Curriculum Vitae
Melanie Etchart Hernandez mc.etchart@gmail.com 07450280592 12 Haydon Park Road Wimbledon SW19 8JY DoB: 13/12/1989 https://issuu.com/melanieetcharthernandez/docs/portfolio_melanie_etchart
Experience - Free Range Exhibition Design and Making. 2016 I am part of the top 10 selected students to represent Leeds Beckett University Interior Architecture course in Free Range Exhibition in London. As a team we had to curate and design the exhibition and make the stands in matter of weeks with limited budget. - Leeds Beckett University Degree Show 2016 I participated in the design and construction of the end of year exhibit with a tight schedule. - Miscellaneous Jobs. Spain and England 2005 – 2015 I have worked for the past 10 years in many different areas of customer service. Previous employment in the customer service sector includes Assistant Manager for few Street Food business, bartending and training, sales, call centres and work as an administrative agent and technical assistant for international companies like DHL, Telefonica or Vodafone amongst others.
I have always been fascinated by architecture, philosophy, science and all forms of art. I believe that studying Interior Architecture and Design has been a great opportunity for me to develop a set of skills that allow me to actively combine all my fields of interest in my creative process, often resulting in projects that are a condensed fusion of sensorial and intellectual understanding of both building and brief. As a designer, I believe concepts are drips of the essence obtained by carrying a profound research of the subject and also experimenting with creative forms and materials that accommodate the function; working respectfully with the identity of the building and the thoroughly considered new use, resulting in a narrative that awakes the senses and leaves and imprint to the eyes of the beholder.
Education BA (Hons) Interior Architecture and Design: First Class Honours 2016 Graduate Award for Synthesis of Theory and Practice Leeds Beckett University, UK 2012-2016 Interior Design Foundation. Average Mark 8/10. CENP Design School Madrid, Spain 2011-2012
Balancing work and attending my full time studies has taught me to manage my time effectively and to balance studying with my work. I also developed problem solving and communication skills, which I feel will be beneficial in my future employment. I learn quickly and easily adapt to any kind of environment.
Skills I have learnt to carry out tasks quickly and efficiently while being polite and empathic towards customers and colleagues. I can work well within a team to achieve a common goal. I embrace stressful and complicated situations with calmness and clarity, seldom letting them affect my work. I am always prepared to take on new tasks and give my full attention and dedication to whatever I am doing. I work to complete any challenges I take on. I am outgoing, intuitive and honest, a shining personality and a hard working team player. I am fluent in Spanish and I have taught myself to speak English fluently. - Bilingual (Spanish and English) - Autocad - Sketch Up - Photoshop - Indesign - Illustrator
- Microsoft Office Pack - Laser Cutting & Software - Hand Drawing - Model Making: Plaster, Woodwork, Card & Balsa, Metal Brazing & Welding.