Jen Strisower
Interior Designer
RESUME
Skills
Summary
Well-rounded, passionate, hard-working interior designer. Experienced collaboratively & independently. Known as detail-oriented, resourceful & driven with a ‘whatever-it-takes’ attitude. Seeking full-time, long-term employment to grow design software expertise & field knowledge, paving the path to becoming a certified senior interior designer with a strong client base & increased project responsibility.
Work
Experience
Freelance Designer
2013 - present
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Joni Koenig Interiors – Photoshop existing spaces to show proposed designs, AutoCAD, client meetings, sketch & take notes/photos, organize projects & files (residential/commercial)
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Martina Reisman (Neoteric Luxury) – Photoshop furniture images (high-end residential/hospitality)
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Elvis Restaino LLC. – Draft elevations & hand renderings (high-end residential)
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Metropolitan Design Studio – On-site documentation, AutoCAD plans, furniture selection & schedule (residential)
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Splendid – Take photos/measurements, create store model in SketchUp, render in SU Podium, touch-up in Photoshop (retail)
Tutor
WyzAnt
Apr 2013 - present
SketchUp, Photoshop, InDesign, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Drafting, Drawing
Design Office Manager
GoChip, Inc.
Jan 2017 - Apr 2018
Design marketing materials, design/revise PowerPoint presentations, track statuses for all printed product materials, contact Sony for assets/rights/approvals regularly, weekly conference calls, preview content & report issues/give feedback regularly, update/organize spreadsheets, file management, book company travel
Interior Design Assistant
Fowler & Moore Interiors
Mar 2016 - June 2016 (temporary)
Create AutoCAD drawings, SketchUp models, hand renderings, estimates & sales orders in QuickBooks, manage social media, attend client meetings, schedule pickups/deliveries, contact vendors for pricing & samples, organize design center, update client statuses
spreadsheet, help with retail displays
Design and Production Assistant
Neoteric Luxury
Mar 2014 - Sept 2015
Create AutoCAD drawings, concept sketches, marketing materials using InDesign, Photoshop, Illustrator, Word, SketchUp & LayOut, create/update spreadsheets & spec sheets for hundreds of products, generate quotes & invoices in LightSpeed, request freight quotes, contact vendors for samples & orders, manage material sample inventory, organize all server files, handle shipping, track & order all office, warehouse & shipping supplies, manage/update documents for reps, update website, update catalog
Associate Designer / Staging Assistant
The Space Healer / Marshall Design Group
Sept 2013 - May 2014 (contract)
Create 3D renderings in SketchUp, design marketing materials, manage social media, assist with staging projects, attend client meetings, write proposals & agreements
Visual Display Design Intern
Good Work(s) Make a Difference
Jan 2013 - Mar 2013 (temporary)
Design trade show booth in SketchUp, sketch ideas, make custom jewelry displays, marketing materials using InDesign, run errands
Independent Sales Representative
Avon
Sept 2009 - Mar 2012
Attend district meetings, create a client base, contact customers to sell and deliver merchandise, keep inventory logs, submit bi-weekly orders, manage my online store
Photoshop
InDesign
Illustrator
SketchUp
AutoCAD
Microsoft Office
Sketching/Drawing
Drafting
Concept Development
Color Psychology
Creative Problem Solving
Social Media Management
Tutoring
Organization
Volunteer Work
Great Strides Team Leader
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation – Orange County Chapter
2016 - present
Created team Jessy’s All-Stars, recruit others to join, request donations via social media, email & phone, manage Jessy’s All-Stars Facebook page, make custom shirts for walkers each year, send follow-up emails, lead the team at the annual 5k walk in Long Beach.
In 2017, I accepted an award for being a Great Strides Superstar.
Student Builder
Habitat for Humanity
2012
Construction site – learned how to frame a window, hammered, did a walk thru of the house & measured/noted open areas in need of an extra piece of wood, caulked smaller openings/gaps, used a power saw to cut 2x4s down to match the dimensions previously noted
General Volunteer
Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Oct 2011
Built toys, arranged & hung family photos on focal wall in the dining room, organized closets for staging, unloaded trucks, inspected rooms & exterior of the house for areas that needed touch-up work and/or had trash/needed to be cleaned, painted the house exterior
(Medford, OR – McPhail family, final season)
Student Designer
Albertina Kerr
2011
Collaborated with other designers to design new interior spaces for a community housing facility for underprivileged teenage boys - specified FF&E, attended meetings, set deadlines for next phases of the design process, took measurements of the bathroom before remodeling, researched affordable artwork and FF&E options to fit the tight budget
Education
The Art Institute of Portland
Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Interior Design
Minor in Sustainability
2010 - 2013
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh - Online Division
Diploma in Residential Planning
2008 - 2010