INTERIOR & FURNITURE DESIGNER
Clear Export Industries, Inc.September 2018 - Present
As the Interior and Furniture Designer, my duties and responsibilities are, but not limited to: • Research and develop new designs, materials, and finishes for both export and local market, do rough sketch for approval and reflect designs in CAD. • Attend meetings with clients, interior designers, and contractors to discuss their furniture requirements and coordinate with the projects from beginning until delivery. • Overseeing problems and issues, and coordinate with different departments to come up with a solution that would be cost efficient and would benefit both the company and the clients. • Assist PRD manager on some of the duties and responsibilities by making progress reports every week to monitor all the local custom projects. • Respond to inquiries through email and send clients project update or report to keep them posted on the status of their items. • Coordinate with the CAD team and all personnel in the PRD Department, manage scheduling, pick-up and delivering items and swatches. • Coordinate with our contractors and suppliers for metal works, stone works, glass, fabric requirements, amongst other things, with the fabrication of the parts our factory cannot fabricate. • Take pictures of items for documentation and for social media posting. The first show I designed furniture was for the Philippine International Furniture Show 2019. The show gave our company the exposure it needed to further cement its position in the furniture manufacturing industry.