Designer at interior design firm specializing in hospitality and residential interior design and interior architecture.

Full-time, freelance designer at San Francisco residential design firm serving the Bay Area. Responsibilities include attending initial client meetings to determine project scope, developing project budgets, developing smart design solutions to meet client needs, creating technical support drawings in AutoCAD and Google Sketchup, sourcing, constructing complete design proposal presentations, and coordinating daily with vendors, fabricators, contractors and clients throughout the design process.

Junior Designer at large residential interior design firm based in San Francisco. My role consisted of working closely with the principal to create stunning interior spaces for our amazing clientele. Duties included design concepting, furniture and fabric sourcing, custom furniture design, working closely with vendors, subcontractors, and furniture makers, generating weekly client presentations, and taking part in weekly construction and architecture meetings. All projects were modeled in 3D in google SketchUp to a high degree of detail and specificity and many times client renderings were processed further in Photoshop. While with Marsh and Clark I worked in depth on custom cabinetry designs while collaborating with the cabinet maker to ensure the optimum design and product was realized for the client.

Graduate of Interior Design and Architecture curriculum heavily based on studio work. Please view my academic portfolio at: www.sarakatherinedesign.com

Assistant to Principal of Amber-Tru Construction. Role included product sourcing, take-offs for project bids, administrative responsibilities, client relations.

Assistant Designer to Principal Designer of Milieu Interior Design. Our company specializes in high-end residential and multi-unit residential design. My duties include modeling design intent in Google SketchUp, rendering artwork for client presentations, drafting in AutoCAD, material and product sourcing, and ordering.

Assistant to architect Mary Maydan. Sole drafter for the firm. Production of full sets of plans in AutoCAD for both residential new build and renovation projects. Duties include working closely with engineering, lighting design, and landscape design contractors. Production of exterior and interior renderings, 3D modeling in Revit, and Photoshop editing. Experience with plan submittal to building department for permitting.

Project Coordinator for the submission of a marketing application to the US Food and Drug Administration for a pharmaceutical drug in a phase III clinical trial. Duties consisted of ensuring clear communication between teams working on interdependent portions of the application as well as scheduling associated drafting activities. Worked closely with Microsoft Project software to develop and maintain a detailed project plan for scheduling, tracking and company wide reporting the progress of the MA team.