William. Kumar.
INTERIORS EXPERIENCE
McFeggan Brown — September 2022 to July 2023
Design Assistant
Working within a team to ensure workload was managed and accomplished
Met clients on a regular basis building relationships and a repour with them to better understand their requirements and ideas
Developing designs taking into account the client's needs, budget, and preferences
Pitching initial ideas, look and feel mood boards, and project direction to sell our services to clients and win jobs under high-pressure competition
Providing valued advice to clients on spacial configurations and colour schemes to ensure we delivered the best project we could
Generated full project packs from GA’s and visuals to working and detailed drawings
Project Kumar — 2023 to Present
Founder and Freelance Interior Designer
Providing a tailored service to multiple clients at once
Delivering high-quality work with varying needs and specifications
Being a reliable and consistent port of call for clients in need of specialist work
Producing work to a high standard
Offering in-depth knowledge on Revit; for both project work and family creation and maintenance
Shadrack and Wallace Upholsterers — July 2018 to September 2021
Upholsterer and Warehouse Hand
Offered a part-time job following a week of work experience
Frequent interactions with a wide client base
Skilled in recovering furniture, stripping, webbing, and canvassing frames
Experienced in problem-solving when challenges arise
Working to meet high standards in a time-pressured environment
As part of my job, I would look over all the furniture going out for delivery before loading them into the van, I would liaise with management to ensure furniture was of high quality and met the needs of the client
Interior Solutions at Hamptons International — July 2019
Intern
Strong and frequent communication with landlords, tenants and contractors
This allowed me to develop and foster meaningful working relationships. In many of these, I was able to use my background and knowledge in art and design to assist some client choices.
Ensured landlords were 100% satisfied with their property renovations
Attention to detail was required when inspecting work completed in order to identify and fix possible flaws
Indigo Interiors — August 2019
Intern
Carried out property visits with varied interior design styles
Learned how to write up costing reports
Interacted with contractors through written and verbal means
Observed and gained insight into the installation process
ACHIEVEMENTS
Bath Spa Hockey — 2021 to 2024
Social Secretary, Elected Role, 2021 to 2022
Responsible for managing and increasing the members engagement with club and society events
Responsible for the smooth running of social events – drinking and non-drinking, abroad and domestic
Engaging with meetings and communicating with other societies and various companies to enhance and organise as many opportunities for members
Trained on mental health and welfare to ensure society member wellbeing
Treasurer, Elected Role, 2022 to 2023
Responsible for managing the finances of the society
Ensured everyone had paid memberships and fees for matched
Secured the purchase and delivery of any required equipment
Responsible for the organisation of fundraisers; while holding this role we raised £200+ for Movember, £600+ for Bath Mind and £600+ for Bath Cancer Support Unit
Solely organised for a group of 20 to go abroad together, as well as, an itinerary for the 4 days we were there that included suggestions from everyone - this was a resounding success
President, Elected Role, 2023 to present
Managing a team of 8 to ensure the successful running of the society, this includes but isn’t limited to…
Achieving society growth
Increasing social media outreach
Maintaining and ensuring member welfare
Ensuring all facility and personnel hiring was secured and complete on time
Increasing the success and engagingness of training sessions
Ensuring the maintained excitement and attendance at social events
Providing multiple different environments for social events
Encouraging involvement and passion in all aspects
Secured extra funding for the society, something that the committee had been trying to secure for years prior
Liaising with the Student Union and University on behalf of the society and the members
Prefect — 2018 to 2019
Head Boy — 2019 to 2020
Regular meetings with leadership on methods of improving the sixth form
An ambassador for the school in external and internal events
Leading a large team of prefects to run various events and carry out different jobs around the school
Lunchtime duties dealing with pastoral issues of younger students
Raising money for the school as well as various charities
Working in a small team effectively to carry out tasks in all aspects of the school
EDUCATION
Bath Spa University, BA (Hons) Interior Design with Professional Placement Year, 2020 to Present
Expected graduation: 2024
Course content:
Model Making – constructing to-scale models from various materials for different schemes and spaces
Construction Detail – looking at building regulations and the fine details of how certain elements are constructed
Live Projects – looking at a real space with varying briefs
Becket Keys Church of England Secondary School, 2013 to 2020
A Levels, 2018 to 2020
Fine Art
Mathematics
History
B
A
B
English Language
English Literature
Maths
Biology
GCSEs, 2016 to 2018
7
5
7
6
Physics
Chemistry
History
Religion and Philosophy
7
7
9
9
Geography
Art and Design
Product Design
6
5
A
WIDER EXPERIENCE
Coming soon….