Interior Design, Fine Artist & world renowned miniaturist
Resume:
Amy S. Christie
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EMPLOYMENT
Business Owner, Gramson Manor Miniatures; 2019-Present
Sole Proprietor, Amy S. Christie Designs; Hendersonville, TN
Generation of estimable sales & revenue through the procurement & artistry of 1:12 scale handmade, fine art miniatures in multiple tactile mediums: furniture, accessories, artwork, textiles, case goods, & their variances for miniature enthusiasts around the world
Member, IGMA (International Guild of Miniature Artisans)
Curator, The Fisher Dollhouse: A Miniature Palazzo, installed in MAD Museum, NYC, Bruce Museum, Greenwhich, CT, & featured in Broadway World, Elle Décor & other media throughout the COVID 19 Pandemic
Interior Designer & Account Manager, JL Brewer Designs; 2013-2015
McDonald, TN
Independently motivated in the art of wide-ranging design installations & procurement.
Highly qualified in the cultivation of high-end residential & commercial design clientele.
Responsible for all order entry & strategic/administrative implementation of vendors.
Skilled space planner, color theorist, & perspective renderer.
Interior Designer, Yessick’s Design Center; 2009- 2013
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Procurement of custom proposals generating fine-tuned interior design installations.
Team recipient, Better Business Bureau Torch Award recognizing superior workplace ethics.
Culturally adept & proficient in verbal acuity, critical in delivery to a broad demographic.
Refined in presentation skills as a vehicle to sophisticated design concepts.
Featured installations in dozens of trade publications.
Interior Designer, McCreery’s Home Furnishings (Drexel Heritage); 2004-2005
Sacramento, California
Consistently exceeded client expectations coalescing with panels of builders & architects.
Feature article; Converse College Connections Magazine, “Alumna Profile: Amy Schmidt.”
Marketed hundreds of wholesale manufacturers at a competitive resale margin.
Ensured continuity in developing concepts for a myriad of design genres.
High record of sales achievement using advanced design ability.
Front page feature article; The Sacramento Bee “Who’s Who in Design.”
Feature article; Folsom Life “Women in Business 2005”
Interior Designer, Ethan Allen; 2003- 2004
Sacramento, California
Installed Venetian-inspired living room featured in Designer Showcase home tour.
High record of sales achievement; Awarded for “graciousness & dynamism.”
Featured interview as a leading designer, local ABC television broadcast.
Front page feature article “Interiors;” The Sacramento Bee.
Interior Designer, Ethan Allen; 2003
Centerville, Ohio
Engaged the DESA Personality Index as a conduit to top sales achievements.
Surveyed & enhanced showroom and managed improvements.
Executed multi-layered design installations.
Chief Textile Designer, Radici USA Inc. (Subsidiary of Tapetificio Nazionale); Oct. 2001-2003
Spartanburg, South Carolina & Bergamo, Italy
First place winner, International Design Guild Broadloom Design Competition- Sponsored by ASID Icon
Endorsed & compensated $3k grand prize by Architectural Digest
Recognized for design prowess in Architectural Digest, National Floor Trends, Rug News, & Rug Insider
Composed company mission statements, press releases, & formatted catalogs.
Internationally trained in ERES Textile CAD officiated in Bergamo, Italy.
Procured sales contracts for enterprises with vanguard buying potential.
Augmented internationally acclaimed, high-end broadloom collections.
Chief textile designer for nationally distributed area rug collections
Developed merchandising displays & honed advertising layouts.
First place winner, Surfaces Flooring Convention “Best Color Palette.”
Visual Director/Corporate Designer, Haynes Furniture Company; Summer 2000 & 2001
Virginia Beach & Denbigh, Virginia, store locations
Designed vignette arrangements circulated in bi-weekly newspaper publications.
Collaborated with purchasing team in product selections, managed inventory.
Chief display merchandiser throughout two, seven-acre store locations.
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Fine Arts in interior Design, Minor in Studio Art & Emphasis in Sociology; c/o 2002
Converse College, Spartanburg, South Carolina
Recipient, Who’s Who Among Students in American Colleges & Universities
Recipient, Most Outstanding Member of an Organization; ASID
Recipient, Photography Award: Faculty Juried Art Exhibition
Commissioned landscape & portrait artist
President, ASID Student Chapter
Recipient, Milliken Art Scholarship
SUPPLIMENTAL EDUCATION ABROAD
Denmark International Study Program; Summer of 2001
University of Copenhagen, Denmark (including study tours in Denmark, Finland, & Sweden)
In depth examination of Elil Saarinen via study of Finnish vernacular
Comprehensive study of Scandinavian design, history & theory
Greek Architecture; Summer of 2000
Greece, Turkey, & the Greek Islands
Comprehensive study of Western civilization, design & architecture
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