Kortnee Pomerenke

Role at DHID: Project Design Assistant

When did you join the team? December 2020

What you love the most about your job: Being in an industry where it’s always changing and evolving. I also appreciate working closely with a team that are likeminded and inspiring. Over time I also have grown a passion for sustainability paired with my appreciation for Interior Design.

If you weren’t working for DHID what would you be doing? I think I’d be still doing something creative and inspiring. On weekends I enjoy spending my time at nice places to eat & drink with family and friends or down at the beach lying in the sunshine with a good book.

Your secret talent: I think it would be that I always find myself creating/collecting samples and incorporating them into flat lays outside of work.

Rebecca Eggelton

Role at DHID: CAD Draftsman / Interior Designer

When did you join the team? December 2020

What you love the most about your job: Working in a vibrant and inspiring team that pushes the boundaries in design every day. Challenging myself and growing in an industry that I have been utterly obsessed with for as long as I can remember.

If you weren’t working for DHID what would you be doing? I am always looking for ways I can build my knowledge and immerse myself in anything design related, so I would be continuing to push myself in the industry and in my personal life to experience and create. I also have a passion for reading, love being with family and baking.

Your secret talent: I am dedicated to continuously improving my skills and knowledge so I would say my secret talent is that I’m very self-driven.

Rashida Daresalamwala

Role at DHID: Executive Assistant

When did you join the team? December 2020

What you love the most about your job: I enjoy supporting others and making a difference in a team environment. It is a quite challenging role for me as various new avenues are now open and there is so much to learn in this beautiful designing world. Every day brings a new challenge and a lot of variety.

If you weren’t working for DHID what would you be doing? I would be working in a service-related environment.

Your secret talent: I am a great cook and love organising.

Michelle Pass

Role at DHID: Administration / Project Assistant

When did you join the team? 2015

What you love the most about your job: Being involved with what goes on behind the scenes, how projects evolve from initial consultation to installation and all the excitement in between.

If you weren’t working for DHID what would you be doing? Sipping a cocktail on a deserted beach after winning Lotto.

Your secret talent: I have a few but I’m sure the one Di and the girls like the most is my love of cooking.

Natasha Lee

Role at DHID: Assistant to the Design and Administration Team

When did you join the team? 2020

What you love the most about your job: I love working with a wonderful, collaborative and creative team. Every day is unique in its challenges and allows me the opportunity to learn something new and exciting in an industry I am infatuated by.

If you weren’t working for DHID what would you be doing? I currently live and breathe interior design, so I would most likely be studying! I also love being in the garden, and playing with my beautiful new pup.

Your secret talent: I have an obsession with continuous improvement and organisation. I believe my secret talent is being able to see a process that could be performed better, then finding a way to make it more efficient.

Tia Rowed

Role at DHID: Design Assistant

When did you join the team? 2016

What you love the most about your job – I love the constant challenge of finding/sourcing products that are going to put the magic into a design. We source products from all over the world. I love the added challenge of putting design presentations together for clients, often with very short timeframes and sometimes seemingly impossible deadlines.

If you weren’t working for DHID what would you be doing? I would betravelling Europe or South America and maybe even studying overseas.

Your secret talent: I don’t get easily flustered and I think my secret talent is, regardless of what is going on around us, being able to keep everyone calm. I can put out an enormous workload, without looking too overwhelmed, a bit like a swan on the river.

Jaye Murtagh

Role at DHID: Design Coordinator

When did you join the team? 1995

Your secret talent: I secretly am the one that keeps Di grounded. I am practical and pragmatic, so I can talk Di through the pressures and challenges of our incredibly broad range of projects and clients’ wishes.

Sherry Faure

Role at DHID: Finance/ Administration Officer

When did you join the team? 2015

What you love the most about your job: Being organised and looking after the finances to the best of my ability for the company! Working in a very dynamic fast paced business helping with making clients dreams come true!

If you weren’t working for DHID what would you be doing? Lazing on a beach somewhere!!

Your secret talent: No secret talent although I love to cook and make people happy and put a smile on their dial!

Zoe Wallis

Role at DHID – Interior Designer

When did you join the team? 2017

What you love most about your job – Meeting clients, deciphering what they need/want to achieve and then working closely with Di to reach the ultimate design solution. Seeing our designs become a reality in a few short months is pretty thrilling.

If you weren’t working for DHID what would you be doing? Designing a mobile home to travel the world in.

Your secret talent: I have a naturally cheeky, effervescent personality, so I think my secret talent is the ability to make people see the lighter, funnier side of very challenging situations when they arise.