Angela Erby
Design Consultant
Fairfield,CA, CA.
Summary
Professional Interior Designer with over 15 years' experience in field. Experience from remodel of
Profile Kitchen, Bath complete and new development to color consultation, space planning,
window treatments; Managed projects with clients. Measured, calculated, and assist
with materials needed as well as train and coach designers in consulting from
conception to completion on project. Work well as team player with fellow
associates, vendors, fabricators and installers. Excellent listener and communicator
to access customers' needs and wants in creating the home of their dreams providing
the ultimate customer service and experience educating and translating their lifestyle
needs to fruition. Professionally guiding and navigating the buying process on
projects new or renewed living space.
Overview
24
24
years of professional experience
Work History
AME Concepts LLC
01.2019 - Current
- Design for living Consultant.
- Full spectrum design.
- Exemplary customer service.
- Project management of design from conception to completion.
- Virtual presentation pages of concept.
Custom Designer
Smith & Noble
01.2018 - 01.2019
- Parallel position to JC Penney's Custom Decorator, JC Penney's, Richmond/Fairfield CA.
- 97-00,14-18.
- In home window covering consultation, measurements, assist in best window covering that is most feasible, aesthetically pleasing to client.
- Exemplary Customer service.
- Project management from conception to completion of installed order to insure efficint and aesthetic client satisfaction.
- Team Player with associates to acquire leads from store as well as acquired personal leads.
- Epic ordering, scheduling, and follow up software skills.
- Included microsoft word, pages for virtual presentations of designs.
Sales Associate
Scandinavian Design
Vacaville, CA
01.2012 - 01.2014
- In furniture sales.
- In-home consultations upon request.
- Space planning of sold merchandise.
- Managed order from purchase to installed or pick up at store.
- Building relationships for continued and future business.
- Maintain sales quota per pay period.
- Opening and closing duties;counting cash drawer.
- Credit card reports.
- Special ordering for specific designs which required designing pieces upon clients needs, style and comfort.
Account Executive
Design Within Reach
San Francisco, CA.
01.2011 - 01.2012
- Sales, exemplary customer service.
- Acquire new clients, and maintained existing clientele.
- Space planning using in home software for visuals of sale.
- Continue relationships with all clientel with yearly sales of authentic modern pieces, follow up to complete projects to work within anticipated investment of project.
- Opening and Closing responsibilities of cash drawer.
Student
Solano Community College
01.2009 - 01.2011
- Interior Design courses to hone skills revelant to the trade.
Executive Accountant
, LA
01.2008 - 01.2009
- Building relationships with Residential and Commercial Designers To the trade.
- To effectively assist by offering vendors/merchandise available via Robert Allen thats benificial for promoting their business in present and future projects.
- Maintaining relevant products privy through RA creating custom worthy home goods by way of case goods, soft goods, and 3 2 accessories.
Designer/Soft Goods Specialist
Ethan Allen Mtn
, CA
01.2006 - 01.2007
- Started as designer became Soft Goods specialist and trained decorators in window covering, how to measure windows, and implement window designs in space planning project for rooms.
- Managed projects of each Designer to assist in achieving quota for soft goods percentages.
- Created monthly sales & revenue Reports, specific merchandise sold reports, completed jobs report.
Store Manager
Walnut Creek, CA
01.2005 - 01.2006
- Over seeing the daily operations of a store.
- Give exemplary customer service, creating a team to provide in-depth product knowledge, including features, benefits, and overall value of product and why to invest with 3 Day Blind.
- Hired and Trained new associates in sales of window coverings.
- Window covering repairs.
- Maintained an efficiently store.
- Motivating team to achieve individual and team goals.
- Monthly P & L report, and 6 month business plan for projection of bussiness.
- Creating relationships with local business to business sales.
Interior Designer
01.2003 - 01.2005
- Educated new clients what we could offer in space planning, in-home design consultation in the realm of: flooring (carpet), window covering, custom bedding, upholstered furniture, case goods.
- In Emeryville location became Senior designer.
- Facilitated meetings teaching how to measure, implement window coverings in design, and flooring.
Store Designer
El Cerrito, CA
01.2000 - 01.2003
- As store designer, I worked directly with contractors, consumers, and associates.
- Working in most departments as an in-home consultant: for windows, flooring, paint, window coverings, kitchen and bath design, and closet designs.
- Consumers were referred by associates, and I also generated leads meeting with contractors, to assist with their clients.
- Self marketing for services offered via Home Depot.
- Designed Kitchen designs via 20/20 software.
Interior Designer
Interior Designer, Before & After
Berkeley, CA
01.2002 - 01.2003
- I worked as an Assistant to PJ Lam.
- As window covering consultant.
- Assisted 4 Erby,Angela as project manager also assisted with accounting collecting money due to completed projects.
- Costco(Carpet Sales),El Cerrito CA I worked with the carpet sales only as outside in-home sales.
- This was a part- time position, when working with Before & After.
Education
Solano Community College
2012
Interior Design
Atlanta Art Institute
1987
Chemical Engineer
Tuskegee University
1986
Skills
- 20/20 design, Executive Architect, AutoCAD, Blueprint Reading,computer
- Savvy,Microsoft,Excel,Project Management
- Positive Attitude,Team Player,Strong communication,Leadership,Problem
- Solving, Strong Work Ethic
- Teaching, Training,Sales
- 2
- Accounting, Presentations
- Architect, Problem
- AutoCAD, SSolving
- Benefits, Project Management
- Blueprint Reading, Repairs
- Business plan, Sales
- Closing, Scheduling
- CA, Space
- Concept, Planning
- Consultant, Space planning
- Consultation, Teaching
- Credit, Team Player
- Clientele
- Client
- Clients
- Customer
- Service
- Customer
- Sservice
- Customer service
- Designing
- Features
- Interior Design
- Leadership
- Marketing
- Meetings
- Excel
- Money
- 97
- Windows
- Window
- Microsoft word
- Paint
- Pick
Affiliations
References
References Available upon request
Timeline
AME Concepts LLC
01.2019 - Current
Custom Designer
Smith & Noble
01.2018 - 01.2019
Sales Associate
Scandinavian Design
01.2012 - 01.2014
Account Executive
Design Within Reach
01.2011 - 01.2012
Student
Solano Community College
01.2009 - 01.2011
Executive Accountant
01.2008 - 01.2009
Designer/Soft Goods Specialist
Ethan Allen Mtn
01.2006 - 01.2007
Store Manager
01.2005 - 01.2006
Interior Designer
01.2003 - 01.2005
Interior Designer
Interior Designer, Before & After
01.2002 - 01.2003
Store Designer
01.2000 - 01.2003
Solano Community College
Interior Design
Atlanta Art Institute
Chemical Engineer
Tuskegee University
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