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Kitchen and Bath Designer
Schaumburg, IL
Sep 2022 - Present (1 year 10 months)
• Promote products and services; generate leads and initiated cabinetry sales with new and returning clients.
• Design kitchen and bathroom layouts, communicated with clients to ensure that their requirements were fully met, and provided beneficial advice and support to clients.
• Use design software 20/20 kitchen and Prokitchen to calculated linear footage and ordered cabinets, hardware tile, and countertops.
• Sent customer renderings and quote of designs, continue to follow up until the project is sold. Place orders, process payment, and manage delivery and installation.
• Form trusting relationships with not only customers but also the install crew and vendors.
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Designer
Naperville, IL
Mar 2018 - Oct 2018 (7 months)
• Participate in programming (requirement development) with account manager and client to understand office furniture needs and considerations.
• Develop drawings (2D and 3D views) of proposed office furniture in client space using AutoCAD, 20/20 CAP Studio, and SketchUP software.
• Research and proposed office furniture, and systems to meet functional, aesthetic and budgetary needs. Including Excel budgets and quotes, PowerPoint presentations to assist account manager with articulating office furniture solutions to client.
• Generate purchase orders (PO’s) for materials, products, labor and delivery.
• Developed installation support documents and specifications to insure compliance with design intent during project implementation.
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Designer / Project Manager / Owner
Kajaf Event Design
Chicago, IL
Sep 2008 - Jan 2012 (3 years 4 months)
• Initial client correspondence and coordinate client meetings to conceptualize
wedding design, concentrating in South Asian Market.
• Develop décor quotes, all billing statements, creating and maintaining contracts and overall client management.
• Worked closely with hotels and other vendors to ensure that all client requirements are fulfilled.
• Design and developed staging backdrops, sourcing fabrics, structural elements and décor.
• Execute on-site coordination and set-up and dismantle for events.
• Catalog completed event photographs for social media and update website.
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Interior Designer / Project Manager
Skokie, IL
Aug 2007 - Jun 2008 (10 months)
• Coordinate all client relations aspect of a project, including initial contact, site reviews and consulting, as well as all project-related correspondence, documentation, and space planning.
• Develop project budgets and scope of work; carry out feasibility assessments, concept development, and space planning in Auto CAD and 2020 Giza.
• Prepare timely reports of all client-related expenses and maintain accurate records for invoicing including specifying, purchasing, tracking and billing.
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Design-CAD Production
Chicago, IL
Mar 2007 - Jul 2007 (4 months)
• Identify and made recommendations for revisions to construction documents in interior architecture based on changing needs and conditions specific to each location.
• Design and develop general arrangement, assembly and detail drawings of retail and showroom floor plans of an average to complex nature.
• Create and maintain construction documents in CAD that are used for biding purposes, and for final plans for general contractors.
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Managerial Assistant / Sales
Chicago, IL
Feb 2005 - Mar 2006 (1 year 1 month)
• Assist clients and Interior Designers with product information, material and furniture selection to create Auto CAD floor plans.
• Maintain orders by constantly ensuring accurate data entry through customer service and showroom staff.
• Select fabric and material for new product on showroom floor and placement on showroom floor during Casual Show & NeoCon.
• Contact shipping companies, vendors, customer service and clients for information on shipping delays, damaged, or missing product.