EXPERIENCE

MITCHELL SETTOON DESIGNS, New Orleans, LA.

Owner, August 2004-present.

• Create decorative paint finishes for walls, furniture, accessories, and lighting fixtures for residential and commercial clients
• Stage model homes and homes for sale
• Consult on paint colors, furniture layout, and art and accessory placement
• Featured in October, 2004 ASID showhouse
• Designed and helped manufacture set for June-July 2005 stage production

GEORGIAN FURNISHING, CO, New Orleans, LA.

• Director of display and merchandising, September 2001-May 2006
• Create and maintain lifestyle vignettes for 30,000 sq. ft. high end furniture showroom, including picking paint colors, creating decorative finishes, and styling props and accessories
• Assist in buying furniture and accessories for the showroom
• Style showroom and sets for furniture commercials
• Helped create rooms for Junior League Showhouse in 2003 and 2004
• Install furniture and accessories for clients
• Work with design consultants on client projects
• Supervise assistants and warehouse workers.

WOODVALE INTERIORS, Ruston, LA.

• Assistant Designer, May 1998-August 2001
• Developed, sold, and oversaw installation of design schemes to clients, including furniture, accessories, surface finishes, and custom window and bed treatments
• Worked as liaison with vendors, sales representatives, and clients
• Supervised installers, interns, and part-time workers
• Directed special occasion décor program, buying decorations for inventory, creating media advertisements, and developing and overseeing installation of custom decorations for parties, Christmas, and other festive occasions

LOUISIANA TECH UNIVERSITY, Ruston, LA.

• Accounting Instructor, August 1995-May 1998
• Instructed underclassmen in principles of accounting
• Developed course outlines, created class syllabi, and reviewed and selected textbooks

PUBLICATIONS

• LOUISIANA HOMES AND GARDENS 2008
• NEW ORLEANS HOMES & LIFESTYLES, New Orleans, LA. April 2005
• THE BUILDER'S JOURNAL, Southeast Louisiana Edition, Mandeville, LA. February, 2005
• DELTASYTLE, Monroe, LA. August, 2000

ACTIVITIES

• ALLIED MEMBER AMERICAN SOCIETY OF INTERIOR DESIGNERS. 2004-present

EDUCATION

BACHELOR OF INTERIOR DESIGN

• May 1999. Summa Cum Laude. Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA.

MASTER OF PROFESSIONAL ACCOUNTANCY

• May 1995. Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA.

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ACCOUNTING AND MARKETING

• May 1994. Summa Cum Laude. Ruston, LA.

ADDITIONAL DESIGN AND ART HISTORY STUDY ABROAD

• Tech Rome program. Louisiana Tech University, summer 1997
• Summer in Venice program. Duke University, summer 2000