JF
Joshua D. Ford
540.968.1549 Ford.JoshuaD@gmail.com www.fordjd.blogspot.com
Experience Design Management Group, LLC
January 2009 - Design Intern Hanover St. Residence: Specified, prepared estimates, and placed orders for: steam generator and control unit and stone tile for bathroom. Designed vanity. Met with contractor to coordinate aspects of design. Prepared detailed plan and elevations for hand painted wallpaper estimates.
INOVA Health Systems - Digestive Disease, Grants Management Office Toy Propeller, Graphite on Bristol Board Art Foundation
Drew scaled floorplans from raster images or site measurements. Created furniture plans for client review and for installation. Virginia Commonwealth University Student Commons and Activities
July 2008 - Promoted to Senior Student Manager Assisted Event and Conference Services with technical expertise by rewriting online training for all student organizations, drawing room templates to be used in future event planning and standard lobby furniture layouts using MeetingMatrix diagramming software. Trained Student Managers while demonstrating leadership among existing managers and all Student Assistants.
January 2007 - Promoted to Student Manager Manager on duty of the 156,000 sq. ft. VCU Student Commons. Supervised workforce of 60 Student Assistants ensuring customer satisfaction from all Toll Booth Design, Pen and Marker Sophomore Studio
interactions and services. Delegated tasks to Student Assistants, Maintenance and Housekeeping staff to retain clear emergency egress, safety standards, and physical appearence of public and private spaces. Directly trained 15-20 Facility Assistants who set up all event spaces.
October 2006 - Promoted to Assistant Student Manager January 2006 - Facility Assistant
Skills Autodesk: Architectural Desktop 2007, Viz 2007, 3D Studio Max 2008. Knowledge of Revit Architecure. Google Sketchup. Adobe: Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat Professional. 10,500 sq. ft. office, Sketchup Junior Studio
Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook. Intuit Quickbooks. Carpentry, model building and woodshop experience.
Awards Benjamin Bundens Jr. Award, Student Employee of the Year 07 - 08, USC&A Selected to represent VCUArts at Tasmeem 2007, in Doha, Qatar Student Graduation Speaker, Dabney S. Lancaster, 2005 Gary Lee Miller Outstanding Graduate Award, Dabney S. Lancaster, 2005
Education Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond VA Bachelor of Fine Arts, May 2009 Interior Design, CIDA accredited program Cafe Critique - Mixed Media Construction Documents Studio
Dabney S. Lancaster Community College, Clifton Forge VA Associates Degree in Arts and Science, May 2005