Michele Moros
Steelcase
Atlanta, GA, USA
(616)914-8563
be.net/michelemoros
Seeking full time employment in a multi disciplinary team where I can use my skills of design thinking and space methodologies to develop insights into business opportunities.
Work Experience
Steelcase
Interior Designer / Design reseacher
User Centered Research
Contracted design fulltime with WorkSpace Futures Environments. Conducted qualitative and quantitative user research using ethnographic techniques, observation studies, surveys, and interviews. Turned research into design principles, furniture applications and overall floorplans.
Contracted design fulltime with WorkSpace Futures Environments. Conducted qualitative and quantitative user research using ethnographic techniques, observation studies, surveys, and interviews. Turned research into design principles, furniture applications and overall floorplans.
September 2006
- April 2012
Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
Steelcase
Interior Design Intern
Experience Design + Branding
Internship with Workspace Futures Environments designing Steelcase showrooms and customer brand experience in the West coast region.
Internship with Workspace Futures Environments designing Steelcase showrooms and customer brand experience in the West coast region.
June 2006
- August 2006
Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States
KPS Group
Interior Design Consultant
July 2012
- October 2012
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Allard Design Llc.
Project Designer
April 2012
- Present
Atlanta, Georgia, United States
Education
Savannah College Of Art And Design (SCAD)
Bachelor of fine arts in interior design
Graduated, 2005, with honors from the Savannah College of Art & Design with a Bachelors of Fine Arts in Interior Design.
Coursework in Design Planning and construction documents for commercial interiors.
Coursework in Design Planning and construction documents for commercial interiors.
September 2001
- May 2005
Savannah, Georgia, United States
Skills
Adobe Illustrator,
Adobe InDesign,
Adobe Photoshop,
Autocad,
Google Layout,
Google Sketchup Pro,
Microsoft Office,
Microstation,
Project Management,
Space Planning,
Systems Planning,
User-centered Design,
Projects
Steelcase Legal Department space:
We used design thinking methods to arrive at a dramatic floorplan compression and consolidation strategy. Lead sensor studies, user observations and workshops to gather qualitative and quantitative data. I was responsible in synthesizing these to design principles that would guide our space planning methodology.
Steelcase Learning Center Staff space:
While the goal of the project was to create a working showroom of two new furniture lines, the resulting office had to resonate as an authentic user centered design experience. We utilized a user centered design process. My responsibilities in this project started in the research and understand phase with observations, surveys, workshops, and synthesis. My work continued through the design phase with floorplans, 3D models, material selection, installation drawings and furniture specifications.
Product Evaluation:
Evaluate future European product line “Next” and validate planning principles. Collaborate with a global team. Lead: validation and discovered missed opportunities within the product line.
Application Design:
Harder Working Spaces, Connections, and AP40 were developed to respond to consumer needs and trends. Research applied to design applications for marketing that will be used in the field by dealer designers. Lead: Assembling research, drawings, floorplans, 3D models, specifications, project management and coordinating designs with marketing communications for Planning Ideas on Steelcase.com.
Global Headquarters and Showrooms:
Assisted in the design of the Steelcase Seattle, San Francisco showrooms, Headquarters Lobby, Customer Retreat, Leadership Collaborative, and CEO Ceremonial Office. I oversaw renovation and installation, updated furniture applications with frameworks for the future generations of mobile work. I assembled installation documents and furniture specifications.
We used design thinking methods to arrive at a dramatic floorplan compression and consolidation strategy. Lead sensor studies, user observations and workshops to gather qualitative and quantitative data. I was responsible in synthesizing these to design principles that would guide our space planning methodology.
Steelcase Learning Center Staff space:
While the goal of the project was to create a working showroom of two new furniture lines, the resulting office had to resonate as an authentic user centered design experience. We utilized a user centered design process. My responsibilities in this project started in the research and understand phase with observations, surveys, workshops, and synthesis. My work continued through the design phase with floorplans, 3D models, material selection, installation drawings and furniture specifications.
Product Evaluation:
Evaluate future European product line “Next” and validate planning principles. Collaborate with a global team. Lead: validation and discovered missed opportunities within the product line.
Application Design:
Harder Working Spaces, Connections, and AP40 were developed to respond to consumer needs and trends. Research applied to design applications for marketing that will be used in the field by dealer designers. Lead: Assembling research, drawings, floorplans, 3D models, specifications, project management and coordinating designs with marketing communications for Planning Ideas on Steelcase.com.
Global Headquarters and Showrooms:
Assisted in the design of the Steelcase Seattle, San Francisco showrooms, Headquarters Lobby, Customer Retreat, Leadership Collaborative, and CEO Ceremonial Office. I oversaw renovation and installation, updated furniture applications with frameworks for the future generations of mobile work. I assembled installation documents and furniture specifications.