Nancy Greene

• Hired initially as creative manager of large furniture and Antique showroom. Initial hire responsibilities included assisting with design and build out of 2; 13,000 and 5800 square foot showrooms for the purpose of creating a retail and wholesale design resource showroom for the interior designer or home decorating client on the Westside of Los Angeles. Initially Responsible for hiring showroom staff, coordinating contractors, sub-contractors, ordering and coordinating furniture pieces, Antiques, lighting, flooring and all home accessories.
• Coordinated sourcing from other parts of California, Italy, Spain and Peru to purchase and procure furniture pieces. Most were Antiques bought or consigned to increase profitability and appeal to the varied Los Angeles consumer. Also, I created and became the showroom interior designer. I was head of sales, responsible for showroom layout and design, created and implemented a marketing plan to draw the customer base from Los Angeles, San Francisco, Arizona, Florida and New York.
• During this 10 year period, I worked mainly in Sales. We worked a great deal with Interior Designers and other consumers educating them on purchasing an antique to designing custom furniture, upholstery, as well as sourcing specific Antique pieces we did not have at a particular time. This, at times, also involved working with multiple vendors to complete a job. This comes very natural to me.
• I am very independent, but I am also someone who appreciates the team based coordination involved with many projects. I have the personality for tasks to be delegated from and to myself. I work efficiently with team members involved on a project.
• I work very well, if not best under pressure. I am very good at multi tasking.
• In order to be a successful design professional, listening and communication is most important. These are forms of professionalism along with respect, which are most important in the managing of a large scale project with a high dollar amount; or the potential for the demands of this position. 
  

After I resigned, the store closed.
I opened my own Interior Design company which includes a clerical person, a technical assistant, and myself. 

• Projects I have completed include, the following;
• Santa Barbara 1927 Joseph Plunkett, 2 million mission revival; complete residential design.
• Brentwood canyon home; assisted designer, Barbara O'kun with furniture layout and design for home to be featured in Architectural Digest.(Janet & Martin Sheen, "canyon hideaway", AD, 2001 issue)
• 23 million staging job Malibu Road beach Home(netscape founder); sold in 4 weeks, full price.
• 6 million Hancock Park Italian revival residential design (Celine Dion's producer's home).
• 15 million Bel Air home; (Lionel Ritchie). Residential design
• 4 million,1924 Wallace Neff Home in Ojai, California; complete design
• 7million,penthouse on Wilshire corridor beginning during remodel, in which I completed the  fireplace design, flooring, carpeting, bathroom design, custom built- ins, lighting, furniture layout and Complete design for staging to sell.
• 5 million, Cliff May Pacific Palisades; residential design.
• 3 million Lake front home, Westlake Village; remodel and residential design.
• 1.3 million Lake front home Westlake Island remodel and design consultation only.
• 1.2 million river front residential design Coeur D'alene, Idaho.
• 1.7 million Agoura Hills lighting design project.
• 70,000., Topanga Canyon Kitchen remodel
• 110,000. Malibu Kitchen remodel
• 475,000. Westlake Village Modern Condominium remodel
• 60,000. luxury tent project on orchard property, Ojai, CA.
• La Costa Town-home Design project
• 10,000. Tent project Fallbrook, CA.

Produced a line of furniture.
Consulted, hired and created a team of 4 individuals to create specific pieces of furniture based on my Antique collection pieces I have collected and sold as my favorites.
This team of artisans along with myself built and finished new furniture pieces to resemble the originals.
Line consists of 5 pieces:

• 17th Century Catalan circular drop leaf table, with central drawer.(7')
• 18th Century Italian Lyre base center table with iron stretcher.(47")
• 18th Century Italian, drop leaf center table with central drawer (45")
• 18th Century Peruvian side table (38")
• 18th Century Italian (Tuscan) Credenza (6')
  Unfortunately, the situation down in Mexico caused me to stop doing business in Tijuana. Americans were advised strongly not to travel there.
  

I was missing a retail environment and decided to open my design studio. I felt there was a need for Art in Malibu. As a designer, Art is an integral aspect of design; commercial or residential.

• sought out different Artists with whom I chose to represent and negotiated consignment terms, based on a specified period of time.
• the artists primarily are from the South, California and Belgium. Have "by Appointment"hours during the week and opened on weekends.
• Have established myself within 3 months as A "go-to" gallery in Malibu.
• This was an attempt to allow me to understand more clearly if the store front business was the direction I had hoped to re visit. Unfortunately, this location is a real "destination place," and I live upstairs. I have decided to pursue this avenue on a larger plane, and I have re located down South, San Diego. This is the reason I am applying with your company. I so appreciate the many aspects of design and feel I need to part of a broader scenario where I am around like minded people with like minded goals.
• Feel my efforts are needed and that I would excel most in a team environment versus a sole proprietor.