MCGERR MIKINNA
OBJECTIVE
DRIVEN AND AMBITIOUS DESIGNER WITH A PASSION FOR STORYTELLING THROUGH DESIGN, SEARCHING FOR A CAREER WITH A COLLABORATIVE FIRM. WILLING TO RELOCATE. SPECIFICALLY INTERESTED IN CREATING EXPERIENCES AND EXPLORING LIVE INTERACTION.
EXPERIENCE
DESIGNER 1, PERKINS&WILL
NOVEMBER 2021 - PRESENT
Support corporate team, create concepts and storytelling through design, produce client presentations complete with material packages, 3D renders, conceptual models, and documentation, assist living design team to further sustainability knowledge in the field.
ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN ASSOCIATE, STUDIO 951
NOVEMBER 2019 - OCTOBER 2021
Construct drawings and documents to better visualize designs for clients, render interiors and exteriors in Lumion or Enscape, support designers with individual tasks, edit floor plans and elevations in AutoCad, measure and fabricate SketchUp and Revit digital models.
SMALL BUSINESS CO-OWNER, AKIND
MARCH 2020 - PRESENT
Cultivate audience, create branding and marketing items, track and organize orders and sales, predict and introduce trends, manage inventory, collaborate with partner on successful social media strategies.
INTERIOR DESIGN INTERN, SKIDMORE, OWINGS, AND MERRILL (SOM)
MAY 2019 - AUGUST 2019
Produce and review submittals, attend client meetings, propose conceptual design ideas, manufacture Revit models, enhance project drawings for magazine awards, ideate, procure, and organize material selections, assist various designers on immediate tasks.
RESEARCH ASSISTANT, UCARE PROGRAM
AUGUST 2018 - MAY 2019
Gather and procure data from sites on campus through various methods, lead group activities per week, visual recordings of observations, collaborate with team members, create boards to portray and display final boards cohesively.
CONTACT
# 402-802-5947
MEMCGERR@GMAIL.COM
ISSUU.COM/MIKINNAMCGERR
INVOLVEMENT
DELTA DELTA DELTA SORORITY
PUBLIC RELATIONS TEAM
AUGUST 2016 - AUGUST 2018
DESIGN CATALONIA STUDY ABROAD
JUNE 2018 - JULY 2018
EDUCATION
LINCOLN CHRISTIAN SCHOOL
GRADUATED MAY 2016
CLASS RANK: TOP 10%
GPA: 4.0
UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA-LINCOLN
GRADUATED MAY 2020
GPA: 3.8, HIGH DISTINCTION
MAJOR: INTERIOR DESIGN
MINOR: BUSINESS
MINOR: ARCHITECTURAL STUDIES
AWARDS
REGENTS SCHOLARSHIP
AUGUST 2017
BETSY GABB SCHOLARSHIP
JANUARY 2018
VON GILLERN FAMILY SCHOLARSHIP
MAY 2018
DEAN’S LIST ARCHITECTURE COLLEGE
2016-2020
SKILLS
REVIT
RHINO
PHOTOSHOP
ILLUSTRATOR
INDESIGN GRASSHOPPER
C4D HAND-DRAWING SKETCH UP
LUMION
AUTOCAD ENSCAPE