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Mana Behdad

Pinole,CA

Summary

My Name is Mana and I have a bachelor’s in architecture and a Master in Infrastructure Planning and a certification in UI/UX Design. I have demonstrated experience in architecture, planning, 2-D & 3-D modeling, code research, graphic presentation, and documentation and data management and computation.

Overview

11
11
years of professional experience

Work History

Project Designer

John Lum Architecture
08.2014 - Current
  • Took the main role in developing projects from Schematic Design to Construction Administration phase on several residential projects (both remodeling and new construction)
  • Full coordination with project consultants
  • Led interior design for several residential projects including specifying all finishes, plumbing fixtures, light fixtures, and door hardware as well as designing kitchens, bathrooms, and bedrooms configurations and cabinetry layouts.

Research Assistant

Fraunhofer Institute For Industrial Engineering
04.2012 - 04.2014
  • Researched and prepared documents for the Morgenstadt: City Insight’ project, a comprehensive project designed to help cities accelerate their sustainable development. Created an individual city profile for various cities and assessed their current state of sustainable development.
  • Researched successful models for achieving integrated, intelligent and sustainable development in urban environments.
  • Designed seasonal newsletter about sustainable technology developments, urban innovations and relevance upcoming conferences.

Education

Certification - UX/UI Design Bootcamp

University of Berkeley Extension
Berkeley, CA
10.2023

Master of Arts - Infrastructure Planning

University of Stuttgart
Stuttgart, Germany
12.2013

Bachelor of Arts - Architecture

Shahid Beheshti University
Tehran, Iran
07.2009

Skills

  • UX Research
  • Usability Testing
  • Mobile Application Design
  • Wireframe and Prototype
  • Style Guidelines
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Responsive Web Design
  • HTML & CSS

Additional Information

COMPUTER SOFTWARES


  • UI/ UX Design: Figma, Invision, Sketch/ Miro, HTML & CSS
  • 2-D & 3-D Modeling: Autodesk Revit, AutoCAD, Vectorworks, ArchiCAD, Autodesk 3ds Max, SketchUp
  • Graphic Presentation and documentation: Adobe CS (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign), Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
  • Data Management and Computation: Merlin project, ArcGIS (Geographical Information System)

Languages

English
Full Professional
German
Limited Working
Persian
Native or Bilingual

Timeline

Project Designer

John Lum Architecture
08.2014 - Current

Research Assistant

Fraunhofer Institute For Industrial Engineering
04.2012 - 04.2014

Certification - UX/UI Design Bootcamp

University of Berkeley Extension

Master of Arts - Infrastructure Planning

University of Stuttgart

Bachelor of Arts - Architecture

Shahid Beheshti University
Mana Behdad