Designed kitchen and bath remodeling projects for designers, homeowners and builders.* Assisted window treatment department manager in training sales staff on product knowledge.* Created hand drawings to convey project scope of work to clients.* Ordered client materials and created sales orders through RFMS software. * Collaborated with vendors, sales and production teams to ensure scope of work efficiencies. * Exceeded window treatment and flooring sales goals.* Built referral business from superior customer service.

Wheeling, Illinois, Us

* Taught at-risk and English as second language learners strategies in reading and writing to increase academic levels.* Implemented small reading and writing groups to support less confident learners.* Used tape recorders for readers to practice, record and listen to their reading fluency.* Motivated and practiced writing skills through journaling daily experiences they enjoyed.* Introduced word games to increase vocabulary and evoke learning as fun.* Increased student fluency, vocabulary, comprehensive and expressive writing skills.

* Managed lighting showroom daily sales, along with 5 employees. * Supervised the ordering of lighting products for showroom inventory and client orders. * Provided Lighting solutions to clients with the use of blueprints or handmade drawings. * Priced showroom inventory displays to calculate client estimates. * Delegated staff on selected lighting products to maintain quality control on merchandise received.* Implemented processes to handled damage products or client returns.* Created sales estimates and purchase order processes to decrease errors in ordering products.* Increased daily sales with professional and friendly customer service. Increased profits.

Bachelor'S Degree, Education & Linguistics

Associate'S Degree, Science

Associate'S Degree, Design And Applied Arts