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Daisy de Arias
Design ConsultantKitchen Bath & Closet Designer
Daisy de Arias
13980 SW 159 Terrace - Miami, FL [email protected] - 305-815-4733
Creative and business savvy in home furnishing retail sales with more than 8 years experience providing exceptional service to customers through: interior design, floral design, and consultations kitchen and bath design with rendered space proposals closet design and organizing window treatments and flooring project management and real estate staging for residential home owners aligned as retail consumers in search of design project fulfillment Adept project management skills and vendor resources to achieve company and personal objectives, innovative design ability, flair for style and color, knowledge of trends and culture conscious.
Ability in all interior design and professional ¼” scale space plans, 3D renderings, and elevations.
Design and Marketing Account Executive
Promob USA Software Miami, FL May 2012 to May 2013Design Consultant and Marketing Accounts Executive responsible for implementing design schematics for kitchens, baths, closets, and residential interiors as a marketing and prospecting tool for 3D cabinetry software. Provide software training. Create and edit marketing and advertising materials. Manage all marketing and promotion travel events including trade shows, expos, and art exhibits. Act as consultative medium for updated style trends in cabinetry, stone, flooring, interiors and furnishings. Provide materials and catalogs for program uploads, acquire branded items and furnishings to include in software library including floral arrangements and accessories. Handle all acquired accounts. Edit and propose business plans and agreements; provide service and support to potential clientele. Respond to inquiries, phone calls, emails: educate, guide, propose. Translate all educational material for software. Work with support team to bring software program updates to completion and public release.
Retail Design Consultant at Baer's Furniture and Design Pinecrest, FL 201-2012Retail sales of residential, office furniture, decorative accessories, floral arrangements, placement of orders, assisted clients with interior design and decoration including home calls, scaled floor plans, layout, 3-D presentations, proposal of furnishings, wall color and paint selections, overall décor, window treatment selections, suggested fabrics, styles, and lighting selections, etc. Worked with exclusive vendors such as Thomasville, Bernhardt, Stanley, Lane, Lexington, Natuzzi, Drexel Heritage among others. Custom upholstery and special order targeted services for clientele, maintaining and establishing accounts, problem solutions for orders, design of store aesthetics and floor arrangement, etc.
Design ConsultantThomasville Home Dadeland 2010-11 Exclusive manufactured line representation. Scheduled in-home visits, presentations, and space planning. Completed full project presentations with 3D renderings.
Demonstrated proficiency in company finance plans to assist with purchases. Attend and maintain current knowledge of all products. Worked in various projects which included window treatments, upholstery, and flooring aside of working with exclusive furnishing line. Represented exclusive Canadian line for dining furnishings; responsible for special orders, client deliveries, customer service when applicable.
Floral Designer at Gardenridge Cutler Bay, FL 2000- 2001Confer with clients regarding price, type of arrangement desired, date, time. Plan arrangement according to client's requirements, utilizing knowledge of design and style, select appropriate standard design pattern. Trim material and arrange bouquets, wreaths, and other items using trimmers, shapers, wire, pins, floral tape, foam, and other materials. Perform office and retail service duties such as keeping financial records, serving customers, answering telephones, selling giftware. Decorate facilities for parties, weddings and other occasions if needed. Create and change in-store and window displays, designs, and looks by season. Conduct coral design classes and workshops for both artificial and natural flowers.
Retail Home Furnishings Professional at Various Companies: 1984-2009Kelly and Assoc in New York City; BWAC Home and Credit in Puerto Rico; El Dorado in Miami Retail sales of various vendor products including local and imported home furnishings, accessories and decorative lighting including bedding. Suggestive selling to move multiple products, processed orders and arranged financing when needed. Requested and applied fabric changes if available, performed installations and turn-key for VIP clientele. Assisted with inventory, pricing, and visual merchandising.
Education
Licensed Dade County Realtor: Gold Coast School of Real Estate Miami, FL 2001
Floral Design: Miami Dade College 1998
Psychology: City University of New York - New York, NY 1989
Skills
Marketing and advertising skills/Microsoft Power Point/ Promob Design Software / My Deco 3-D Floor Scaling /Turbo Architect/ Turbo Kitchens/ Microsoft Word, Publisher, and Works, Problem Solving/ Results Oriented Communication. Microsoft Publisher, Power Point, Works, Word, GERS, AS400, Turbo Architect, Turbo Kitchens and Baths, MyDeco, and Scaled Floor Plans; NKBA Registered
Linkshttp://www.daisydearias.wix.com/galleria-designs
http://www.houzz.com/pro/daisydearias/__public
http://mydeco.com/people/Daisy%20de%20Arias/summary/
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