Education

University of Texas at Arlington

August 2014: Residential Interior Design Certification, NCIDQ

October 2013: Tile and Molding Certification

July 2013: Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art Concentration: Drawing, Painting, Ceramics, Photography, Art Education and Art Therapy

July 2013: Minor in Business Administration, Concentration: Accounting and Spanish

University of Texas at San Antonio

Studied International Business August 2006-December 2010

Skills

•Friendly and a natural at handling people and customers

•People person and talkative

•Organized and enjoys organizing more and more

•Likes a clean work space and to clean others spaces too

•Reliable person you can count on, always on time and a drive to design

•Customer service experience, patient and always ready to really make someone’s day

• Experience training new employees and providing leadership to a group of coworkers

•Passionate designer and artist with a unique imagination and close attention to details

•A passionate Certified Residential Interior Designer with commercial experience

•Proven sales and design experience in decorating interior spaces from start to completion

•Full experience in consultations, rennovations, space planning, and new constructions

•Experienced working in wholesale and retail businesses

•Highly experienced as a sales representative and staging the store

•An awareness of health and safety issues

•Can easily sketch and create hand drawings and can easily read and work with blueprints

•Computer savvy and proficient in SketchUp, Interior Design for IPad, Photoshop and Homestyler

•Proficient in Microsoft Office, Excel, PowerPoint, Word and QuickBooks

•Expertise in layout, color, lighting, materials selection, customer furniture and all installations

•Ability to collaborate and communicate effectively with new and old clients, as well as presenting

•A passionate and creative individual with willingness to learn new software platforms quickly

•Outstanding interpersonal skills and drive to willingness to accumulate new clients

•Expert organizational, time-management, and project management skills; ability to oversee multiple ongoing projects

•Looking to build to my portfolio of interior design, visual designs and decorating in retail stores and wholesale showrooms, professional organizing, and home staging projects to more 3D software and other in home designs, while working remotely.

Experience

•Seasonal Visuals Associate, Pottery Barn, Dallas, Tx. October-December 2019

(Rehired, Seasonal) Decorating the entire store from ground to top weekly with a small visual team and organizing the stock room, while being an expert in all the products that Pottery Barn has available in store and online.

•Subcontractor, Old Space New Space, Dallas, Tx.

Seasonal October 2017- December 2019

Professional Organizing in clients homes, Make A Wish Foundation and Laboras office building, subcontracting with The Container Store, using the Elfa Shelving System.

•Home Staging, Peninsula Area, Dallas, Tx. June 2019-July 2019

Deep cleaning rooms, designing the spaces, prepping materials, organizing furniture and decor, displaying art, organizing zoned spaces and fully staging the home down to the appliances in the kitchen, toilet paper in the bathroom and a little bit of groceries in the fridge and pantry. Three houses at a time working with the owner of these properties as she is, a certified contractor, designer, decorator, stager, and realtor. Lauren was a trusted personal assistant, designer and organizer for the homes that became listed and rented on AirBnB and Vrbo. Lauren fully organized one of her rental home garages, as a “store” for her to grab and go items for each rental; to prep before a new tenant arrives during the full on staging process beyond furniture, art and decor; there is all all the personal items and appliances required in the staging process for a immediate rental ready to live in.

•Casa De Paz Montessori, Oak Cliff, Tx. January 2017- May 2019

Art Teacher that created and taught lessons to 3-6 year olds and later to 3-9 year olds. Working on art history, drawing, painting, ceramics, and crafts.

•Urban Vines, Dallas, Tx. November 2016-February 2017

Wine Bar, Beer on tap and Peruvian style food server in a small indoor/outdoor neighborhood cafe in Lauren old Dallas Neighborhood.

•West Elm, Dallas, TX. August 2016 – November 2016

Interior designer in store and working with clients in their home.

•Peacock Park Design, Dallas, Tx. June 2013-January 2018

Wholesale Showroom Sales Representative assisting buyers in the process of product selection while being an expert in the entire line, taking the clients' orders of the available products while driving revenue through a consultative and human approach of the buyers- every conversation is different and every customer is unique; and work with handful of people, in the arrangement, set up, and decorating of the showroom before during and after every Market.

•DIRT and House of Dirt, Oak Cliff,Tx. October & November 2017 (Seasonal)

Outdoor Fall Produce Decorator in Bishop Arts District District, decorating with pumpkins, gourds, corn stalks, hay stacks and different multi colored flowers.

Flower Arranging for a Dallas Japanese Paint Brushing Event at The Belo Mansion.

•Home Staging, Dallas, Tx. March 2016-June 2017

Worked closely as an interior designer and home stager from start to completion with, Janice Parson, Contractor, Designer, Decorator, Stager, Realtor.

•Hovas Interiors, Dallas, Tx. February 2016-February 2017

Interior Design personal assistant, ran errands at the World Trade Center or Design District majority of time while also checking in on current housing renovations, coordinating with deliveries and pick ups, electricians, plumbers, demo team, and clean ups. Sketching furniture and objects for placement in houses on blue print copies. Working together and staying in contact with clients and showroom sale representatives. Personally filled all client files and kept vendor information organized.

•Pottery Barn, Knox St. Dallas, Tx. 75205

•Dallas, Tx. June 2014-January 2015 Retail Sales Associate and Design Specialist

•Dallas, Tx. January 2015 February 2016-Retail Visual Associate

-Maintained and executed visual and merchandise standards, including merchandise presentation, according to corporate floor sets in each zone of the store. Before opening the store in the morning and closing for the night, Lauren would complete the floor sets in the store, all of the decor for presentation, stocking the floor with extra merchandise and ensured the stock room was organized.

-Always worked to provide the most sincere and friendliest customer service and demonstrate a clear comprehensive product knowledge of the Pottery Barn brand merchandise, including features and benefits, while always maintaining knowledge of current sales and promotions. Lauren worked with a small visual team and a large sales team to provide help with guests to locate merchandise, make a order online or through catalog and in store, create returns, exchanges and create registries too.

-As a design specialist, Lauren assisted with In Home Designers from Pottery Barn to drive to customers homes and to help plan their spaces, answer any questions they may have regarding decor or planning their space and then reconnected by email, phone and in store to show items and ideas for inspiration.

•Kiddin’ with Greg, Dallas, TX. October 2013-October 2014 (Apparel Markets)

Wholesale Apparel Sales Representative for Kids Apparel Markets at the showroom at The Dallas World Trade Center.

Displayed clothing on clothing racks and wrote orders from buyers for clothing ranging in sizes from newborn to size 16 in juniors for girls and boys.

•Desert Diggs, Dallas, Tx. July 2013-August 2013

Wholesale Showroom Space Planner and Personal Assistant to Lenore, the showroom owner. Organized office and stock room. Planned out the original and new showroom floor plan spaces. Looked through catalogs from the distributors to search for new furniture to add to the display in the showroom. Took orders from buyers over the phone and in store while also being a Customer Service Issue specialist.

•Interior Designer, Irving, Tx. March 2012- May 2014

Designed a 3 bed/3 bath plus living room and office.

•Home Staging, The Dallas Metroplex, March 2012-July 2013

Staging homes for homeowners with their own furniture. Cleaned the spaces and minimized the homeowners belongings in order to sell the space to someone who could see the space as their own.

•Babysitter/Nanny care.Com, Dallas Metroplex Area January 2010-June 2019

Babysit for several different families over the years through care.com

Interior Design, Professional Organizer, Subcontracting, Home Staging and other design References:

1.Deborah Austin- 214-***-**** Peacock Park Design Showroom Manager

2. Gina Galvin- 810-***-**** Showroom owner at Peacock Park Design

3. Jan and Greg Morgan- 214-***-**** Showroom owners Kiddin' With Greg World Trade Center in Dallas

4. Janice Parson- 214-***-**** adijwn@r.postjobfree.com Contractor, Designer, Home Stager, and Real Estate Agent for Dave Perry Miller

5. Elizabeth Hovas- 214-***-**** adijwn@r.postjobfree.com Residential Interior Designer

6. Sally Perez Arevalo- 214-***-**** adijwn@r.postjobfree.com Real Estate Agent at Keller Williams

7. Charles Oglesby- 248-***-**** Visuals Manager at Pottery Barn

8. Alison Thompson- 972-***-**** adijwn@r.postjobfree.com Old Space New Space

9. Sonya- 817-***-**** DIRT and House Of Dirt

214-***-****

adijwn@r.postjobfree.com

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