Jacqui Suckling is an experienced interior designer and colour consultant who owns Colour Home & Design. She has over 10 years of experience in colour consulting, interior design, and display home design. Her business provides customised colour selection services and designs for builders. She has extensive experience working with residential home builders on display homes, townhouses, and commercial projects.
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W O R K E X P E R I E N C E
4 Logan Court
Mount Helen, VIC
3350
WWW.COLOURHD.COM.AU
jacquis@colourhd.com.au
Tel. 0468 – 890 - 462
E D U C A T I O N
DIPLOMA CERTIFICATE IV INTERIOR
DECORATION & DESIGN
RMIT University
2010
VICTORIAN CERTIFICATE OF
EDUCATION
Carey Grammer School
2005
J A C Q U E L I N E
S U C K L I N G
Jacqui Suckling is the principal designer at Colour Home & Design who provides
Melbourne based builders and their clients a personalised, professional and expert
colour and material consulting service.
With over 10 years’ extensive experience in colour and material consulting and interior
design, Jacqui is highly skilled at understanding and interpreting each client’s vision and
helping them express their individual style when creating their dream home or business.
Jacqui also has a great appreciation of the huge impact colour can have on a space and
how vital it is to get it right.
Colour Home & Design offer a range of services that include:
• Customised colour selection template specific to builder inclusions.
• Colour scheme/colour board design.
• Showroom design.
• Coordination of building works from start to finish.
• Working closely with suppliers to define product ranges.
E X P E R T I S E
R E S I D E N T I A L H O M E S
T O W N H O U S E S
C U S T O M H O M E S
D I S P L A Y H O M E S
C O M M E R C I A L O F F I C E S
S H O W R O O M S
MARCH
2013
FEBRUARY
2016
C O L O U R S P E C I A L I S T & D I S P L A Y H O M E
D E S I G N E R | R E S I D E N T I A L H O M E B U I L D E R S ( N e w
s e l e c t H o m e s & R M S H o m e s )
• Delivered exemplary Customer Service by ensuring clients are
assisted professionally with colour selections, offering expertise
and guidance whilst understanding each individual customer’s
needs
• Working in a detailed manner across processes such as
developer approvals, town planning applications & permits
• Co-ordinate the interior design and exterior design of facades
for a range of display home products:
- Liased regularly with the drafting department to ensure design
met specifications
- Determined internal and external colour selection at final plans
- Worked closely with suppliers to develop product lines/colour
palettes that would appeal to clients
• Decorated display homes in accordance with stringent budgets,
timeframes and client requests
• Established and maintained successful relationships with a
diverse range of suppliers to ensure leverage in purchasing
display home furniture and accessories
• Designed the Colour Room for RMS Homes specific to meet their
home inclusions:
• Liased with suppliers to support the project by getting free
product for the set up of the showroom
• Sourced and coordinated the products required to undergo
client selections
A B O U T M E
I N T E R I O R D E S I G N E R
2. W O R K E X P E R I E N C E ( C O N T I N U E D )
OCTOBER
2012
NOVEMBER
2013
K I T C H E N D E S I G N E R | K I T S E T K I T C H E N S
• Respond to enquiries regarding Kitchen Manufacture in person,
email and over the phone, providing accurate and current
information
• Assisted customers with the Kitchen Design Process whether it
be to create, remodel or update an existing kitchen to provide
beautiful and creative solutions based on the clients needs:
- Sketch/draft of kitchen layout and design
- Discussed building materials, colours, patterns and room layout
with clients
- Computer generated plans and 3D images
- Quotation presentation
• Keep informed with Kitchen ‘in vogue’ trends, supplier products
ranges and kitchen innnovation.
T E C H S K I L L S
MS WORD
EMAIL
INTERNET
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P E R S O N A L
S K I L L S
JANUARY
2006
JANUARY
2012
P R I N C I P A L D E S I G N E R & D I S P L A Y H O M E
M A N A G E R | N A T I O N A L B U I L D E R S G R O U P
• Provided high quality customer service by assisting with colour
selections in the company’s showroom, Colourworld, offering
expertise and guidance whilst understanding each individual
customer’s needs
• Trained, developed and supported new employees to acquire
knowledge of products and to undertake colour selections with
customers
• Co-ordinate the interior design and exterior design of facades
for a range of display home products:
- Liased regularly with the drafting department to ensure design
met specifications
- Determined internal and external colour selection at final plans
- Worked closely with suppliers to develop product lines/colour
palettes that would appeal to clients
- Managed display home administration including contracts,
quotes, specifications and builder paperwork
• Decorated display homes in accordance with stringent budgets,
timeframes and client requests
• Established and maintained successful relationships with a
diverse range of suppliers to ensure leverage in purchasing
display home furniture and accessories
ORGANIZATION
CREATIVITY
TIME MANAGEMENT
CLIENT FOCUSED
ANALYSING REQUIREMENTS
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