Interior Design Assistant

OBJECTIVE

To obtain a Interior Design Assistant position at a firm where I can use my background in graphic design and construction industry experience to coordinate interior design materials, and assist in organizing interior spaces

EDUCATION

• Bachelor of Science: Apparel and Textile Design

Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, completed May 2006

SKILLS SUMMARY

• Graphic Design/Marketing background

• Proposal/bid writing experience

• Power-Point creation

• Newsletter design/writing experience

• Project coordination

• Loyal and compassionate personality

• Event planning experience

• Architectural photography skills

• Construction environment familiarity

• Interior Design college courses

• Customer service & Teamwork skills

• Design software (Adobe Creative Suite, Dreamweaver)

• Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Word, Excel)

• MAC & PC experience

WORK HISTORY

Document Control Coordinator (Contract) September 2009-February 2010

Stryker (OnStaff)

• Use SharePoint to look up Risk Documents that need to be converted to Excel

• Convert Risk Documents that are in PDF form, to Excel spreadsheets by manually typing

• Assist other team members and employees by tackling high priority requests

• Proofread Risk Documents and make corrections before releasing to internal website

Print Marketing Specialist October 2006-July 2009

United Engravers, Inc., Battle Creek, MI - Jen Friedrich 269-***-****

• In charge of all new Kellogg’s Health & Wellness packaging projects at United Engravers, a supplier to Kellogg’s, which includes project coordination, market research, graphic design, and customer approval

• Coordinate the necessary parts needed to set-up the project by gathering information from Kellogg’s project leads and researching past successful United Engravers projects

• Do graphic design of packaging in Illustrator

• Manage the project timelines in Excel to ensure every part of project is completed on time

• Coordinate company events including Christmas party and Lunch & Learn lectures, and design invitations/PowerPoint presentations for company events

Webmaster Assistant (college job) September 2004-May 2006

WKAR Media Broadcasting, East Lansing, MI – Bill Richards 517-***-**** x409

• Collaborated with copywriter at WKAR and created an informative consumer biweekly eNews newsletter, in addition posting the articles to the organization’s website

• Retouched photos and posted to website, edited & created website articles

• Photographed company sponsored events such as on-campus auctions and MSU half-time shows

• Design ad layouts and post to website and event posters for campus posting

• Developed interactive customer survey to be used on website for marketing research

CONTRACT / VOLUNTEER WORK

Marketing Assistant (contract) April 2009-August 2009

EnergyChek, Kalamazoo, MI

• Scan in images from books and manuals, and file them on computer

• Create Power-Point presentations to demonstrated at architecture firms around the country

• Rewrite certification tests in Word to be used to approve applicants

Residential Marketing Manager (volunteer) April 2007-present

Mellema Painting LLC- Kalamazoo, MI

• Work with Interior Designer and Developers of new development LEED Green certified residential properties to stage each room for Real Estate photographs I take for website uploads and marketing flyers

• Promoted Mellema Painting, LLC, to new and existing customers through volunteering at Parade of Homes events

• Created company website, marketing materials, logo and Real Estate photography

• Assist in drafting bids and proposals, including lists of materials, labor and costs, on all projects with building contractors

Graphic Designer (contract) August 2006

GEMS Magazine, Grand Rapids, MI

• Coordinate with copy editor create a magazine that has a positive impact on pre-teen girls magazine

• Select coordinating photos to go with articles off of stock photo website, edit in Photoshop

• Create entire magazine and newsletter layout in InDesign for Fall 2006 magazine and Fall 2006 company newsletter (newsletter template now a standard for the company)

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