At Jacobs Custom Homes my duties included improving and developing new methods to simplify and streamline the design process. I worked with the Purchasing department to create and update the optional feature lists for new homes as well as the model homes. I also updated and distributed the standard feature sheets to Sales and Design. I also focused on improving the relationships between the Design, Purchasing and Sales Teams.

While working with Pulte my duties included over seeing the day to day operations of the contracts department, reporting sales and closing numbers to the Texas area office, facilitating the weekly closing meeting, setting closing and orientation dates for the customers, assisting the sales, mortgage and title company to ensure smooth and on-time closings. I also assisted the Accounting Department with entering closing costs for each new sale, verifying final pricing, and researching any discrepancies in sales prices and discounts. I worked with the Accounting Manager and Vice President of Finance to simply the sales contract process and designed the sales contract checklist, initial audit/final audit forms, and title closing packet. My other responsibilities included designing the color showrooms and model park selections for Pulte and Sun City. I served as the Austin member of the floor plan and material selection committee for the Texas Area.

As the Design Center Manager at Sun City Texas, my duties included working with the design consultants to ensure we exceeded expectations and met all the needs of our homebuyers during and after the design process I worked with homebuyers to resolve construction issues, assisted in design appointments when additional appointments were needed, and created/designed all specification homes for the community. I designed the Exterior Color packages for Sun City. These selections are now being used for several other Pulte communities in the Texas area. I also worked together with our Vice President of Sales and Construction on the design and selections for the second and third model parks in Sun City and the later remodeling of that model park. I reviewed all design paperwork for accuracy before it released to construction and assisted in training our new employees as well as setting up training for our current employees and trade contractors.

While working with Del Webb, we offered many semi-custom options that allowed me to assist buyers in personalizing their homes. I assisted the buyer with relocating walls, redesigning kitchens/bathrooms, special needs design, custom cabinet design, as well as selecting colors and electrical. I also worked with construction to ensure that the homes were built to the homebuyer’s specifications and assisted in preconstruction and pre-walk meetings. During my time at Pulte, I was also given the responsibility for the design of our 20 Vacation Getaway homes. I worked with trade contractors and suppliers on material selections to keep our showroom updated.Design Consultant of the year – 1998, 1999, 2000 and numerous Designer of the Month AwardsKnights in Shining Armor Award – worked with a team of Designers, Sales Associates and Builders to create a process improvement that not only saved our company money, it also streamlined and simplified the building process for our homebuyers.