emily hwang

* Project Designer, Marketing Coordinator * Specify furniture for commercial, educational and healthcare projects. * Develop furniture packages with appropriate budgets, floorplans, * 3D renderings, and installation drawings. * Develop marketing packages showcasing major product lines * and also develop formal RFP bid templates directly in response to client needs. * Maintain all branding aspects, website, and social media outlets.

* Developed design for existing restaurant space. * Drawings consisted of: rendered floor plans, reflected ceiling plans,elevations, dimensions, rendered perspectives, and 3D axons. * Specified material selections and FF&E for entire space.

* Organized, maintained, and updated materials resource library. * Gained intermediate knowledge of manufacturers in industries within: * commercial, hospitality, and education. * Gained materials knowledge and awareness of trends in: textiles, * wall coverings, flooring (tile, carpet, hardwood), lighting, and furniture. * Requested pricing, placed orders for materials based on project specs. * Participated in meetings with clients, consultants, vendors, and sales reps. * Attended site visits; documented and photographed existing site conditions. * Organized and filed project notebooks; scanned construction documents * www.mhminc.com

Enhanced customer service skills by efficiently solving issues between customer and employees as well as among staff and employees. Able to multitask several things at once as well as improve memorization skills.

Business owner, Seisuke Fukuoka, hired me to renovate and design his restaurant. He was currently transforming the current conditions from a Greek/Japanese fusion restaurant to purely a Japanese style. The decor, paint colors, and furniture all needed to be changed to fit his new branding and logo for his restaurant. I had sole responsibility and design freedom to choose the appropriate finishes for the space. It was a great opportunity and learning experience for me to work with a real client.

* My current responsibilites include: * Assisting other team members with selecting FF&E, color and materials for client presentations. * Provides design support for completion/execution of design concepts. * Provides solutions to design problems and generates design plans. * Reviews pricing, materials and customization for projects. * Participates in field surveying of client spaces. * Participates in the construction administration of projects and review of submittals and finish samples. * Contributes to office activities, initiatives, and learning programs.

Gensler is a global design firm that partners with clients to create more livable cities, smarter workplaces and more engaging leisure destinations. Our 5,000+ professionals networked across 46 locations believe quality design can transform organizations and improve people's lives. Since 1965, we have helped clients achieve measurable business and organizational goals, delivering projects as large as a city and as small as a task light for an individual desk. For more information, visit gensler.com.

Activities and Societies: International Interior Design Association (IIDA) Student Chapter Historian, American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Student Chapter Historian, Construction Specifications Institute (CSI), Asian American Association (AAA), Vice President [Fall ‘08 - Spring ‘09], Asian Christian Fellowship (ACF), Alpha Kappa Psi