Manager Project

Tameka T. Holmes, Allied Member ASID, ISP

Mobile 917-***-**** Home 347-***-****

Re: Construction Management/ Project Manager *************@***.***

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Multi-disciplined Interior Designer seeking opportunity as a Project

Manager.

Summary of Qualifications:

> Extensive understanding of effective retail development and vendor

coordination strategies.

> Ten years of retail planning and project management experience for

specialty and big box retailers.

> Four years of buying core merchandise to replenish stock and

monitoring inventory stock levels.

> Exceptional managerial and motivational skills with focus on

building effective partnerships.

> Proficiency in Vector Works, 20/20, Photoshop, PowerPoint, MS

Office Suite and MS Project.

Contract Design and Store Planning Experience

NYC School Construction Authority (Aggregate Volume: $11 billion) 1/2009

to Present

F& E Project Coordinator/ Department of Education-Five Boroughs Long

Island City, New York

> Managing and coordinating vendors and consultants, which includes, but

are not limited to, project officers, architects, system integrators

and furniture vendors. Providing continuous project progress reporting

by identifying and assisting in the resolution of project issues to

remain on schedule and budget.

> Redlining all construction documents to ensure drawings are accurate

and consistent to F&E requirements (especially between the

architectural and electrical documents) for multiple projects.

> Conduct site visits, field reports, and punchlists to verify

completion of projects with Contractors/Vendors and ensure that

products are in compliance with the Department of Education guidelines

for payment.

Successfully furnished over 12 new educational facilities for students (K-

12) within a 6 month period.

Ethan Allen Interiors, Inc. (Aggregate Volume: $24 million) 7/2007 to

11/2008

Visual Merchandising Manager/ Long Island District-Flagship Showroom

Garden City, New York

> Managed a staff of 5 visual associates, while providing project

management for monthly floor resets, including creatively mocking up

vignettes for Showroom Pods, photographing, and drafting copy for the

field. Assisted District Visual Manager in conducting floor resets

throughout the Nassau region.

> Managed obsolete and overstock inventory and maintaining inventory

levels within established Ethan Allen benchmarks by providing

assistance and training with utilizing the Discontinued Product

Report, Available-to-Sell Report and the Rate of-Sale Report; in

addition to assisting with cycle counts and tagging stock.

> Managed and coordinated the visual department to ensure stores receive

all visual/merchandising collateral. Provided oversight for multiple

stores including the 18,000 sf flagship showroom.

Generated project schedules for floor moves and managing budgets

within approved parameters to drive timelines. Flagship showroom exceeded

sales goals for two consecutive quarters by 15%.

Trained design consultants on seasonal branding initiatives by Ethan

Allen and its competitors; as well as provided assistance in closing home

accent calls to maximize sales and profitability.

Raymour & Flannigan Furniture (Aggregate Volume: $14 million) 9/2006 to

7/2007

Visual Merchandising Manager/Northeast Corporate Visual Team Farmingdale,

New York

> Worked in collaboration with Regional Visual Director, Regional

Merchandise and Store Management as well as Merchandise Team Managers

to create showroom environments, which represented brand image..

> Managed a staff of 8 visual and stock personnel; as well as trained

the Visual and Support teams on merchandising standards, proper

fixture utilization and techniques.

> Routinely conducted store walkthroughs with Senior Visual Manager in

organizing and executing selling floor fixture/merchandise moves for

seasonal promotions administered by Store Designer from corporate

headquarters.

Interfaced with vendors of furniture ands accessories to maintain inventory

levels of popular sku's that drove sales by a 3.5% increase for three

consecutive quarters.

Contributed to continuous improvement of the retail store design, by

generating preliminary drawings of proposed vignettes, including detailed

construction, layout, material specifications, and special effected

diagrams for 60,000sf showroom featuring traditional and contemporary

lines.

Laboratory Institute of Merchandising College Fall Semester 2006

Undergraduate Faculty/Adjunct Professor/ Visual Merchandising New York, New

York

> Conducted classes, workshops, and demonstrations to teach principles,

techniques, procedures, and methods to design students, while imparting

effective visual merchandising for corporate brands.

> Prepared and delivered lectures to design students on retail design

and the formula of branding and how to effectively translate its

lifestyle message to consumers into three dimensional environments.

> Compiled, administered, and graded examinations, as well as

implemented assignments where students had to prepare preliminary

drawings of proposed window displays, including detailed

construction, layout, material specifications, and special effected

diagrams to teach retail design.

> Engaged students in a "Twenty Minute Quick Challenges" where

students could evaluate peers.

Mentored student research on retail psychology based various case studies

and published findings in school journal; along with annual retail design

projects that was well received by faculty and students. Students were

comprised of mostly first and second year merchandising majors.

The Home Depot Company, Expo Design Center (#1219 and #6152) 8/2003 to

10/2005

Kitchen/ Bath Project Designer and Department Visual Manager Westbury &

Brooklyn, New York

> Promoted from Design Specialist to Project Designer for residential

kitchens and bath applications, with daily use of 20/20. Also reviewed

illustrative material and conferred with client concerning objectives,

budget, background information, and presentation approaches, styles,

and techniques.

> Utilized ability to formulate practical environments plans, by

accessing the preferred esthetic that is conducive to intended

purpose, through advisement of space planning, color coordination,

layout and guidance in the selection of state-of-the-art commercial

appliances for high-end residential projects.

> Installed decorations, such as flags, banners, festive lit, and

bunting, in showroom to promote featured lines by vendors; also was

responsible for merchandising showroom vignettes to maximize sales.

Achieved rapid advancement from initial position as tile consultant to

kitchen project designer by providing complimentary tile design

consultations which contributed to a 10% increase in retainers for kitchen

and bath design department. Also collaborated with vendor sales reps on a

continual basis.

DiSalvo Interiors, LLC. (Aggregate Volume: eight-figure range) 5/2000

to 8/2003

Junior Interior Designer/Resource Librarian/ Showroom Visual Manager

Garden City, New York

> Maintain updated library of millwork shop drawings for showrooms as

well as for all projects.

> Managed a staff of 3 design interns and provided research for five

principle designers on source alternative finish materials, millwork

and alternative design options that would yield cost savings.

> Daily liaison between designers and subcontractors for fabrication and

installation for clients by reviewing project schedules to ensure

adherence to agreed deliverables for commercial and residential

projects.

> Arranged properties, furniture, merchandise and backdrop, and in

addition to preparing sketches for vignettes for 20,000 sf showroom,

conferred with management on seasonal resets for Baker, Oscar de la

Renta and Century.

Contributed to firm's winning tableware merchandising Christmas competition

at the prestigious "Seats and Settings", in 2002 and 2003 at Mansions and

Millionaires' showcase house.

Formal Educational Background

M.P.S, Design Management, (Executive MBA with "Green" focus), Pratt

Institute, New York City (3.6 GPA) 2009

M.F.A, Design and Technical Production, CUNY- Brooklyn College, Brooklyn,

New York, (Dean's List) 2007

A.A.S, Interior Design, SUNY- Nassau Community College, Garden City, New

York, (Dean's List) 2005

B.F.A, Theatre Arts, AMDA/ New School University, New York, New York,

(President's List/Cum Laude) 1994

Professional Licenses and Certifications

. Completing professional certification in Construction Management,

OSHA and NYCDOB Site Safety 2010

. Substitute Teaching Certificate, License No. 769414, NYC Department

of Education, New York 2008

. 20/20 Software for Residential Kitchen & Bath Design, NKBA / Home

Depot University, Elmont, NY 2004

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