2490 Kalakaua Avenue
Honolulu, HI 96815
USA
Elizabeth Makarra's Overview
- Current
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- Marketing and Development Specialist at Waikiki Health Center
- Past
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- Sales and Interior Design Consultant at Honolulu Design Center
- Interior Design Consultant at Chintz and Company
- Education
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- Mount Royal College
- Alberta College of Art and Design
- Institute of Interior Design
- Recommendations
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1 person has recommended Elizabeth
- Connections
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185 connections
- Websites
Elizabeth Makarra's Summary
Greatest strengths include the ability to empathize with others and to maximize any situation through strategy and project management.
A “big picture” person, I understand what is needed and thrive while collaborating with others, making , implementation and following through to completion. These attributes have been exhibited through nine years as an interior design consultant, as a current member on the Alliance Board of the Boys and Girls Club Hawaii as Secretary and as Marketing and Development Specialist at Waikiki Health.
A confident public speaker and communicator, I have been a member of Toastmaster’s International and have taught groups of 40 and more people in seminar settings how to furnish their homes effectively.
Through the coordination and management of projects, communications plans and community relations, it is my goal to creatively contribute to the success of an organization in a synergistic team environment.
Elizabeth Makarra's Experience
Marketing and Development Specialist
Waikiki Health Center
Nonprofit; 51-200 employees; Hospital & Health Care industry
February 2013 – Present (10 months) Honolulu, Hawaii
Sales and Interior Design Consultant
Honolulu Design Center
Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Retail industry
July 2008 – January 2013 (4 years 7 months)
At Hawaii's most leading edge centre for contemporary and modern furnishings, design services are provided to ensure correct scale and proportion for home and office environments.
• Create and maintain on-going customer/client relations
• Convey and share knowledge of furniture, placement and design
• Coordinate and provide in-home consultations
• Provide space planning services while creating floor plans
• Specify finish and fabric selections
• Results driven, consistently meet and exceed monthly sales targets
• Assisted in set design for Lost and Hawaii 5-0 television series
• Created and managed interactive tradeshow booth at 2012 Great Aloha Run Expo
• Website content contributor
• Wrote a credited published magazine editorial (circulation 20,000 +)
• Exclusively selected to represent Inspiration Hawaii at B&B Italia Advanced Training, May 2012, New York City, NY
o Specified $140,000 of B&B Furniture for New Design Loft Showroom
Interior Design Consultant
Chintz and Company
Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Design industry
2004 – 2008 (4 years)
Specializing in fabric selection, upholstery, color consulting and design, I've had the delicious job of putting the icing on many beautiful "cakes".
•Develops solutions within budget, presents clients several functional proposals
•Initiates and maintains on-going client relationships
•Designs custom draperies, bedding and slipcovers
•Establishes client needs through in-home consultations
•Manages and coordinates several projects at one time, within deadline
•Organizes logistics of project components (fabrics, hardware, workrooms)
•Supervises installation, ensures client satisfaction, provides follow-up services
Elizabeth Makarra's Skills & Expertise
- Space Planning
- Public Speaking
- Furniture
- Furnishings
- Draperies
- Customer Service
- Interior Design
- Event Management
- Negotiation
- Event Planning
- Public Relations
- Writing
- Interiors
- Window Treatments
- Sustainable Design
- Microsoft Office
- Word
- Visual Merchandising
- Space planning
- Space-planning
Elizabeth Makarra's Education
Mount Royal College
Certification, Feng Shui
2005 – 2006
Alberta College of Art and Design
Advanced Color Theory
2004 – 2005
Institute of Interior Design
Correspondence Study, Interior Decorating
2003 – 2004
Lethbridge Community College
Diploma, Advertising and Public Relations
1997 – 1999
Elizabeth Makarra's Additional Information
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Interior Decorating / Design Feng Shui Sustainable Design Public Speaking Seminars Community Involvement Renewable Resources
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Toastmasters International Boys and Girls Club Hawaii, Alliance Board Member, Events and Programs Committee Member.