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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

DDK Commercial Interiors Pty Ltd
2009- till date
64 Dawson Street, Brunswick, Victoria 3056

Interior Designer – Commercial Fitouts
Responsibilities:
¦ Design and develop spatial layouts, detail and documentation, scheduling and finishes selection and product specification / selection.
¦ Design and develop new commercial furniture.
¦ Liaise with internal manufacturing and purchasing team (domestic and international).
¦ Improve current products by ensuring they comply with Australian Standards for Office Furniture.

Salton Builders Pty Ltd
2009 - 6 months contract
36 Mandella St, Templestowe, Victoria 3106

Interior Draftsperson
Responsibilities:
¦ Develop CAD construction drawings for renovation of residential properties especially kitchen and bathroom using AutoCAD 2009.
¦ Produce house sitings, floor plans, elevations, electrical plans, internal elevation drawings, plumbing layouts, slab layouts & facade details, and amendments using AutoCAD with BCA and ResCode guidelines.
¦ Maintain and update CAD files using XReference.
¦ Prepare client presentations including 3D renderings.
¦ Convert hand drawn sketches into executable working drawings.

Appartment Design
2008 - Freelance
B-10 Mayfair Appartments, Satellite, Ahmedabad, India

Interior Designer
Responsibilities:
¦ Design apartment comprising of 4 bedrooms, kitchen, living and dining rooms, entrance foyer with the total area of 250 sq. m
¦ Project-managing all the works from beginning to the end starting with site measure up.
¦ Develop presentation boards and present to client as per brief.
¦ Develop working drawings of plans, furniture layout, reflected ceiling plans, electrical layout and schedule, other services, internal elevations and joinery details for the execution of job using AutoCAD.
¦ Liaise with client, suppliers and contractors for selection of materials and ensure smooth flow of working throughout the project.
¦ Working with deadlines and ensuring timely delivery of the project part-wise.

Planned Irrigation Projects Pty. Ltd. 2006 – 2007 – part time
30 Lilydale Grove, Hawthorn East, Victoria 3122

CAD Documentor
Responsibilities:
¦ Generate CAD drawings for various commercial i.e., golf courses, vineyards, urban development, and shopping mall.
¦ Create and update CAD library.
¦ Estimate quantities and material list to assist in estimation for contract tendering.
¦ Provide as-built drawings to relevant authorities after job completion.

Coles Group Pty. Ltd.
2006 – 3 month contract
800 Toorak Road, Tooronga, Victoria 3124

Retail Draftsperson
Responsibilities:
¦ Design documentation of site plans and layout plan using AutoCAD.
¦ Space planning and retail store development across the chain of Kmart retail stores throughout Australia.
¦ Design development with senior designers.

MYOB Australia Pty. Ltd.
2006 – 4 week contract
12 Wesley Court, Burwood East, Victoria 3151

Corporate/Office Interiors
Responsibilities:
¦ Freelance project for workplace design and drafting.
¦ Design workplace and workdesk layout for office setup using AutoCAD and Microsoft Visio as per client’s requirements.
¦ Develop detailed design layouts for the provision of optimum workstations.

Insite Design
2004 - 2005 – part time
1 Edmonds Road, Prahran, Victoria 3181

Admin Assistant
Responsibilities:
¦ Detail drawing and drafting using Vectorworks.
¦ Making material and colour boards for client presentations.
¦ Maintain and update material library and samples.
¦ Liaise with suppliers for materials over the phone and via emails.
¦ General office duties.

Mistry Associates Pvt. Ltd.
2002 – 6 months
“Madhumalti”, Near Old High Court, Navrangpura, Ahmedabad, 380009, India

Internship
Responsibilities:
¦ Architectural and interior working drawing drafting of both residential and commercial projects using AutoCAD.
¦ Design developing with senior architects.
¦ Research materials and joineries.
¦ Specification writing for working drawings.
¦ Coordinate with clients- personally, on Internet and on phone, site co-ordination.
¦ Using 3D Studio and Photoshop for presentation to clients.

KEY STRENGTH

? Project management skills: Ability to take projects from initial design through to completion, managing all aspects of the interior design process.
? Design skills: Ability to process various aspects of design like space planning, designing the layout, orientation & climate control (sustainable design), selecting colours, materials, finishes, textures and furnishing, joinery details, making presentations, free hand sketching, model making.
? Technical skills: Over seven years of working knowledge in AutoCAD with latest version. Excellent knowledge of 3D softwares including 3D Max and Rhinoceros and Adobe Graphic softwares including Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign.
? Attention to detail: An example was to save $2000 for a kitchen cabinet design by improving on a miniscule part of the design.
? Interpersonal skills: Open to new and innovative ideas for best design solutions. Ability to function as a team player and alternatively work independently to achieve objectives.
? Willingness to learn: Self trained on different computer software such as Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, Acrobat for interactive PDF files & Corel Draw. My current focus is to self learn Google SketchUp.

EDUCATION

2007 Bachelor of Design – Honours (Interior Design)
Swinburne University of Technology,
144 High Street, Prahran, Victoria 3181

2002 Diploma in Interior Design
National School of Interior Design,
Rashtriya Shala, Rajkot, Gujarat, India.

FURTHER ACCREDITIONS AND CERTIFICATION

Autodesk Viz, CADD Centre Training Services Private Limited
101-A, Doctor House, Ellis bridge. Ahmedabad-380 006, Gujarat, India
¦ Specializing in 3D modeling, rendering techniques, lighting and cameras, animations and walk-through.

Ms Office, Swift Jyoti Program, NIIT
Crystal Arcade, 3rd Floor, Sardarnagar Main Road, Rajkot, 360 002, Gujarat, India.
¦ Specializing in Office software: Word, Excel and PowerPoint.

REFEREES
Available upon request.