Mara Elise Fontaine

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Senior Interior Designer with 9 years of experience across high-end residential and commercial hospitality projects, specializing in biophilic design and sustainable material sourcing. Proven track record managing full project lifecycles from concept through construction administration on budgets up to $4.2 million. NCIDQ-certified with deep expertise in AutoCAD, Revit, and FF&E procurement.

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Senior Interior DesignerMar 2020 - Present

Meridian Studio Group, Austin, TX

Led end-to-end design for a 42-room boutique hotel renovation, delivering the project 3 weeks ahead of schedule and 8% under a $3.1M budget.
Developed a sustainable FF&E specification library that cut material research time by 35% across 6 concurrent projects and reduced vendor disputes by half.
Mentored a team of 3 junior designers, implementing weekly redline reviews that improved drawing accuracy scores from 74% to 93% over one year.

Interior DesignerJun 2016 - Feb 2020

Calloway Residential Design, Dallas, TX

Designed 28 custom residential interiors ranging from 2,400 to 9,000 sq ft, achieving a 96% client satisfaction rating based on post-project surveys.
Streamlined the firm's space-planning workflow by migrating from hand drafting to Revit, reducing drawing revision cycles by 40%.
Sourced and negotiated contracts with 14 new trade vendors, expanding the firm's material library and saving an average of $18,000 per project in procurement costs.

Junior Interior DesignerAug 2014 - May 2016

Lark & Finch Interiors, Houston, TX

Assisted lead designers on 11 commercial office fit-outs totaling over 120,000 sq ft of tenant improvement space in Class A buildings.
Produced construction document sets in AutoCAD for permit submissions, achieving a 100% first-submission approval rate across 7 projects.
Coordinated furniture installation schedules with 3 general contractors, reducing on-site conflicts and cutting average move-in delays from 5 days to under 1 day.

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