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Charlene Nicol

IDVA 3 Charlene Nicol

CNI DESIGNS

charlenenicol@cnidesigns.studio

Biography

“With a Bachelor of Science in Interior Design and a lighting design minor in 2001, Charlene Nicol works as the creative director and CEO of her team, bringing you her experience in 21 years of custom design and industry know how. She has a standard poodle service dog named, Rae of Sunshine, that you may see with her with at industry events and on vendors Instagram pages. As Rae helps make her more productive and is support system, so she hopes to assist you in the IDVA.

Our Mission:

We provide our clients with the behind-the-scenes support to position design businesses and contractors for multiple projects right from the start.

Our dedication continues on well beyond set-up and process-mapping to give evolving companies collaboration and support to prevent the dreaded overwhelm and keep your business moving forward.”

What made you decide to become a Designer Virtual Assistant?

I stumbled into it when I joined Michelle Lynn’s Bakery. During the year long program, I eventually started teaching a class or two. After beginning my interior design business, I realized I was getting stuck in the “weeds” of back-end operations and had spent so much time the first year in marketing, process development, and tried out so many of the programs. I wasted so much money! In my head, I kept on thinking back to how I could use all that expensive time and knowledge to help other design companies get off the ground faster. When I found Mydoma I used it for a couple of years in my business and really enjoyed the backend work I turned my side gig into a full-time business.

What are your top 3 traits your clients love?

That my process is clear and I save them time and money.

What is your X-factor a.k.a. the one thing that differentiates you from other VA’s?

I have 3 dealerships, Kraftmaid, Norman Shutters, and Norwalk and can give them custom quotes and send samples and save them money. I also sell templates that I can customize to their business.

What is your signature style and/or the styles that you love working with?

I love working with environmentally friendly brands and also products that are custom made.

What is your key strength as a virtual assistant?

Experience

Give us a glimpse of what happens behind the scenes when you’re putting together project for a designer (i.e. your process).

After the initial consultation to get to know their processes and needs, I block time off and let them know when I will be working on it. Any questions or tasks for needed information are created in Mydoma to the designer. If any more time is needed, I will text the designer and request they purchase more time. The designer is given weekly updates on time usage.

What are 3 Fun facts about you ?!?!?!

  1. I lived in Japan.
  2. I eat Paleo.
  3. My service dog is all over Instagram from visiting vendors at design Markets.

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