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PERSONAL GOALS

I am looking to practice Landscape Architecture in a setting where I can have a profound impact on how the clients perceive and experience outdoor space, weather its a more intimate namely residential, setting or in a public space that attracts people, and makes them want to stay. 

COMPUTER SKILLS

AutoCad, GIS (ArcMap), Vectorworks, Adobe CC: Photoshop. Illustrator, InDesign, Acrobat. Apple programs: Keynote, iMovie, Word, Excel, Powerpoint

LANGUAGES

English - Fluent in Speech and Writing, Swedish - Fluent in Speech and writing, French - manage in simple conversation 

Erika Gottsegen
(561) 267 6577 | erika.gottsegen@gmail.com

 

 

 

 

 

EXPERIENCE  (since 2000)

2GHO is celebrating 30 years in business this year (2018), proving its position in the Marketplace as one of the trusted firms to take projects from idea through approval process to completion. The firm serves a broad range of clientele from Residential to towns and counties, focusing mainly on work for private Developers and municipalities as well as for Palm Beach County.  

Responsibilities:

My role as a Landscape Designer /Planner is everything from Due Diligence, Conceptual Design Site plan Approval,  Construction Documentation, just to name a few. 

Studio Rovira is an award winning firm, dedicated to projects of uncompromising design quality that work at the edge of the built and the natural.

Roberto Rovira has a background in engineering, fine arts and design and was also the chair of the Landscape Architecture Department at FIU School of Architecture of the Arts for four consecutive years until May 2015.

Responsibilities

Conceptual Design, Schematic Design, Design Development, 

Project Management and coordination

Palm Beach County Parks and Rec oversees over 8,000 acres of parkland in Palm Beach County, which equals to over 100 parks. Sports fitness, environmental, and cultural opportunities abound, as well as restful places for solitude are made available to enrich the lives of Palm Beach County Residents. 

Responsibilities: Conceptual design, Schematic Design, Research and sourcing, field inventory.

Accenta is a full service Visual Communication Company that manufacture custom display products and several point-of-purchase portable display lines of products. the hardware is accompanied by the in-house digital printing products. 

Responsibilities: Account Management: Sales, consulting, pricing. I acted as a liaison between the client, production department, and the graphic designers. 

Clients: From the Moet Hennessy Group: 'Hennessy', 'Grand Mariner', Moet Chandon', Veuve Clicquot', Grand Marnier', etc. Estes Lauder Companies: 'MAC Cosmetics', 'Origins', 'Aveda', L'Oreal Companies: 'Giorgio Armani', Kiehl's, 'Ralph Lauren Fragrances', 'Shu Uemura', 'Giorgio Armani Beaury'. Many more clients within retail and other industries. 

 

Big Apple Visual Group manufacture products and services fulfilling all aspects of Visual Communications: Large Format Digital Printing for indoor and outdoor graphics, custom fabrication signage, Point-Of-Purchase and exhibit displays, graphic design and branding services. 

Responsibilities: Account Management including consulting, sales, pricing and supervising production. 

Clients: From the Gucci Group: 'Stella Mc Carney', 'Alexander McQueen',Yves Saint Laurent', 'Sergio Rossi'. Other clients include: 'Cartier', 'Ecko Unlimited', 'Barney's NY', 'NBA Entertainment', 'Brooklyn Museum', 'Largent Studios' (music event production)

 

BACKGROUND (since 2000)

 

 

Nominations & Honors:

Spring semester  2017: Received the Master Project Award (one out of two) for 'Regenerative Strategies - Arroyo, P.R'

Spring Semester 2017: Received the faculty award for ''Outstanding Design Excellence' 

March 2017:  Received Student Award of Certificate from FL ASLA

September 2016: Initiation into Sigma Lambda Alpha (SLA), the only Honor Society in North America that exclusively recognizes scholarships in Landscape Architecture. Two students were nominated in total. 

Fall Semester 2016 received shared first place and scholarship for studio project 'Brickell Personified' from 'Eco-Concrete', An Israeli based based Marine Biology firm, Edo Stella. 

Fall Semester 2015 was offered a position as Graduate Assistant to Professor Roberto Rovira

Fall Semester 2015 Studio work was selected to be exhibited at the BEA gallery on FIU campus

Spring Semester 2015 Studio work was selected to be exhibited at the BEA gallery on the FIU campus

Prior to starting the program I took 'leveling courses' summer of 2014 in 'Computer Practices (AutoCad), 'Visual Notations', and 'Design Foundations'

During my time as a stay at home mom (I am a proud mother of three) I pursued my newfound interests in horticulture and landscape design. The classes I took were 

Florida Natives, Cultivated Plant ID, Environmental issues in Horticulture and Landscape Design.

 

Participated in the honors program fall-99. On a marketing consulting basis we developed a business and marketing plan for 'Florida Bolt', a hardware manufacturer company. I received the highest grade in the class. 

PROFESSIONAL

2GHO

Gentile, Glas, Holloway and O'Mahoney

Jupiter, FL

 August 2017 - Current

 

 

 

 

 

 

STUDIO ROBERTO ROVIRA

Assistant to principal Roberto Rovira. Miami, FL

June 2016-Current

 

 

 

 

 

PALM BEACH COUNTY

PARKS & RECREATION

Assistant to Landscape Architect

Casey Pranckun

West Palm Beach, FL 

 Summer 2015

ACCENTA DISPLAY

Regional Sales Manager

Visual Consultant

New York, NY

2004-2008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

BIG APPLE VISUAL GROUP

Account Executive

Visual Consultant

New York, NY

2000-2004

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

EDUCATIONAL

 

FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY 

Landscape Architecture + Urban and Environmental Design

3-year Track

Graduating GPA 3.95/4.0

Miami, FL

Summer 2014-May 2017

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PALM BEACH STATE COLLEGE

Landscape and Horticulture Specialist

(12 Credits)

GPA 4.0/4.0

Palm Beach Gardens, FL

2011-2013

NORTHWOOD UNIVERSITY

B.B.A  International Business / Management 

GPA 3.75/4.0

West Palm Beach,FL

1998-2000

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