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Cristina Marie Larocco

TX

Summary

Accomplished Interiors Manager with a proven track record at UT Southwestern, adept in leveraging AutoCAD and exemplary communication skills to deliver projects on time and under budget. Spearheaded initiatives improving policies and procedures, showcasing leadership in coordinating project operations and fostering interdepartmental partnerships. Achieved significant enhancements in design process efficiency and client satisfaction.

Overview

9
9
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Interiors Manager

UT Southwestern
Dallas, TX
02.2023 - Current
  • Ensured adherence to customer service standards.
  • Exercised good judgment and decision-making in escalating concerns and resolving issues.
  • Assigned tasks to associates to fit skill levels, and maximize team performance.
  • Recruited and hired qualified candidates to fill open positions.
  • Leveraged leadership skills to identify deficiencies and opportunities to improve policies, procedures, and controls.
  • Provides professional interior design services for specialized construction projects.
  • Provides assistance to the institution in defining furniture plans and strategies for mid- and long-range interior design and furniture efforts.
  • Ensured compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, industry standards.
  • Monitored budgets and expenditures to ensure cost-effectiveness while maintaining quality standards.
  • Directed recruitment, hiring, and training of new staff members.
  • Held regular one-on-one meetings with employees to review performance and priorities and provide feedback.
  • Evaluated individual and team business performance and identified opportunities for improvement.
  • Implemented process improvements, resulting in an increase in operational efficiency.
  • Remained calm and professional in stressful circumstances and effectively diffused tense situations.
  • Provided leadership, insight and mentoring to newly hired employees to supply knowledge of various company programs.

Design Project Coordinator Sr

UT Southwestern
Dallas, TX
05.2021 - 02.2023
  • Develops, plans, and implements furniture, fixture, and equipment installation projects.
  • Consults with clients, administrators, and physicians to determine needs and the most efficient use of resources.
  • Manages the project team to ensure quality, schedule compliance, budget allocations, and healthcare code compliance, including the ADA.
  • Collaborates with architects, engineers, and directors regarding construction projects.
  • Confers with project personnel to help facilitate problem resolutions.
  • Maintains campus aesthetic standards in all public and patient care areas.
  • Evaluates current projects for future project requests.
  • Participates in the design, reviews, and monitors the progress of the project.
  • Prepares, makes recommendations, and plans program layout schematics.
  • Consults and coordinates with architects, project managers, and support groups.
  • Develops updates and implements appropriate institutional design standards.
  • Coordinates furniture planning, moving, and installation.
  • Evaluates, recommends, and executes continuous improvements to policies, procedures, guidelines, methods, and processes.
  • Provides working supervision to lower-level Project Coordinators and Designers.
  • Provides support and guidance to all team members for specific fields, styles, or phases of interior design expertise.
  • Met with clients to establish ideas, goals, and guidelines for the design team.
  • Gathered feedback from stakeholders to ensure that all requirements were met for successful completion of projects.
  • Created project status presentations for delivery to customers or project personnel.
  • Participated in professional development opportunities to stay current with industry trends and technologies.
  • Monitored progress of projects and reported status updates to management.
  • Submitted budget estimates, progress reports and cost tracking reports.
  • Coordinated design projects with internal and external stakeholders to ensure on-time delivery of products.
  • Achieved cost-savings by developing functional solutions to problems.

Project Specialist

Wilson Office Interiors
Dallas, TX
08.2018 - 05.2021
  • Confers with Account Managers and/or Client to determine purpose and function of environment, budget, scope of project, time schedules, project proposals, types of furniture and equipment to be installed, and other factors which affect planning interior healthcare environments.
  • Advises team and/or client on interior design factors such as space planning, layout and utilization of furnishings and equipment, color schemes, and color coordination, codes, and work council requirements.
  • Determine time frame, budget limitations and procedures for accomplishing project with available resources to various phases of project.
  • Tracks project through business software and prepares status reports and modifies schedules or plans as required for all projects.
  • Participate in project construction meetings, assists project team in solving potential or immediate problems.
  • Assess building / site conditions to pre-plan for delivery and installation.
  • Prepares installation package and initiates preinstall meetings with install group.
  • Coordinates transportation, delivery and installation of product, provides onsite supervision as needed.
  • Directs and coordinates activities of installation personnel to ensure project progresses on schedule and within prescribed budget.
  • Provide post project service and punch list walk-through with sales, client and installation team members.

Interior Design Associate

The LaSalle Group/Winfield Design, LLC
Irving, TX
08.2017 - 07.2018
  • Furniture, finish and equipment selection for assisted living communities and adult day care centers.
  • Coordination between construction and design through construction administration process.
  • Assists with coordination of construction drawings and design details, architectural information.
  • Oversee installation of all FF&E in communities.
  • Assistance with space planning and furniture planning for miscellaneous projects.
  • Assistance with code review and compliance for smaller projects.
  • Helps with Capital Expenditure projects.

Project Designer

Wilson Office Interiors
Dallas, TX
08.2015 - 08.2017
  • Works closely with dealership sales, order entry and installation groups, as well as customers, to ensure accurate plans and specifications.
  • Conducts in-depth programming, develops and presents block and space plans, prepares installation drawings for field personnel as well as coordinate electrical locations.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Interior Design

Harrington College Of Design
Chicago, IL
08.2008

Skills

  • Plan Grid
  • AutoCAD
  • Design Process
  • FFE Procurement
  • Client Presentations
  • Building codes and regulations
  • Subcontractor scheduling and supervision
  • Exemplary communication
  • Cost control
  • Interdepartmental partnerships
  • Deadline management
  • Coordinated project operations
  • Documentation and reporting capabilities
  • Planning and design
  • Interpreting blueprints
  • Purchasing and procurement
  • Budgeting and forecasting
  • Capital improvement planning
  • Document management
  • Project scope
  • Vendor sourcing
  • Project management
  • Processes and procedures
  • Schedule management

Certification

Furniture Project Management Certification June 2020

Accomplishments

  • Consistently maintained high customer satisfaction ratings.
  • Recognized as Employee of the Month for outstanding performance and team contributions.
  • Simultaneously completed and met all deadlines for 3 large-scale successful projects.
  • PACT (Problem solving. Ability, Attitude, and Accountability.Communications,Contribution, and Collaboration.Teamwork) Blue (2023) & Silver (2024) Pin Recipient
  • BRG (Business Resource Group) Mentor 2023-Present
  • HCD Breaking Through Jury Member - 2024

Timeline

Interiors Manager

UT Southwestern
02.2023 - Current

Design Project Coordinator Sr

UT Southwestern
05.2021 - 02.2023

Project Specialist

Wilson Office Interiors
08.2018 - 05.2021

Interior Design Associate

The LaSalle Group/Winfield Design, LLC
08.2017 - 07.2018

Project Designer

Wilson Office Interiors
08.2015 - 08.2017

Bachelor of Arts - Interior Design

Harrington College Of Design

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