Designer, project manager, account manager

2Heads is a London-based agency with offices in the USA, Hong Kong and France.
I currently design exhibition stands for major clients, including: Rolls Royce, BNP Paribas, Cisco, Airbus,and VistaJet. Software used in this role: Cinema 4D, Vectorworks, Indesign, Photoshop.

Prosper is a design studio that has worked in retail design delivery for more than 20 years.
Clients include several major shopping centres across the UK. My role at Prosper was brand guardian for 8 large shopping centres. This role was wide-ranging and included project management, compiling design bibles, approving all design intent packs, liaising with suppliers on site and ensuring that the final output was delivered to the highest standards.
It was essential to be up-to-date with retail design trends, and to be able to read/interpret design briefs, in order to advise clients on commercially effective design principles, and to produce shop designs.
Key areas of responsibility and skills required included: representing the company brand and bringing in new business, project management, problem solving, keen eye for detail (essential to ensure compliance
with design and safety standards), working to tight deadlines, strong communication skills, negotiation skills, working across teams (including teams with occasionally conflicting priorities).

My work included design projects for seasonal display elements for Gucci stores and sales areas all over the world. In this role I gained specific experience in the creation and planning of:
- stores and temporary stores
- window displays and store accessories
- displays for department stores
- management presentations to major buyers.

I was in charge of the logistics of the pavilion, including: ordering materials for events and handling all inward and outward movements. Good time planning was essential to make the events happen.
I was also the assistant staff manager (including substituting the senior staff manager when needed).
This involved coordinating all the staff necessary to make an event or a state/celebrity visit run smoothly.

I worked both in the design office in Turin and on the EXPO construction site in Milan. I was responsible for lighting design, rendering, 3D modelling, photoshop, autocad, etc.
I also worked as assistant to the logistics manager for several pavilions (including inward and outward movements at the construction site, and some supervision of construction workers).
Duties included acting as translator/interpreter (English – Italian) for foreign clients.