STUDIO 818 DESIGN - Key Persons

Job Titles:

• Creative Director
• Founder
• Principal

JANIE MICEK is a Principal and Founder of STUDIO 818 Design Inc. As Creative Director Janie directly develops or oversees all architecture and design for STUDIO 818. She is a licensed Interior Architect with NCIDQ (National Council for Interior Design Qualification.) Janie is a LEED AP (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design Accredited Professional.) This is a Green Building credential that proves mastery in the highly specialized area of green building. The LEED AP exam materials are so voluminous that the reference guide alone is over 400-pages and testing so rigorous that it has only about a 30% pass rate. Janie began her professional career with a large commercial Interior Design firm in her hometown of Boston. She then moved cross-country to work in Los Angeles. It was there that her aesthetic was influenced by the eclectic architecture of LA's oldest neighborhoods and the Mid-Century Modern majesty of Palm Springs. For over 15-years Janie has lived and breathed interior design, both commercial and residential. Her construction administration and project management experience ranges from one-bedroom condos to $100-million commercial projects. Janie's direct development experience designing and managing over 50 investor-driven designer Spec Homes gives her an owners' level perspective matched by few design professionals in the US.

Job Titles:

• Founder
• Principal
• Principal / Chief Troublemaker

John-Paul Micek is a Principal and Founder of STUDIO 818 Design Inc. As ‘Chief Troublemaker' he oversees operations including; systems development, sales & marketing, property acquisition & acquisition consulting, and construction management. John-Paul has been in and around the design-build industry since age 12. He founded three businesses before his 30th birthday, including a landscape design-build company specializing in residential projects with budgets between $350,000 to $1.2 million. John-Paul's real estate investment experience began in 1995. He has invested in, developed and managed over 200 real estate projects in New Jersey, Hawaii, Texas, California and Florida ranging from single-family homes to 350-plus unit apartment complexes. He is a licensed Real Estate Agent in the State of Florida working exclusively with STUDIO 818 clients to help them find, analyze, and purchase the best property to create their dream home.