experience
dSPACE studio
chicago, il
consulting designer (april 2008 - present)
- 1100 N. Lake Shore Drive Condominium
- Designing the lobby lounge, focusing on the reception area and fireplace.
- In charge of specifying finishes and materials as well presentation drawings for client meetings.
lohan anderson llc
chicago, il
designer/intern (march 2004 - april 2008)
- Hyatt Place International
- Coordinator for providing preparatory materials for client presentations and developers; 3d model design in sketch-up and digital material board
- Liaison in managing the integration between colleagues and directors for designing mock-up rooms; including millwork, preliminary construction documents, and selecting furniture and its finishes
- Managed all standardization of project presentation booklets; rendering tone on tone floor plans and elevations, finalizing material boards, along with reviewing drawings and dimension in imperial and metric
- Actively participated in the review of mock-up rooms with design teams
- Hyatt Summerfield Suites
- Researcher for providing FF&E
- Maintained corrections from previously contracted work and created new room types as well as coordinated elevations
- Park Hyatt Chicago
- Creator of preliminary FF&E budget for the renovation of guestrooms
- Team member of visuals and communications during competition; involving rendering of floor plans, elevations, concept
images, and creating presentation material boards
- Hotel Arista & Hotel Arista Signature Restaurant
- Collaborated with Senior Designer and vendors to specify furniture and finish selections, issued furniture and finish plans and FF&E manuals to purchaser
- FBI North Carolina - 150,000 sq. ft.
- Main coordinator in preparing client’s block and stack diagrams and space planned accordingly to the SFO and program
- Assisted in preparing construction documents; interior floor plans and reflected ceiling plans
- Lohan Anderson In-House Resource Librarian
- Coordinated with vendors in providing firm with most up to date materials with a focus on new products
- Responsible for scheduled resource presentations between vendors, architects, and designers for CEU and AIA credits
LiNK - local chapter, non-profit
chicago, il
founding coordinator (november 2006 - february 2007)
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- Led with staff of three in opening of a community outreach chapter in Chicago, planning opening date with venue and eevent details along with building of current fundraising, public relations, and education initiative
flatfile photography
chicago, il
intern (october 2003 - march 2004)
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- Executed and organized installation for gallery exhibit
madison art center
madison, wi
gallery attendant (january 2003 - august 2003)
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- Maintained gallery
- Docent for education tour group
- Madison Art Fair (July 8-9, 2003)
- Space planned area for artist’s booths
- Enhanced the business realtionship between gallery and artist - an emphasis on interpersonal communication
education
harrington college of design
chicago, il
Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design - Dean’s List
university of wisconsin-madison
madison, wi
Bachelor of Arts in Art History
skills
- LEED-CI accredited
- Proficient in Korean
- Microsoft Office
- Adobe Acrobat
- Adobe Creative Suite 3
- AutoCAD 2008
- M-Color
- Sketch-up
- Viz 2007