Interior Architect and Designer

ZAHRA GHANIMI

www.zahra-ghanimi.com . ************@*****.*** . 415-***-****

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

• Proficiency in AutoCAD, ArchiCad, Revit, 3D Max and Adobe suite.

• Success working with a variety of mediums: large scale commercial and residential projects.

• Exceptional ability to visualize ideas in three-dimensional form.

• Great team player.

• Assistance with client meetings.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Interior Designer, Philip Nimmo & Company, Los Angeles, 2014

• Furniture design, Shop drawing, Expediting, FF&E research, Updating the material library.

Intern, Warwick Hotel, San Francisco 2013-2014

• Resolve on-site conflicts between the drawings and actual work.

• Guestroom renovation. Site Survey, FF&E purchasing, and Liaising with contractors and vendors.

Intern, Kneedler Fauchère, Design Center, San Francisco, Fall 2013

• Assist with showroom maintenance and sample library.

Interior Designer, ZG Design, Iran, Dubai, United States, 2008-2013

• Concept development, design development, space planning, furniture and finish selection for office, contemporary villa and

single-family house, Tehran, Iran, 2012

• Designed remodeling plan for residential kitchen, Belmont, California, 2011

• Designing luxury villa, Dubai, UAE, 2009

• Retail Design, DNA-DX, Dubai, UAE – 2008

Interior Designer/ Drafter, RG-Architecture, San Francisco, California, Aug-Jan 2012

• Solve on-site conflicts between the drawings and actual work.

• Present work to clients in the form of 3D imaging. (Bakery and diner, single family homes, multifamily housing)

Interior Designer/ Dafter, Al Yarmok Decor Co, United Arab Emirates, Sep 2008- June 2009

• Assistance with client meetings.

• Design team supervisor, responsible for coordinating design process, communication with clients regarding design, and also

creating my own design working with AutoCad, Photoshop, as well as making sample boards and mood boards for government

buildings and luxury villas project.

Designer/ Drafter, Friends’ Union Engineer Co, Tehran, Iran, Aug 2005- Oct 2006

• Worked on a project as a surveyor, designer and drafter, designing private school, shopping mall and offices.

Designer/ Drafter, Farna Consulting Eng, Tehran, Iran 1999 and 2003

• Member of design team as an architect and interior designer, designing villa and family housing.

• Prepared and drew the architectural plans and assisted in design.

EDUCATION

MFA, Interior Architecture & Design, Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA -2013

BA, Interior Architecture & Design, CFA&D, University of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates -2010

ASSOCIATE DIPLOMA, Architecture, Art Department College, Tehran, Iran - 2003

DIPLOMA, Architecture, Graphic Noor, Tehran, Iran – 1999

SOFTWARE

AutoCAD, Revit Architecture, 3D Max, ArchiCAD, Google SketchUp, Adobe design (Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator), Microsoft

word, Power point, keynote.

SKILL

Concept development, design development, space planning, furniture and finishes. Architecture, Interior Design, Construction

Drawings, Sustainability, Model making, sketching, freehand rendering and hand drafting, board of material and mood board, Design

Research, Fine Art.

LANGUAGES

English, Arabic and Persian (Farsi)

Employment authorized and lawful resident

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