Maha Youssef, Interior designer and project coordinator

Maha Youssef

Interior designer and project coordinator

Kps

Location
Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
Education
Diploma, Visual merchandising and display
Experience
12 years, 2 months

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Work Experience

Total years of experience :12 years, 2 months

Interior designer and project coordinator at Kps
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • My current job since September 2018
Interior designer and visual merchandiser at RIS jeddah
  • Saudi Arabia - Jeddah
  • December 2015 to September 2018
Interior designer -Remote worker at ANGLESDIFFERING
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • January 2014 to August 2016

- Manage client-servicing and related follow-up on multiple interior architecture projects from client brief to end-delivery of artworks. - Assist the head architect or projects manager on their first meetings with new clients. - Understand the projects requirements and prepare various design brief options and presentations (research, mood boards, preliminary concept, and draft layouts) for the projects in consultation with the Head Architect. Get client's approvals and transmit accordingly all requirements to the Interior Architect responsible of Design Development and Construction Documentation and to the project manager responsible of contractual issues. - Conduct Shopping expeditions (with head architect) with client in order to select fixtures (WC, etc.) and materials (tiles, etc.) and furniture (if not customized). - Sourcing products, e.g. fittings, furniture, lighting, finishes, decoration and dressing, and providing samples for clients - Preparing detailed working drawings, designs, plans, models and schemes, using software's as CAD, Photoshop, Revit, 3DsMax, ect - Working in a team with other designers. - Supervising work at the design stage and on site. - Keeping up to date with paper architecture and contributing in competitions that serve company's identity .

Design Specialist/ VM at Pottery Barn
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • February 2012 to January 2014

- Providing ideas and complimentary one on one advice. - Responsible for providing price estimations. - Conducting field visits at customer site. - Follow up with the operation department on the shipments. - Follow up with the installation team during execution of the project. - Conducting Sales calls with the clients on floor. - Providing full product and service orientation to the customer. - Responsible for achieving monthly sales target.

Intern at SEC Engineering and Contracting
  • Lebanon - Beirut
  • June 2012 to September 2012

- Permit Plans.
- Projects Cad Drawings
- Photoshop Rendering.
- Elabrate on 3Dsmax Rendering.

Education

Diploma, Visual merchandising and display
  • at Fashion university of London
  • May 2017
Bachelor's degree, Interior Design
  • at Lebanese International University
  • February 2012

Specialties & Skills

Customer Service
Space Planning
Sketching
Architectural Design
Research Design
2D/3D Autocad
Microsoft Office tools
Photoshop
visual merchandising

Languages

Arabic
Native Speaker
English
Expert
French
Expert

Training and Certifications

Sustainable Architecture Workshop (Training)
Training Institute:
ANGLESDIFFERING
Date Attended:
February 2015
Duration:
8 hours
Customer care (Training)
Training Institute:
Al Shaya Co
Date Attended:
March 2013
Basic Communication Skills (Training)
Training Institute:
Al Shaya Co.
Date Attended:
February 2013
Basic Selling Skills (Training)
Training Institute:
Al Shaya Co.
Date Attended:
February 2013
Revit for architecture (Training)
Training Institute:
ANGLESDIFFERING
Date Attended:
January 2015
Duration:
15 hours

Hobbies

  • Reading
  • Photography
  • Drawing