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RESUME Contact - email: judesteele@me.com 

 

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QUALIFICATIONS : Architecture, Interiors and Project Coordination for Planning, Construction, Property Development from Conception to Completion. Dynamic Projects that everyone enjoys working on. Creating Successful Results...

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Extensive knowledge of interior and exterior and landscape architecture’s visual, technical and professional practices, standards, permitting and codes compliances required for building diverse projects including design, project management and customer relations related to creating, organizing and supervising the design, fabrication and installations of multi-faceted projects. 

 

Dependable, reliable and consistent work quality with experience in team communications, planning, designing, construction, estimating, staging and managing projects using sketching, hand drafting, accounting, estimating, CAD, writing, color rendering, photography, computer modeling and software applications.

 

Well organized, creative, artistic, confident and considerate with clients and co-workers while focused on the importance of process, methods and team efforts that produce high quality creative projects and quality client relations. Develop award winning art and design projects through visual, verbal and written communications. Meet deadlines, budgets, and client expectations. Manage and coordinate multiple complex projects with collaborative multi-disciplinary teams.

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Provide attentive client relations and quality customer service to deliver successful results:

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• Plan and Produce Projects independently and supervise teams as required to complete stunning quality projects that meet clients objectives

• Offer ‘greener’ solutions, ecological products, healthier materials, finishes and furnishings

• Project coordination including, lighting, landscaping, computer/web integrations and marketing support.

• Proven abilities in maximizing design processes and standards from branding to environments on any budget

• Optimize operations including design and construction standards, accounting, production and ordering procedures.

• Research high quality cost conscious products that improve efficiency and profits.

• Responsible for outstanding presentations, client meetings, and project design and coordination.

• Survey existing conditions, think 'outside the box" to find smart and innovative solutions.

• Plan and Permit what’s needed, order everything including bid negotiations for contractors and fabricators. Bringing supportive team members as needed who do required work on any level: presentation boards, documents and booklets to art selection, cabinets, counters, tiles, fixtures, equipment, furniture, appliances, windows, textiles, etc.

• Coordinate tradesmen and production vendors with schedules, budgets and oversee with hands-on oversight through completion.

• Research sources to be used for costing, ordering, manufacturing, displaying and installing whatever is required with specification and details.

 

 

RELEVANT EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

 

2012- Present - VIA DESIGN INTERNATIONAL • Landon Steele Associates

California - NY- Florida, USA - Chile - Mexico...

Senior Designer / Project Manager / Creative Director / Production Coordinator

 

Director of an Integral Multi-Diciplinary Design and Construction Team:

 

Designer / Construction Coordinator / Architect  and Creative Collaborator on designing, building and marketing projects requiring multiple phases of design and production: architectural, interior, graphic and industrial to environmental: residential and hospitality renovation and new construction projects that includes public amenities, vacation residences, hotels, houses, interior and outdoor rooms, kitchens, bathrooms, greener materials, finishes, lighting and furnishing. Designing, planning, drawing, specifying, purchasing and managing projects for the firm principals, clients, and customers with supportive management including drawing, modeling, orders, accounting and project installation supervision.

 

Bringing in other team member creatives as needed for each specific project with a wealth of quality designers, artists, CAD, construction and production support.

 

• Direct collaborative design and building teams from design and presentation to bidding, permitting, ordering and project/construction/fabrication management including creating budgets, scopes of work, material, finishes, schedules, equipment and staff coordinations, tracking orders, proposals, project production and construction oversight and staging.

• Ensure that clients reach their project parameters, design preferences, budgets and expectations are being managed well and on schedule while design integrity is being maintained, driven and tracked.

• Understand US Commercial and Residential construction codes, sequencing, and best building, materials and fabrications practices along with the ability to gather information, manage construction and specification documents, place orders, prepare reports, communicate and deliver what clients want independently and on collaborative teams.

 

2011- 1988- CONSULTANT & EMPLOYEE with multiple architecture and construction firms in all phases of design and construction management • more information and references provided upon request.

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1982-1987    Oregon School of Design, Graceland University,     Portland, Oregon

BA, Major Environmental Architecture: Design, Construction Management, Interiors

                   

1994-1996   NSCAD University, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, Graduate Major: Design  Management,  Halifax, NS, CANADA

Special Interests & Volunteer Works: Design, Architecture, Concrete Construction, Art, Art Curation, Permaculture, Sociology, Travel, Literature...

See attached Portfolio Samples + more at

• CustomEarthSheltered.com

• https://www.linkedin.com/in/judesteele

• www.facebook.com/jude.steele.37

• issuu.com/judesteele/docs/jude_steele_portfolio, linkedin.com/in/judesteele

 

CONTACT: judesteele@me.com 

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