Maria Vondrasek
Chicago,IL
Summary
Project manager with 8+ years of design and brand industry experience focused on on-time and under budget project execution and delivery. Confident in leading teams, maintaining efficient schedules, and coordinating external resources. Highly organized with great attention to detail. Passionate about client relations and exceeding expectations.
Portfolio: www.mariavondrasek.weebly.com
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Associate, Experiential Design Project Manager
IA Interior Architects
Chicago, IL
05.2021 - Current
- Established strong partnerships with client teams, vendors and contractors.
- Pitch strategy and presentation.
- Financial management, proposal development and contract execution.
- Multi-location simultaneous project management (20+ projects at a time, multiple clients)
- Established timelines, assigned to appropriate teams and managed workflow throughout implementation.
- Led meetings with clients, internal team members, consultants and contractors.
- Forecasted, scheduled and monitored project timelines, personnel performance and cost efficiency.
- Developed solutions to project risks and issues, meeting quality and timeline goals and objectives.
- Conducted periodic inspections of job sites for quality and progress.
- Created team objectives and roles with specific goals outlined for each individual.
- Prepared cost estimates for projects of varying sizes.
- Made changes to project scope and cost and implemented most effective change management processes to keep project up-to-date.
- Determined project staffing needs and led resource management.
- Reviewed budget and subcontractor estimates in detail and analyzed for accuracy with scope of work relevancy in mind.
- Set client expectations throughout project.
Senior Designer & Brand Project Manager
Whitney Architects
Chicago, IL
05.2019 - 05.2021
- Met with clients to assess scope and development timeline.
- Reviewed project costs, budgets and adherence to schedules.
- Created professional presentations to creatively communicate design intent and direction.
- Delivered designs to diverse clients on time and within budget.
- Worked with creative personnel to establish and create designs related to brand and communications.
- Designed floor plans, elevations, and 3D perspective views and material boards for both in-house review and presentation to client.
- Implemented client needs from schematic design to construction administration phase (both interior & branded environments).
- Pitch strategy and presentation.
- Financial management.
Project Designer
Whitney Architects
Chicago, IL
05.2016 - 05.2019
- Participation in design process from schematic design through construction administration.
- Presentation documentation, construction documentation & client interfacing.
Education
Bachelor of Arts - Interior Design
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI05.2016
Skills
- Budget Management
- Project Leadership
- Client Relations
- Vendor Selection
- Work Planning, Prioritization, and Resource Allocation
- Project Bid Management
- Performance Monitoring
- Concept Development and Brainstorming
- Complex Problem Solving
- Experiential Design Management
- Interior Design/ Construction Documentation
- AutoCAD/ Revit/ Indesign/ Photoshop/ Sketchup
- Microsoft Project/ Planner
- Wrike
- Miro
- Skype/Zoom/Teams/Teams Planner/Google Rews
- Microsoft Office
Timeline
Associate, Experiential Design Project Manager
IA Interior Architects
05.2021 - Current
Senior Designer & Brand Project Manager
Whitney Architects
05.2019 - 05.2021
Project Designer
Whitney Architects
05.2016 - 05.2019
Bachelor of Arts - Interior Design
Michigan State University
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