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Ria Parkinson Interior Designer riaparkie@live.co.uk

Contact Me:

RiaParkinson: : rsparkinson@uclan.ac.uk: riascarlett.wordpress.com:

Personal Summary:I am currently studying a Masters degree at UCLAN in Interior Design after achieving a Degree in Interior Design at LJMU. I am seeking employment and also further work experience. I am a confident, competent and imaginative Interior Designer with excellent ability to conceptualize interior detailing including plans, lighting, colour, materials and finishes.

Skills:CAD- Archi- CAD• Sketch Up• Auto CAD• Photoshop• Illustrator• InDesign• ArtLantis/ Kerkythea• Floor/ Space Planning• Renders• Conceptual Ideas• Hand Sketching• Lighting/colour schemes• Client Facing• Client Presentations•

Work Experience:Sisi Design Consultancy : 2012 www.sisidesign.com

Site visits: Discussing fixtures, structural elements and • measuring up to then produce elevations and plans.

Worked as part of a team for clients projects.• Spoke with clients and dealt on site issues.• Designed and adjusted plans to the clients needs.• Meetings with clients to discuss schemes and providing •

alternative options.Lighting plans including detailing of specific lighting circuits.•

Ria Parkinson Interior Designer riaparkie@live.co.uk

About me:I am a confident, bubbly and outgoing person. I am well travelled which I feel has given me the ability to communicate with people from all different cultures. I find myself passionate about all as-pects of design and always eager to learn more and share my own knowledge with other peers.

Education:Interior Design • MA

UCLAN 2011 till PresentInterior Design BA Hons•

LJMU 2007-2010 Grade 2:1 Hons

Interior Design • Diploma Runshaw College Grade Triple Distinction

10 GCSE• Penwortham Girl’s High School 2000-2005 •

•Creating Details, Elevations, Lighting Plans, Architectural fin-• ishes.Prepared space plans, and creative conceptual designs.• Developed relationship with the client, architects and team • members.

Work Experience:Frank Whittle Partnership: Sep 2010 www.fwpgroup.co.uk

Plan design and furnish commercial and industrial environ-• ments.Assist in modifying drawings, preparing design and developing • space plans.Present professional presentations to clients through on •

sitemeetings.Determined architectural preferences based on purpose, func-• tion and budget.Ensured customer had an informative and positive experience• .

Work Experience:Vevo Casa: Dec 2010 - April 2011 www.vivocasa.com

Creating Aesthetically pleasing environments that represent • the clients lifestyle and taste.Creating proposals and presenting ideas to client.• Maintain effective relationships with all established design • studio resources.Interpreted the goals of the project based on purpose, func-• tions and budget.

Graduate Fashion Stand:Worked as a team to produce a design for the graduate fash-• ion stand in London.We produced a presentation to show all of our ideas, so that • the client had options.From the ideas chosen we then developed CAD renders, Cost-• ings, Detailed elevations of the individual desks aswell as scaled plans of the stand itself.

Teaching:This term I was asked by my Tutor to teach a class from Fash-• ion consisting of twenty students how to use a new software being Prezi. I presented a presentation to them and then helped them interactively create their own presentations with my guidance. I got really positive feedback from the Fashion tutors aswell as the students and have asked me to teach again in september.