Rafael Kushick Email & Phone Number

United States

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

• Present fully layered design concepts to large-volume clients, curating the experience through the lens of the five pillars of the RH design ethos - Environment, Architecture, Room Layout, Furniture Selection, and Decor.
• Design unique spaces that truly reflect the needs and personality of the client, building meaningful relationships in the process.
• Drove record-breaking sales in fiscal year 2020.
• Built a referral business within 4 months of moving to the King of Prussia location.
• Became the primary resource for AutoCAD technical expertise, displaying unique speed, accuracy, anddetail in the execution of floor plans and elevations.

Durham, North Carolina, United States

• Drove top-volume sales through interior design, thorough product knowledge, and developing meaningful client relationships
• Finished fiscal year 2018 at #5 in the region, having generated over $1.2 million in sales
• Logged in over 500 in-home consultations
• Sent monthly newsletters to rally and educate the design team, boost morale, and increase sales.
• In 2017 promoted to Design Lead, taking an active role in training and mentoring newly hired home stylists.
• Towards the end of tenure at PB, submitted a 5-page proposal for an internal mentorship program.

• Designed Bedroom, Outdoor, and Dining furniture for a diverse client base, including Folio 21, Chromcraft Revington, Four Hands, Michael Scott Inc., Susan Leis Designs, and Thomasville.
• Sold designs to clients within the Highpoint industry by presenting “lifestyle looks” - concept boards that demonstrated to manufacturing clients how the whole room works together, in a stylish and sensible way.
• Employed and trained additional freelancers to help meet deadlines.

• Designed Home Office, Occasional, and Media furniture for the Pottery Barn main concept, which per year drives over 70 million dollars in retail sales volume.
• Created seasonal concepts for these categories through trend research and competitive shopping.
• Through hand sketches and interior illustrations presented concepts to merchandising, design, and sourcing counterparts.
• Created detailed product specification packages to ensure product is executed by overseas factories to make timely delivery within a strict calendar.
• Maintained effective communication with all cross-functional partners involved in the development process.
• Designed the Printer’s Modular Collection which is still sold at Pottery Barn stores to this day!

• Collaborated with Jena Hall to develop furniture collections for Wynwood and Aspen Furniture Values, Inc. (later to become Aspen Home).
• Under her direction designed the first bedroom collections that became the foundation for Aspen Home's new concept direction.
• Presented sketches, illustrations, and CAD specifications for each product line.
• Reviewed product at Highpoint markets and ensured revisions were sent on time for production deadlines.

• Designed upholstered seating and occasional tables for world-renowned modernist designer Vladimir Kagan.
• Learned Kagan's concepting and drawing style to create presentations to manufacturers.
• Clients included Club House Italia, American Leather, Preview, Roche Bobois, Weiman and Schnadig.
• Created scale models in clay of modular upholstered seating for presentations, photos of which can currently be seen in his recently released biography.

Bfa, Furniture Design

The furniture design program at RISD is unique, in that it teaches studio furniture making through fine, hand-crafting techniques. This.

Bachelor Of Fine Arts - Bfa