John Perez, Design Associate at Restoration Hardware in San Francisco, CA

About

Raised in the rich diversity and greatness of the San Francisco Bay Area, I have had the opportunity of working for several start up companies and watching them grow as they go through their growing pains and prospering. I have recently moved on from a managerial role and onto a design role with FLOR as a design consultant.

With outstanding skills in customer service as well earning a Bachelor Degree of Science in Interior Design I am pursuing a career in Interior Design. I am accustomed to working in fast paced environments with the ability to think quickly and successfully handle difficult customers. Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work well with others in both supervisory and support roles.

Specialties: Microsoft Office, AutoCAD 2010, Hand Drafting Skills, SketchUp, AccuRender (3D CAD Rendering), Adobe CS5; Acrobat, Photoshop,InDesign, and Illustrator

Education

BACHELOR SCIENCE Interior Design

The Art Institute of California

2007 - 2010

Experience

Design Consultant

Flor

Mar 2012 - May 2014 (2 years 2 months)

As a Design Consultant at FLOR, I have the joy of being creative in tackling client's needs and resolving them with the use of our product; modular carpet tiles. I am also responsible for establishing and maintaining relationships with clients and meeting sales goals while articulates a "best in class" expectation every single day
Intern

Coupar Consultin

Mar 2013 - May 2013 (2 months)

Assist with research of FF&E, sourcing samples, contacting vendors, space planning, and graphic design: creating pamphlets and logos for clients.
Logistics / Facilities Manager

Element Case

Aug 2010 - Mar 2012 (1 year 7 months)

Element Case, Inc. is an industrial design company that is a multi million dollar world wide brand that specializes in high end products for the iPhone and iPad. At Element Case, Inc. my duties consisted of strategically conducting a small crew for handling incoming and outgoing goods in a supply chain, manage key vendors, as well as maintaining the organization of our facility.
UI/UX Designer

Fetch Mimi

Jun 2011 - Jan 2012 (7 months)

Fetch Mimi is a developer of mobile apps for Apple's iOS and Google's Droid systems. My primary duties are to design and implement web interfaces for managing developer tools. Other responsibilities consist of employing user research to focus on usability.
Design Consultant

Naked 7 Design

May 2009 - Sep 2010 (1 year 4 months)

Proactively involved in design projects as well as contributing written work for design blog.
Customer Service Reprasentive - Lead

MetroPCS

Dec 2004 - Sep 2010 (5 years 9 months)

Responsibilities include: creating a positive sales and buying experience for the customer; identifying the customer’s needs and providing information about the benefits of services to meet their needs; professionally and clearly explain and demonstrate products, services, features and benefits relating to the customer’s needs; troubleshooting customer service questions to help resolve problems and concerns; maintaining files of existing and potential customers; maintaining floor stocking levels and displays; performing sales tracking and related reports; correctly handling customer payments, product exchanges and upgrades; cash balancing and reconciliation of cash drawer
Intern

IDEAbuilder

Apr 2010 - Jun 2010 (2 months)

Creating 3D interiors to be placed in the 3D engine, Unity, to give clients an interactive web experience to what their space may become.
Associate

MetroPCS

2004 - 2008 (4 years)
Level 5 - Associtate

In-N-Out Burger

Sep 2006 - Nov 2007 (1 year 2 months)

Responsibilities include: performing exceptional customer service; preparing fresh, high quality foods; delivering fast and friendly service in a sparkling clean environment.
Level 7 - Manager Trainee

In-N-Out Burger

May 1999 - Sep 2005 (6 years 4 months)

Responsibilities included: involvement with the daily operations of running a fast food company. Activities included: customer relations, food service and preparation, cash management of a million burger store, staff training and development. As a high level associate, it was my job to set an example towards the lower level associate, and also to maintain quality and service of the product.

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John Perez

Branded Environments Project Manager

Industrial Designer, Packaging – Lead