Ruth Lauritzen

Senior Kitchen and Interior Designer with nearly 30 years of experience in consultative sales, residential design and project coordination. Combines commercial judgement, creative problem-solving and leadership experience with end-to-end responsibility from consultation and 3D presentation through quotation and delivery coordination. Brings practical experience in tiny-home design and almost ten years of close interest in compact-living solutions.

Senior Kitchen Designer at Kjøkkensenteret Drammen | JKE Design (2023-10 – Present)

• Designs, presents, quotes and sells complete customised kitchens for private residential clients.
• Coordinates technical details and project requirements from concept through installation, ensuring clear communication and reliable follow-up.
• Acts as deputy to the General Manager and supports daily showroom operations, customer experience and commercial performance.
• Manages showroom social media, including content creation, photography and presentation of completed projects to build engagement and brand visibility. Design software: Winner Flex (Compusoft Winner).

Sales Manager at Kvik Drammen (2022-11 – 2023-05)

• Led and developed the kitchen sales team, with responsibility for budgeting, recruitment, daily operations and customer satisfaction.
• Coached consultants in structured sales work while maintaining a high standard of design advice and service.
• Worked with Kvik's proprietary kitchen design software.

Assistant Sales Manager – Epoq Kitchen (Currys, Norway) at Elkjøp Norway AS (2019-01 – 2022-12)

• Supported kitchen departments nationally with staffing, recruitment, onboarding and operations. Regularly visited stores nationwide in a hybrid support role.
• Developed customer-journey sales training and trained new kitchen sales staff. Planned seminars, wrote weekly newsletters and campaign messages, with extensive use of PowerPoint, Excel and shared workspaces.

Kitchen Sales Leader at Elkjøp Megastore Slependen (2011-01 – 2019-12)

• Led a team of four kitchen consultants with a high degree of autonomy.
• Drove sales growth, team stability, structured follow-up and customer satisfaction in a high-volume showroom.
• Maintained strong team performance throughout a major showroom renovation.
• Design software: Epoq Designer.

Interior & Garden Designer / Owner at Design Inne Ute (2011-01 – Present)

• Designs tiny homes and compact-living concepts in SketchUp Pro, drawing on practical project experience and almost ten years of close study of the sector, layouts and space-saving solutions.
• Creates practical garden designs supported by high-quality 2D and 3D visualisations in SketchUp Pro.
• Provides interior design services for homes and holiday properties.
• Design software: SketchUp Pro.

Kitchen Sales Consultant and Customer Service Roles at Various (Norema, Scandinavia Kjøkken, Elkjøp Drammen) (1994-01 – 2011-12)

• Kitchen sales roles with Norema, Scandinavia Kjøkken and Elkjøp Drammen established a strong foundation in planning, consultative sales and customer care.
• Completed a one-year placement at an architectural practice (Jan–Dec 1994).
• Additional experience in customer service and administrative support roles.

Technical Design 2D/3D, Architecture & Interior Design in Architecture & Interior Design – Noroff (2005-01 – 2006-12)

Interior Designer in Interior Design – NKI Interior Design School (1996-01 – 1997-12)

Marketing, one-year programme in Marketing – Næringsakademiet Drammen (1995-01 – 1995-12)

Upper Secondary School, General Studies in General Studies – Drammen Gymnas (1993-01 – 1993-12)