Samuel Xu Interior Designer
samuelxu.design@gmail.com
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Emeryville, CA 94608
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TECHNICAL DESIGN SKILLS
WORKING EXPERIENCE
AutoCAD
6 years
ACG ENGINEER INC - San Francisco, CA
Revit
2 years
· Electric Engineer Assistant / AutoCAD Drafter
SketchUp
2 years
· Collaborated with the engineers to add the illuminating systems to the exsiting floor plans via AutoCAD for commercial porjects such as cafes and restaurants.
3D Max
1 years
Adobe Photoshop
5 years
Adobe InDesign
2 years
Adobe Illustrator
2 years
MS Office
3 years
CORE QUALIFICATIONS
Jan. 2019 / 1mos
· Sitting up the whole set of drawings, like lighting plan, power plan, energy calcuation diagram, and title 24. · Standardized the raw drawings from the clients such as color, size, and orientation for the engineers and reviewed the AutoCAD drawings of the engineers. HAOXIONG DESIGN & DECORATION CO. - Beijing, China · Intermediate Interior Designer
2010 - 2016 / 4 yrs 10 mos
· The participating projects involved 10 restaurants, 4 foot massage stores, 2 shops, and 6 residences. The largest item area is 60,000+ sq ft.
Space Planning
· Assisted the lead designer to prepared the design scheme, documents, and contracts. Guided junior designers, like completed the research, analysis, and construction drawings.
Hand Sketching
· Report and communicate with clients, custom and selected furniture and materials.
LEED Interior Design Construction Documents Detail Oriented Material & Cost Estimation Team Work & Leadership
PURPLE’S INTERIOR DESIGN CO. - Beijing, China · Junior Interior Designer / AutoCAD Drafter
2013 - 2014 / 8 mos
· Participating projects include a 7,500+ sq ft real estate sales exhibition showhouse; 3 high-end sample houses with a total area of 10,000+ sq ft.
Corporate Interior Experience
· Leveraged AutoCAD to complete construction files; Set up conceptual modeling by SketchUp for concepts scheme; 2D rendering and image post effect by use Adobe suits, prepare material templates and specification files.
IIDA member 2018 - current.
EDUCATION BACKGROUND
Secretary of SF Mandarin & English
Master of Arts in Interior Architectural Design
Toastmaster.
Academy of Art University - San Francisco, CA
Jul. 2017 - Jun. 2019
Core Courses: Material use/ Light & Color Perception/ Sustainable Design/ Concept, Theory and the Design Process/
The editor of “YOUMU“ WeChat interior design online account. 2years, 40+articles, 6,000+ subscriptions.
Building Information Modeling/ Lighting Design/ The Art & Ideology of the 20th Century/ Building Systems and Codes.
Interior Design and Architectural Visualization
Jan. - Aug. 2013
Crystal Institute of Digital Education - Beijing Core Courses: Hand sketching/ 3D Max/ AutoCAD/ AdobePhotoshop/ Ergonomics/ Construction & budget.
Bachelor of Arts in Business Management Beijing Economic and Technical college - Beijing
Spe. 2006 - Jun. 2010