Resumé

kimberly martin, LEED Green Associate
1201 Jackson Street, Apartment 2, Cincinnati, OH 45202 kimberlymartin7@gmail.com 513.448.8255

PROFILE
Creative Visionary | Collaborative Director | Interdisciplinary Designer
Unique ability to take a team or concept from chaos, to beauty and order. Coordinates multiple perspectives with finesse.
Thrives on big ideas, problem solving, collaboration, integration, and surmounting challenges inherent in design teams.

SKILLS
Leading interdisciplinary design teams | Conceptual, human-centric designs | Synthetic, elegant concepts
Sustainable systems design and materials selection for architecture and interiors. Design education. Hand-rendering,
drafting, and perspective drawing. Computer modeling (Revit; Sketch-up) and graphic presentation.

EXPERIENCE
Adjunct Professor Fall 2011
Miami University Oxford, OH
300-level undergraduate studio course for architecture and interiors students. Focused on the future of retail environments and how corporate social responsibility policies are experienced by the consumer in space.

Design Manager
SHP Leading Design, Cincinnati, OH 2010—2011
Worked directly with Executive Vice President of Design to elevate design aesthetic of projects, while integrating the studio
disciplines and encouraging rigor of processes. Collaborated with Marketing, BIM and Sustainability Directors to develop
and implement initiatives to integrate design teams. Comanaged 12 designers in 3 offices, with a specific focus on design
quality. Collaborated with interdisciplinary project teams and individual designers to guide solutions through ongoing
design meetings and critique. Participated in numerous client interviews, and acted as Lead Designer on multiple projects.
Coordinated inspirational/educational lunchtime presentation series. Developed design process and presentation standard.

Design Manager
Kolar Design, Cincinnati, OH 2009—2010
Lead interdisciplinary creative team of 8 designers in conceptual development, strategic implementation and production of
design for variety of projects for holistic, environmental branding firm. Client partners included design firms, corporations,
municipalities, and universities. Projects included branding, wayfinding, concepts for related installations, and interiors.

Design Consultant 2004—2010
Conceptual design of enclosure to house branding experience for international corporate client Cincinnati, OH
Sustainable design consulting and space planning for boutique pilates studio Chelsea, NYC
Survey and analyze interior trends and advise on sustainable issues for global design agency Cincinnati, OH
Conceptual and schematic live/work design for residence Santa Fe, NM
Sustainable rehabilitation and addition of 2 BR apartment in 5,600 square foot Victorian home Brooklyn, NY

Teaching/Research Assistant 2003—2008
Sustainable Studio; Fundamental drawing; Environmental Technology; History+Theory courses UC & UNC Greensboro
Manuscript on the Enlightenment’s effect on the post-antebellum American landscape UNC Greensboro

Intern Architect 2004—2008
Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, LLP New York, NY
Michael McInturf Architects Cincinnati, OH
Dissing + Weitling Architektfirma a/s Copenhagen, DK
FRCH Design International Cincinnati, OH
Lambert A+I Winston-Salem, NC
Arden Design & Construction Winston-Salem, NC

EDUCATION
M. Architecture, The University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH
B.S. Interior Architecture, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro Greensboro, NC
B.S. Fine Arts, James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA

Projects by Kimberly Martin

Resume - Architecture
1 File

Resume - Branding
2 Files

'Shades of You' Shop-in-shop for Sunglass Hut
14 Files

Donghia Scholarship winner: Miami University student work
18 Files

Toms Flagship Store: Miami University Student work
31 Files

Student Work - 2011 Pave The Way competition finalists
45 Files

Student Work - King Cafe Installation - 2012 Integrated 2nd Year Studio
19 Files

Middletown OH Gateway concept
7 Files

EGD Firm Entry Design
2 Files

Bloom Carroll Middle School
4 Files

Cedarwood Elementary School
7 Files

Student Work - Clifton Library - 2nd Year Integrated studio at Maimi U of OH
18 Files

University of Cincinnati Sanders Hall
3 Files

Swiss Army Shed
1 File

Retreat Respond
9 Files

Monument to Drop-outs
3 Files

Mod Pods Sustainable Affordable Housing System
14 Files

A Typical Habitat
1 File

Pool and Guesthouses
14 Files

Facade studies Copenhagen Towers
5 Files

Not-So-Secret Garden
18 Files

Humulis
10 Files

Venice Biennale Installation
7 Files