Interior Design Professional and Space Planner

Ginger R. Aldrich, ASID

ASID Professional Member # 20004, Retired

Former Georgia Registered Interior Designer #117

NCIDQ certified # 024477

PO Box 6501, Gainesville, GA 30504 ● 770-***-**** ● *******@***.*** Creative Designer and Interior Design Professional with extensive background and proven track record in all phases of design and general construction, including furniture purchasing, product sales and marketing in residential and commercial markets; custom cabinet design, extensive space planning experience in permit construction documents for commercial and residential spaces, including many years of interior construction project management experience.

INTERIOR DESIGN ● DESIGN SALES / MARKETING

● SPACE PLANNING ● CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT

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SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Registered Interior Designer and former Professional member of ASID, and Small Business Owner

35+ Years of successful experience in design and space planning of wide range of business and professional projects including residential and commercial interiors

Creative Problem Solver with strong interpersonal and negotiating skills

Great client rapport and dedication to customer care with concern for profitability, budgets and client satisfaction

Self motivated, highly organized, and goal oriented

Confident, intuitive, and creative person with positive team building attitude

Enthusiasm to sell and design environments to meet client goals and visions

Excellent communication and presentation skills

Detailed, accurate measuring skills for space planning and product installations

Thorough knowledge of BOMA standards and International Building and Accessibility codes

Strong drafting skills for construction documents and custom details and designs

Solid project organization, jobsite inspection with punch lists, and project management, coordination of subcontractors, and suppliers

Design of open office layouts, medical / dental labs and offices, multi-family housing, day care centers, restaurants, and private residential homes

Maintain continuing education credits and strive to learn and increase product knowledge keeping abreast of the design industry trends SELECTED CAREER ACHEIVEMENTS

EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT

Owner or co-owner in 2 design firms and VP in one interior construction company dedicated to construction and design services.

Supervised staff of from 4 to 12 sales designers, CAD personnel and bookkeeping staff.

Held leadership role in client recruitment and in maintaining client satisfaction including three major Atlanta office park management teams as well as individual clients of smaller office parks or apartment management companies and individual residential clients

SALES / MARKETING

Marketed well over $1,000,000 in product sales of furniture, and interior products

In home sales experience for residential clients / home improvement projects

Maintained long standing accounts with major office park clients with ability to consistently provide practical design solutions for tenants, and increasing occupancy rates

Developed qualifying leads and established new accounts as a furniture dealer for several lines of commercial furnishings as well as wholesale wall covering and ceramic tile / flooring and interior finishes / drapery and window covering design SPACE PLANNING AND DESIGN TO MEET CLIENT GOALS

In working with facility management for a major client, Dun & Bradstreet Software, my firm Commercial Space Design helped to meet client goals reducing leased space requirements by 15% while increasing employee communications. We eliminated fixed walls and created efficient specialized open plans with furnishings by Haworth and Teknion. The client’s employee efficiency was increased by 30% enabling employees to save time and money and to meet a crisis deadline. This was accomplished by working closely with suppliers and subcontractors to coordinate installations and meet an almost impossible timeline for delivery.

My firm also reconfigured Dun & Bradstreet’s 13 story building to further save space and decrease costs by decreasing employee work areas using open plan systems and core meeting and shared workspaces.

Working with my office park owner/clients I consistently designed spaces that helped clients sign lease tenants in competitive situations with other office parks.

In the $1.3 million dollar redesign of a building in Dunwoody Office Park, I reconfigured a previous racquetball center and church into the Atlanta School of Massage by adding a mezzanine floor increasing total tenant rentable area to meet tenant needs and enabling my client to maintain a valuable tenant and re-lease a vacant building on a long-term lease commitment

My firm designed and managed the total renovation of a 14-story residential high rise senior center in Atlanta, which had not been updated in 20 years. We replaced and updated all finishes including carpeting, wall coverings, and flooring as well as specified and installed all new furnishings for the public areas, offices, and restrooms. The project included reclaiming unused basement storage space for a classroom and computer room, with multipurpose meeting area for a children’s learning program which was dedicated by Atlanta city officials. SKILLS & SERVICES

Interior project management services

Interior design and construction consulting and in home sales

Jobsite Photos and event photography with some video production for Media promotion

Expert jobsite As-Built measurements with square footage verification

Preliminary space plans and CAD construction permit documents

Proposals and budgeting

Furniture specifications, sales, and installations

Finish selections and sales with specification schedules, (carpet, flooring, base, laminate, paint, wall coverings, fabrics, hard surfaces)

Site inspections, with measuring and punch lists

Knowledge of BOMA specifications and ADA regulations

Subcontractor coordination and scheduling

Punch list and job closeout services

Graphic design, Microsoft Publisher presentations, business cards, logos, and brochures

Technical skills Laptop and Desktop computer, MS Office, Tablet/Android PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2000 – Present – Aldrich Management Group inc

Independent Design consultant and space planner providing design services, permit construction documents, design management and consultation including finishes, furnishing specifications, detailed plans and specifications of custom millwork, carpet, furniture, and product sales for interior residential or commercial construction. Also providing residential consulting to real estate agents in North Atlanta staging properties for sale.

1990 – 2000 – Commercial Space Design, Inc.

Partner and independent subcontractor & designer /space planner, providing design management and consultation services including permit construction documents, finishes and furnishing sales and specifications, furniture dealer, as-built CAD plans & certified space measurements using BOMA standards. Managed a team of four designers and CAD designers. 1983 - 1990 - Space Design Associates

Independent Contractor - design consultant, space planner and project manager This firm was incorporated in 1990 becoming Commercial Space Design, Inc. 1979 – 1983 - Hudson Hardin Construction Co., Atlanta GA Vice President Design. Contracted with major office parks for space planning services and construction of interior office space. Provided plans and interior color coordination and finish specifications, furniture sales and installation, and sub-contractor supervision 1971- 1979 – Gray Properties - Century Center, Clairmont Rd., Atlanta GA In-house Design Manager and Space Planner

Major Clients:

TriPower Construction & Development LLC / Medical and Professional Offices

Independent Real Estate Agents and Clients Residential and Commercial

Dunwoody Park Office Park, Chamblee, GA / Frank Darby Real Estate - Medical and Professional Offices

Gateway Management Inc. / Multi family apartment home properties

Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta / Church Renovations, Rectories, Educational buildings

Major Office Parks and properties in the Atlanta GA area Cousins Properties – 3375 Lenox Rd Bldg.

Interstate North Office Park / Equitable & Compass Mgmt., I -285 & I-75 Marietta GA Frank M. Darby Properties – Lenox Center, 3455 Lenox Rd. Atlanta GA Dunwoody Park - Chamblee, GA -Low-rise – medical and professional offices 12 buildings

Gateway Management – multi-family apartment and high-rise retirement property managers Designed rehab plans for 7 company residential properties evaluated properties for rehab needs, developed bids and proposals for repairs, including procurement and furnishings installation and associated costs and supervised construction process with management

Dunn & Bradstreet Facilities contract designer – space planning, construction, and Herman Miller and Haworth open office furniture procurement under the direction of facilities staff.

Gray Properties Developments. Century Center, Phoenix Center Century Hotels PERSONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Education:

The University of Houston, Houston Texas

BFA, INTERIOR DESIGN

Minor in French and Art History

CEU Continuing Education Credits

Professional development and organizations:

ASID Professional Member # 20004 (retired)

GA Registered Designer # 000117 (retired)

NCIDQ Design certified # 024477

Served on the NCIDQ Judges team for Georgia ASID 5 years Maintain Registration with required 12 CEU’s bi-yearly courses in Flooring, Wall coverings, Paint specifications, Healthcare and Senior care, CAD, Business Management, LEED & Energy wise and Universal Design, Kitchen and Bath Design Computer Skills Microsoft Office Suite / Word, Excel, Publisher, Power Point, some AutoCAD & Revit Projects List, References and Portfolio on request

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