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ZAHRA SOHRABALI

LOS ANGELES,CA

Summary

Seeking a position as Interior Designer Assistant/ Drafter that will both utilize and enhance my current skills. Hardworking and passionate job seeker with strong organizational skills eager to secure entry-level interior design assistant/drafter. Ready to help team achieve company goals. To seek and maintain full-time position that offers professional challenges utilizing interpersonal skills, excellent time management and problem-solving skills.

Overview

2
2
years of professional experience

Work History

Interior Designer Assistant

Karen Fletcher Interiors
09.2023 - Current
  • Assist in the development of interior design concepts for a variety of spaces, including luxury residential project
  • Conduct site visits to measure existing conditions and enter them into CAD or Revit drawings
  • Create mood boards, material palettes, and renderings to present design ideas to clients
  • Produce detailed drawings and specifications for interior spaces, including layouts, furnishings, fixtures, and fittings
  • Work closely with clients to understand their needs, preferences, and budget constraints
  • Collaborate with architects, contractors, and suppliers to ensure design concepts are executed accurately and timely
  • Collaborate closely with architects, contractors, project managers and other members of the team to help create and implement design plans and proposals
  • Assist in managing project timelines, budgets, and documentation
  • Provide administrative support to senior designers, such as sourcing materials, preparing presentations, and liaising with clients
  • Create design schemes in keeping with project scope, budget, and aesthetics of the project
  • Work with the purchasing department on quotes, shop drawings, and approvals
  • Provide customers with company and product information
  • Assist with quotes, order writing, providing delivery dates, tracking and loans of finish samples
  • Maintain the daily operations in the Showroom Manager's absence
  • Worked flexible hours across night, weekend, and holiday shifts.
  • Paid attention to detail while completing assignments.

Assistant Manager

Nordstrom
07.2022 - Current
  • Maintained a clean, safe, and organized store environment to enhance the customer experience.
  • Developed strong working relationships with staff, fostering a positive work environment.
  • Assisted in recruiting, interviewing, hiring, and onboarding of new employees to maintain adequate staffing levels.
  • Collaborated with the management team to develop strategic plans for business growth and improvement.
  • Facilitated clear communication between employees and upper management through regular meetings and updates.
  • Implemented staff training programs, enhancing product knowledge and improving customer service skills.
  • Led weekly team meetings to discuss goals and review performance, fostering culture of continuous improvement.
  • Planned, created, tested and deployed system life cycle methodology to produce high quality systems to meet and exceed customer expectations.

Education

Associate of Arts (AA) Interior Architecture -

Santa Monica College
Santa Monica

Skills

  • AutoCad
  • Revit
  • Chief Architect
  • SketchUp
  • Photoshop
  • Illustrator
  • Microsoft office
  • Color theory
  • Understand how a building is constructed and the construction elements of a building
  • Photography
  • Detail Drawings
  • Highly motivated self-starter, confident, hard-working committed to achieving excellence
  • Highly adaptable, mobile, positive, resilient, patient risk-taker, relationship-builder
  • Coordination between owners, sub-consultants, contractors, vendors and sub-contractors

Analyticalskills

  • Existing conditions survey and evaluation
  • Code review
  • Problem investigation
  • Documentation creation

Writtencommunicationskills

  • Preparation of project Contracts
  • Reports
  • Preparation of project meeting minutes

Financeskills

  • Budget Creation
  • Preparation and review of payment requisitions
  • Change orders analysis and negotiations

Languages

Turkish
Full Professional
Persian
Limited Working
English
Professional Working

Timeline

Interior Designer Assistant

Karen Fletcher Interiors
09.2023 - Current

Assistant Manager

Nordstrom
07.2022 - Current

Associate of Arts (AA) Interior Architecture -

Santa Monica College

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