Experience

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  Giuseppina Arena - Architecture & Design

  • Miami

  • Company Owner

    • Jun 2016 - Present
    • Miami

    Architecture & Design for Yachts, Luxury Residence, Private Jet, Retail.

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  Ferretti Group

  • Italy
  • Shipbuilding
  • 700 & Above Employee

  • Architect and Interior Designer Americas

    • Sep 2012 - Jun 2016

    Ferretti Group is the second largest and world's most prestigious yacht builder with a range from 27ft to 260ft length, 6 Brands: Ferretti, Pershing, Riva, Custom Line, Mochi, Itama, CRN with worldwide distribution.• Overseen design process of Ferretti Group Vessels Maintaining the standards of excellence established by the company and the needs and demands of the U.S. market.• Interior design liaison between America and Centro Stile and Italian Shipyards.• Led interior design and interior configurations for all American inventory >$100m per year.• Established specialized interior design center and capability for Americas. • Designed and Project Managed first Ferretti Group Retail Concept Store globally, set up in Palm Beach.• Managed design and construction of new locations in Miami Beach (FL), Newport Beach (CA), Miami Beach Marina (FL), Bahia Mar (FL), Newport Beach (CA), Mexico City (Mexico), Hong Kong (China), Lima (Peru’). Full DD (Design Development), CD (Construction Document), FF&E (Furniture, Finishes Equipment), CA (Construction Administration), Purchasing with full management of the Installation and Supervision responsibility.• Refurbished Ferretti Group flagship showroom in Americas.• Staged all yachts for marketing events and initiatives, including Fort Lauderdale & Miami Boat Shows.• Crucial role in the sales process to communicate the customers’ needs to the Italian manufacturers..• Full Responsibility for Refitting Projects. Restyling of the 64’ Bertram Yacht. Project managing and supervised construction at Merritt Island Shipyard, Full DD, CD, FF&E, CA, Purchasing, Full Installation and Supervision responsibility.

  • Architect and Interior Designer

    • Sep 2007 - Sep 2012

    • Project Management for Standard, Custom and Refit projects from 50 ft. up to115 ft.• Responsibility of SD Schematic Design for the New Prototypes built in the shipyard.• Full DD (Design Development), CD (Construction Document), FF&E (Furniture, Finishes Equipment), CA (Construction Administration), Purchasing with full management of the Installation and Supervision responsibility.• Responsibility to supervise all the installation of furniture, hard and soft décor.• Solely Client Liaison from finish selections to project completion.• Management of suppliers/sub-contractors. • Designed and Project Managed the store-in-store showroom and display as sales and marketing tool.• Marketing support for the décor installation at Boat-Shows, Expositions, Photo Shooting.

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  CNL - Admiral Yachts

  • Genoa Area, Italy

  • Interior Design Manager

    • Mar 2005 - Aug 2007
    • Genoa Area, Italy

    Cantieri Navali Lavagna (also ADMIRAL Yachts) is a premier yacht building company. This Italian company is an established player in the aluminum yacht construction segment and boasts of long experience and expertise in the construction of high performance mega yachts and superyachts. • Project Management of the Aluminum Fast Custom Yachts from 80ft up to 150ft.• Created the SD Schematic Design Concept. • Client Management throughout the design and construcion process.• Full DD, CD (for interiors only), FF&E, CA, Purchasing and Installation • Managed the suppliers/sub-contractors.• Created a prototype of store-in-store showroom and display as a sales and marketing tool.• Marketing support for the decor installation at Boat-Shows, Events, Photo Shooting.

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  Intermarine Spa

  • La Spezia Area, Italy

  • Architect and Interior Designer

    • May 2003 - Mar 2005
    • La Spezia Area, Italy

    Intermarine is an Italian shipyard, designing and producing vessels for commercial use, for leisure and for defense. The shipyard has the capability to build vessels in the range up to 70 meters using all established shipbuilding materials, mainly aluminum and composite (or FRP, Fiber Reinforced Plastic).The Company incorporates Rodriquez Cantieri Navali, Conam and Rodriquez Marine System trademarks.• Architect and Interior Designer of yachts from 64ft. up to 140ft. • SD Schematic Design Concept. Responsibility of full DD, CD (for interiors only), FF&E, CA, Purchasing and Installation. Managing suppliers/sub-contractors.• Complete Design of the Fast Patrol Boats 13ft. and winner of the dedicated National Competition. Provided Documentation: SD Schematic Design Concept, Full DD, CD, FF&E, CA.• Designed the Interior layout of Mine Countermeasure Vessels 155’.• Design Concept of 2 Catamarans (for passengers and cars) 170ft and 300ft for the Istanbul Fast Ferries Company (IDO).• Responsibility of Quality Yacht Control for Conam Brand.

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  GEM srl

  • Genoa Area, Italy

  • Architect

    • Sep 1999 - May 2003
    • Genoa Area, Italy

    GEM Company works at every level of the design and construction of premium Cruise Ships (over 140,000 GT), luxury (40,000 GT) and smaller expedition vessels. From the definition of General Arrangement plans in the concept design phase, where the areas are defined from a functional point of view, throughout the detailed interior design development.• Responsibility of GA Plans definition and SD Schematic Design Concept.• Detailed Interior Design Development through SD.• Solely role of liaison and coordination between owner, yard and subcontractors involvedin the production.• Full DD, CD, FF&E, CA, Purchasing and Installation.• Managed all the sub-contractors drawings, checking that all the details were defined according to the owner (Princess Cruises) specification.• Management of all the Design Process Phases.• Responsibility to control and Approve all the Phases of the entire design process.• Projects: Sea Princes, Golden Princess, Star Princess, Island Princess, Coral Princess, Diamond Princess, Sapphire Princess, Caribbean Princess, Emerald Princess, Ruby Princess.