HIND ALESSA
Architect, Designer & Innovator Of The Built Environment
Summary
Results-driven design leader aiming to improve the quality of the built environment by employing multi-disciplinary approaches.
Overview
13
13
years of professional experience
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Non-Resident Research Associate
Center For Local Governance
6 2022 - Current
Advisor
Eastern Province Municipality
03.2023 - Current
Subject Matter Expert
Ae7 & Sharqiya Development Authority
03.2023 - 05.2023
Lecturer
Interior Design Dept. College Of Design, IAU
09.2012 - 03.2023
Designer for Social Innovation
Abdulqadir AlMuhadib Social Foundation
01.2020 - 01.2021
Designer
Shah Selbe (Natural Geographic Fellow)
02.2016 - 07.2016
Designer & Exhibitor
Mount Sinai Hospital
01.2016 - 04.2016
Design Researcher
Brownsville Social Center
08.2015 - 12.2015
Intern Architect
Emaar Middle East
06.2011 - 09.2011
Education
MFA - Design For Social Innovation
School of Visual Arts
New York, NY 08.2015 - 06.2017
BSC - Interior Architecture Engineering
College of Arch. & Planning, IAU
Dammam 09.2007 - 06.2011
Skills
Strategic Planning & Management
Teamwork / Collaboration
Creative Problem-solving
Mentoring
Facilitation & Public Speaking
Data Driven Decision Making
Critique & Evaluation
People Leadership
Relationship Building
Design Advisory
Blogging
Certification
Design Thinking Trainer, Design Thinking Academy, Netherlands.
Participations
- 2018 - 2024 Participation as an external juror in national and regional universities in the GCC.
- 2023 Designathon Consultant. The 2 days event consisted of guiding participant towards designing a roundabout or a square from ideation to 3D renders execution. Alkhobar, Saudi Arabia.
- 2023 Guest speaker at in a panel discussion at the ceremony of Creative Essay Awards by Ministry of Culture, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
- 2022 Course Participant at Moving Boundaries (Perception of Built Environment). Santiago De Compostela, Spain and Porto, Portugal.
- 2021 Juror for SAMAYA National Competition by MOMRAH, Saudi Arabia.
- 2020 Participating in The Place of Memory and the Memory of Place Conference. Cambridge, UK.
- 2019 Embedding creative thinking methodologies in productive processes, Medina Art Center, Saudi Arabia.
- 2018 Facilitating Social Innovation workshop, Harvard Arab Conference. Boston, MA, USA.
- 2018 Participation in Building Saudi Celebrations workshop by Miguel Arraiz, Dhahran, Saudi Arabia.
- 2017 Hack a vision 3rd Honorable Mention, Harvard Arab Alumni Association. Boston, MA, USA.
- 2017 Participation in Dammam Metropolitan City workshop by UN Habitat, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
- 2017 Attending Interact LDN, by Nomensia. London, UK.
- 2015 Supervising The 2nd Prize Design Project at Fifth Session of Prince Sultan Bin Salman Award for Urban Heritage. Riyadh, KSA
Affiliations
- Al-Khobar Green Initiative (Part of Saudi & Middle East Green Initiatives)
- AIA Middle East Chapter
Awards
- 2015 Supervisor of the First prize winner's project at the Fifth Session of Prince Sultan Bin Salman Award for Urban Heritage.
- 2015 Design Idea Speech 2nd Prize winner.
Timeline
PMI-ACP® Certification
05-2024
Advisor
Eastern Province Municipality
03.2023 - Current
Subject Matter Expert
Ae7 & Sharqiya Development Authority
03.2023 - 05.2023
IELTS (7/9)
08-2022
Designer for Social Innovation
Abdulqadir AlMuhadib Social Foundation
01.2020 - 01.2021
Design Thinking Trainer, Design Thinking Academy, Netherlands.
05-2019
Designer
Shah Selbe (Natural Geographic Fellow)
02.2016 - 07.2016
Designer & Exhibitor
Mount Sinai Hospital
01.2016 - 04.2016
Design Researcher
Brownsville Social Center
08.2015 - 12.2015
Lecturer
Interior Design Dept. College Of Design, IAU
09.2012 - 03.2023
Intern Architect
Emaar Middle East
06.2011 - 09.2011
Non-Resident Research Associate
Center For Local Governance
6 2022 - Current
MFA - Design For Social Innovation
School of Visual Arts
08.2015 - 06.2017
BSC - Interior Architecture Engineering
College of Arch. & Planning, IAU
09.2007 - 06.2011