This Internship was for a set period of three months. Laura Umansky is a designer that I look up to and regard very highly. It was a great opportunity to work for her firm and learn from her team.

Duties Included:

• Organizing Material Library, including returning samples to vendors and coordinating vendor pickups.

• Order samples, investigate pricing, quantity availability, cut surcharges, and detailed information about fabrics, trims, wood, and other materials

• Go to Houston Design and Decorative Center as well as many to-the-trade showrooms to return samples, order samples, pick up samples, and find new materials for any project.

• Source materials needed for specific projects

• Go to job sites and take construction photos

• Coordinate client treats, presentation materials and prints for Presentation days

• Showcase new products from vendors, describe overall synopsis of newest product or services

• Job site meetings with General contractor to meet with trades and go over detailed list of work to be completed

• Update material library with only current materials; coordinate with vendors to determine deleted and current items

• Assist in design presentations in the Adobe Suite

• Assist in selections of materials and furnishings for Projects

• Used Studio Designer for Vendor, Client, and Product references

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