2016 Resume
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JBailey Certifications
SUMMARY
Jonathan J. Bailey is a talented principal design consultant, and process/project manager professional, with a record of achievement in providing strategic and operational leadership across a broad range of industries, products, and technologies (12+ years). Also excellent with social media, business branding, sales, advertising and marketing.
Specialties: Goal-driven leader who maintains a productive climate and motivates, mobilizes and coaches employees to meet high standards. Driven achiever with exemplary planning and organizational skills, along with a high degree of detail orientation. Studied film, media, business and interior design.
Employment History
J.Bailey Design Renos September 2008 to Present
1716 -9 Crescent Place, Toronto, ON, M4C5L8
Operator: Interior Design Consultant
- A residential and commercial design-build consulting company, that original offered services in Northern Ontario and Ottawa as the clients single source of accountability.
- Responsible for critical planning, focused on advanced advertising and marketing prior to seasonal demands of each home improvement service, as well as forecasting job creation and cash flow to reach design-build contract milestones; documenting profit and loss margins to manage costs of our endeavors, client budgets and payments for sub-trades, product deliveries, material and inventory purchases.
- When building is required, I coordinate construction documents, and permit ready drawings, and submission of drawings to the city, revisions to drawings, and material selections. By partnering with affiliates and sub-trade workers I also coordinate and manage aspects of their participation as my clients single source of accountability – from conception to design and from fabrication to installation.
Contract Highlights:
- Tartan Homes Corporation – PJM, for their urban planning of homes in Kanata, ON. Designed their principle model showroom featuring technology within the home.
- The Government Association Of Graduate Studies – Prior to moving into a new office suite, I redesigned the space to suit their working needs and existing furniture including a rental unit.
- Lakeview Chalet and Cottage Rental Accommodations Calabogie – Land designated for investors to build rental homes required design-build planning for several lots with 12 room cottages.
Euro Optimum Sept 2013 to Aug 2015
360 Adelaide St W, Toronto, ON, M5V 1R7
Print Department Manager/ Visual Communications Designer
- Managed internal design sales of commercial and corporate client projects and oversaw the sales department design plans, campaigning with staff members to engage new and existing clients with functional approaches to space planning of graphic displays, brochure displays, back lit graphic displays, interactive displays & ATM surrounds, partitions, wall features, signage and graphic custom film and vinyl displays, etc.
- Representing the company as required to take on the customer's matter as a design expert and to develop conception proposals to design, architectural display systems by collaborating and integrating third party systems and tools to provide long term agendas for our client relationships - as well as fostering, nurturing and engaging clients through various dinners, meetings and events.
Managed Contract Highlights:
- Banking - RBC Royal Bank, HBC Bank of Canada, Scotiabank
- Corporate - Invest T.O, Oaken T.O, Millward Brown, Various Corporate Offices
- Retail / Hospitality - Hudson Bay, McDonald's, LCBO Sears, Tim Hortons, Aria Restaurant
- Education / Health Care - George Brown School of Nursing, University of Toronto, Ryerson University
- Government - Ontario Energy Board
Condo Size Furniture & Blinds Jan 2012 to Aug 2013
633 Queen St W, Toronto, ON, M5V 2B7
Facility Operations Planner & Principal Designer
- Managed and directed the daily operations of sales staff, delivery personnel, and specialized furniture building professionals, to ensure that products dimensions, materials, processes, and procedures were efficient, cost effective, and delivered value to our customers while managing the sales center company identity and always re-imagining ways to highlight products that have had their trend age. This was accomplished by training and organizing staff through meetings to communicate successful strategies, new approaches and things to improve.
- Organized presentation equipment and design software to allow clients to see the benefits of working with “Condo Size” as well as to inspire development and building companies to work with us. Efforts created referrals and word of mouth lead generation that gradually reached levels where the facility became branded as a custom furniture design showroom, resulting in company expansion that increased monthly design orders from 50k/60k a month to 75k /100k a month.
- Provided design plans to our facility and building factory that required renovations and a new location to be effective in our operations. Potential clients could visit our new factory and be exposed to updated/new product catalogs, along with offering new creative and fresh custom designs that meet the condo sized styling needs of our downtown demographic market.
Greater Toronto Contractors (GTC) Nov 2011 to Feb 2012
7– 4220 Steeles Avenue W, Woodbridge, ON L4L 3S8
Estimator & Project Coordinator
- Responsible for the oversight of the outsourced administration of the client leads with renovation projects ranging from 60k - $200/300K, averaging 180K per project; while providing conceptual home design - also managing product costs and construction schedules.
- Developing change recommendations, based on a thorough understanding of collective material purchasing agreements, client limitations and permit legislation by monitoring the internal and external environment related issues, and acting as the management adviser in budget negotiations, supervising the development of the estimated proposal agreements and ensuring overall corporate uniformity in the agreements reached between the client and GTC.
Contract Highlights:
- Raju Konnur - Project: Attached garage add-on, new windows, stucco & truss system, etc. Project Cost - $183K
- Dr. Shakita - Project: Structural redesign of a practitioner's office at The Sheridan Center. Project Cost - $85K
- Timea Kristof - Project: Kitchen, living room and 2 bathrooms were redesigned. Project Cost - $80K
- Sam Adewale - Project: Two kitchens, four baths, and a 3ed floor interior redesign for resale. Project Cost - $150K
- Rocia Briceno - Project: Made interior open concept, new roof line, 3 bedroom addition. Project Cost - $180K
Professional Development
Humber College -205 Humber College Blvd, Toronto, ON M9W 5L7 Fall 2006 to 2008
Business Management Diploma - 2 Years
Algonquin College - 1385 Woodroffe Ave, Ottawa, ON K2G 1V8 Fall 2000 to 2004
Bachelor of Interior Design - 3 Years
Sheridan College - 1430 Trafalgar Rd, Oakville, ON L6H 2L1 Fall 1999 to 2000
Film Animation - 1 Year
Additional Certifications:
Sales “Tact” Training Program Summer 2002: Two Weeks
Ottawa City Hall, 110 Laurier Avenue West, ON, K1P 1J
- Sales Methodology Certificate.
Exclusively Leather Furniture, required this course to all new sales representatives.
The Home Depot: Kitchen and Bath NKBA Training ProgramSummer 2003: 4 Weeks
2121 10th Line, Orléans, ON K4A 4C5
- National Kitchen and Bath Association (NKBA): Certificate in Canada and North America
QC Design School Courses Through Capital Home Staging & Design:Various Times: 2004 -2006
- Professional Color Consultant (PPC) Certified
- International Organizing Professional (IOP)
- International Staging and Redesign Professional (ISRP) Certified & allows me to join (RESA) - Real Estate Staging Association
Additional Business & Design Software:
Microsoft Office:
- Word, PowerPoint, Excel and Outlook; and Apache OpenOffice; and Google Docs, Sheets and Slides; and QuickBooks Pro; and Lightspeed POS for Mac; and Jet Stream online construction software; and AutoCAD, Autodesk Revit, 20/20 Cabinet Design, and Google Sketchup Pro for 2D & 3D computer aided design and drafting.(10+ years)
- Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and Indesign for graphic imaging; Dreamweaver and Webstarts for website design; and Adobe Premier for video editing. (8 years)
Website Design Capabilities:
- Custom site design and hosting; search engine and keyword optimization; custom domain names and e-mails; and e-commerce capabilities including, Shopping-Cart and PayPal. Members only pages, forms, slideshows, and portfolio galleries, are custom made to highlight specific products, and/or promotions. (7 years)