Yuliya Savelyeva
About Yuliya Savelyeva
Yuliya Savelyeva is a Senior Lighting Designer at Arup and Co-Creative Director at Embodied Architecture, with extensive experience in lighting and architectural design.
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Yuliya Savelyeva serves as a Senior Lighting Designer at Arup, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her experience spans multiple cities and roles within the field of lighting design and architecture.
Current Role at Arup
Yuliya Savelyeva has been a Senior Lighting Designer at Arup since 2021, based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Prior to this, she held the role of Lighting Designer within the same company from 2018 to 2021.
Previous Roles at Arup
Yuliya previously worked as a Lighting Designer at Arup from 2016 to 2018 in Greater New York City Area. She has been with Arup in various capacities, growing her expertise in lighting design over several years.
Experience in Academia
Yuliya has also imparted her knowledge to students as part-time faculty at Parsons School for Design between 2016 and 2017. Additionally, she served as a Graduate Teaching Assistant at Parsons School for Design from 2013 to 2016.
Co Creative Director at Embodied Architecture
Yuliya currently holds the position of Co Creative Director at Embodied Architecture. This role has her situated between San Francisco and New York, where she leverages her extensive background in lighting design and architecture.
Early Career and Internships
Earlier in her career, Yuliya served as a Junior Architect at Steven Holl Architects from 2014 to 2015 and as an Architect/Research Assistant at Bernheimer Architecture from 2013 to 2014. Additionally, she completed an internship at Renfro Design Group in 2012 and worked as an Interior Design Assistant at DMDesign, LLC from 2010 to 2011.
Educational Background
Yuliya holds a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) and a Master of Architecture (MARCH) from Parsons School of Design, where she studied Lighting Design and Architecture from 2011 to 2016. She also earned a Bachelor's degree in Design from Samara State University of Architecture and Civil Engineering from 2004 to 2009, and completed a short stint in Interior Design at Parsons School of Design - The New School in 2007.