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NICOLE SOCIA

Summary

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICIATIONS:

  • 4 years of Office Management experience in the craft brewing industry.
  • Project Manager and client relations expert with over 20 years of professional interior design experience.
  • Passion for collaborating with others to build community.
  • Highly attuned to others using empathy to quickly understand emotional needs, motivations, and concerns.
  • Strong ability to plan, implement, and support with grace and composure.

PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES:

  • Highly organized and thrive on managing and coordinating logistical details.
  • When faced with any given scenario, I thrive on creating positive, alternative ways to proceed.
  • Self driven with the openness and flexibility to collaborate within a team environment.
  • Keen ability to build consensus among others whose interest and motives are quite diverse.
  • Strong ability to sense the feelings of other people by imagining myself in others' lives or others' situations.
  • Grounded in positivity and ability to adapt to circumstances.
  • Interpersonal Savvy Friendly, warm, patient, and dependable Thrive when supporting others and encouraging their growth and happiness.
  • Energized by others with a deep satisfaction from breaking the ice and making positive, lasting connections.

Overview

19
19
years of professional experience

Work History

Office Coordinator

Odell Brewing Company
10.2019 - Current
  • Provides a wide range of support and resources for all departments at both the brewery and winery.
  • Human Resources and Charitable Outreach Support: Gift-in-Kind coordination, brewery and winery events, new hire on boarding, internal HR website management and all customer service emails and event rentals
  • Leadership Team: Point person to organize and plan onsite and offsite team meetings and company wide meetings
  • Sales Team: Fleet vehicle and company cell phone management for Colorado sales team and out of state sales representatives
  • Account Payable and Receivable: Adding all new vendors, EFT banking information, check processing and reimbursement/petty cash distribution
  • Founding member of our BIPOC Coworker Resource Group: Focus on support and awareness for BIPOC coworkers thought community outreach, pilot brewing and events in Fort Collins and Denver
  • Worked collaboratively with co-workers staff to maintain smooth operations and team readiness for unexpected demands.

Lead Interior Designer

Forge + Bow Dwellings
05.2018 - 01.2020
  • Interior Design Lead for residential remodels and multi-unit commercial projects throughout Fort Collins and Denver.
  • Determined personalized needs, tastes and design preferences through thorough client consultations.
  • Developed key client relationships, providing design solutions that met needs and budgets without compromising quality or design intent.
  • Developed space planning concepts, color palette selections, and textile presentations.
  • Led interior design across conceptual, schematic, design development, and construction document phases.

Lead Interior Designer

HighCraft Builders
11.2014 - 05.2018
  • Interior Design Lead for residential remodel projects throughout Fort Collins and the Front Range
  • Implemented multiple high-end residential and commercial interior design projects within cost, quality and timeframe targets.
  • Produced detailed cost estimates and coordinated with vendors to deliver budget-friendly solutions.
  • Defined space requirements from schematic design to construction phase and installation.
  • Developed space planning concepts, color palette selections, and textile presentations.
  • Determined personalized needs, tastes and design preferences through thorough client consultations.

Senior Interior Designer

RH Design Studio
01.2013 - 12.2014
  • Large-scale, high-end residential projects throughout Denver and Rocky Mountain resort towns for newly launched interior design services department at Restoration Hardware.

Owner + Designer

Socia Design
01.2009 - 12.2012
  • Managed and owned an independent interior design studio specializing in residential and local retail environments.
  • Utilized interpersonal and networking skills to establish and grow a small business in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Interior Designer + Project Manager

De Lisle, Philpotts & Staub
01.2005 - 12.2008
  • Created custom designs and sourced materials and furnishings for multimillion-dollar residential interiors in collaboration with owner and junior interior design staff.
  • Coordinated and oversaw high-end residential installations through the San Francisco Bay Area and Montana.

Education

Bachelor of Arts - Interior Design

Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI

Skills

  • Project Management
  • Office Administration
  • Departmental Support
  • Strong Attention to Detail and Organization

Timeline

Office Coordinator

Odell Brewing Company
10.2019 - Current

Lead Interior Designer

Forge + Bow Dwellings
05.2018 - 01.2020

Lead Interior Designer

HighCraft Builders
11.2014 - 05.2018

Senior Interior Designer

RH Design Studio
01.2013 - 12.2014

Owner + Designer

Socia Design
01.2009 - 12.2012

Interior Designer + Project Manager

De Lisle, Philpotts & Staub
01.2005 - 12.2008

Bachelor of Arts - Interior Design

Michigan State University
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