Week 8

This week was busy. The designers know what I capable of and they now ask me to do anything and everything.

On Monday, Amy Monsees asked me to go on a job with her. The job consists of four rooms and two bathrooms. Amy Christe came also on the job. I have never worked with Amy Christe so it was good to see Amy Monsees working with a different designer.

On Tuesday, Rachel had a job with Marsha so I worked at the firm. I went through the wallpaper room and organized the products. I went through the York wallpaper discontinues. I also called vendors about pricing and availability. At the end of the day, Rachel came back for the sales prep meeting. Each month the firm has one sales prep meeting. The designer have busy schedule so it is difficult to get the entire designer staff together. The sales prep meeting has two different vendors that come represent new information to the designers. Tuesday vendor meeting was Kaleen and Craftmaster.

The rest of the week I called vendors about pricing and availability. I looked for fabrics for the designers. I also went through discontinues list of different vendors. I sent back memo to vendors.

The designer presents their ideas with the fabric books laid out so the client can see their options. The clients like to have their hand on the fabrics. The firm has showrooms that display their products. The firm has all of the Microsoft office program but no design computer programs. The designer can use their own design programs if they chose.  The format of presentation they choose is based on the client’s need.

This is Marsha who is the owner of Yessick’s Design Center. She went to school at Alabama. I haven’t told her I am a huge UT fan. She is NCIDQ certified.