
Houda Haddad
Interior Design Project Manager
Salary / Daily rate
Paris, France
Freelance, open to permanent contract
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
Interior Designer Project Manager with 15+ years of expertise in luxury residential and commercial projects. Proven track record managing palace designs in Morocco and Qatar, featured in top design magazines. Specialized in 3D modeling, project management, and international collaboration delivering high-end interiors on time and budget.
Work experience
Interior Designer Project Manager
Self-employedFreelance
Sep 2020 - Present
6 years 2 months
Paris, France
Skills: Design · Problem Solving · Teamwork · Furnishings · Computer Literacy · Quality Control · English · Design Guidelines · Architectural Drawings · 3D Modeling
Interior Designer Project Manager
WATT Design & Build
Oct 2018 - Jul 2020
1 year 10 months
Paris, France
Skills: Design · Problem Solving · Teamwork · Furnishings · Computer Literacy · Quality Control · Design Guidelines · Architectural Drawings · 3D Modeling
Interior Design Project Manager
Freelance Dubai
Sep 2017 - May 2018
9 months
Dubai - United Arab Emirates
Skills: Design · Problem Solving · Teamwork · Furnishings · Computer Literacy · Quality Control · English · Design Guidelines · Architectural Drawings · 3D Modeling
Retail Design Consultant
Colliers International
Apr 2015 - Aug 2017
2 years 5 months
Dubai - United Arab Emirates
Skills: Teamwork · Computer Literacy · English · Design Guidelines
Interior Designer
U+A Architects
Jun 2013 - Dec 2014
1 year 7 months
Dubai - United Arab Emirates
Skills: Design · Problem Solving · Teamwork · Furnishings · Computer Literacy · Quality Control · English · Design Guidelines · 3D Modeling
Interior Designer, Furniture designer
INTERNATIONAL HOUSE REAL ESTATE PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Dec 2011 - Mar 2013
1 year 4 months
Dubai - United Arab Emirates
Conceptualization and design of a 5-star Furnished Hotel apartment in Dubai in collaboration with local and foreign Artists: - Brief directly from project owners - Concept creation (presentations, 3D concepts, details plans and mood boards), material selection and purchase - Coordination with Artists and suppliers to ensure the client guidelines are respected - Attending Interior Design and Furniture International Fairs for material purchase - Onsite supervision and project development follow-up
Interior designer
kartell
Jan 2011 - Oct 2011
10 months
Dubai - United Arab Emirates
Kartdesign is part of Kartell group, an Italian design company famous around the world for its culture of plastic furniture in collaboration with renowned International designers (Philippe Starck, Ron Arad, Patricia Urquiola. My tasks were to conceptualize and design of a Palace in Morocco, a Penthouse on the Palm Jumeirah Dubai and a Palace in Qatar: - PowerPoint presentations and concept proposals for clients - Designing or reorganizing the spaces: AutoCad drawings (Layouts, elevations & sections), 3D concepts with a visualizer - Managing the design team and suppliers in term f design, quality, budget and time - Enhancing my knowledge for luxury furniture brands.
Freelancer Interior Designer
LDL Designs
Mar 2010 - Dec 2010
10 months
Dubai - United Arab Emirates
Liza Jimenez developed several prestigious locations in Dubai, such as ‘Okku’ a Japanese restaurant and some areas of the ‘Dubai International Financial Centre’. Designing the spaces (villas especially) Finding appropriate and original accessorizes for the interiors Bills of quantities Supervising progress of the projects on sites The management of the contractors. One of the projects I worked on (A penthouse in the DIFC area), appeared in one of the best-sellers Interior Design Magazine (‘Inside Out’ July 2010), http://gulfnews.com/life-style/home-interiors/darkened-skies-1.643769)).
Draughtwoman
Groupe REPONSE
Sep 2009 - Mar 2010
7 months
Paris, France
Reponse is a group specialized in the duplication of shops, banks, restaurants... all over the country. My role was to insure surveying on site then to draw the actual facades of the spaces (on AutoCAD) and to diagnostic the place concerned and finally to assess and to confirm the new design proposed.
Assistant Project Manager (Internship)
STMG Consultancy d.o.o. (former EC Harris d.o.o.)
Oct 2007 - Mar 2009
1 year 6 months
Dubai - United Arab Emirates
My task was to assist Project Managers and Design Managers for large scale projects in the most high class areas such as Palm Jumeirah. I participated in design and procurement progress meetings. I attended weekly site quality and defect inspections, including shop drawing approvals, and RFI's (Request for information documents). During the graduation day at Northumbria University, I received the Hays Prize of the best placement of the year.
Education
Northumbria University, Newcastle, UK
Bsc
2006 - 2009
3 years 1 month
Ecole Boulle (School of fine art and craft), Paris, France
B tech HND
2003 - 2006
3 years 1 month