As Axis Hospitality’s Director of Design, Jennifer Bonelli brings extensive experience in commercial and hospitality interior design to Axis Hospitality.

With a passion for creating engaging interiors, Jennifer attended the esteemed New York School of Interior Design’s CIDA-Accredited Master of Fine Arts Program, and also holds a Bachelor of Arts from Bucknell University in Economics.

Her first career was on Wall Street where she worked in private wealth and the real estate investment management division of asset management at a prominent Investment Bank. This unique background and mindset allows her to consider each design decision in terms of return on her client’s investments.

Jennifer began her true design career at highly imaginative New World Design Builders. Memorable projects there include her design work for celebrity hot spot restaurant CATCH L.A. as well as the revamp of Gansevoort Hotel Group Properties in New York.

She then took the opportunity to join award winning Jeffrey Beers International in their New York City office. There she honed her skills working with the industry’s very best and became a lead designer on everything from large scale entertainment complexes, cruise ships, casinos, hotels, and signature restaurants, working for clients such as Disney, Marriott, Hard Rock and a number of celebrity chefs.

When Jennifer relocated to the Southeast, she joined the Charleston, South Carolina office of McMillan Pazdan Smith Architecture. Notable projects there include her work on The Cooper, Charleston’s soon to be newest luxury waterfront hotel and Wild Dunes Resort. She then led the interior design for Kempton of Charleston, a new luxury retirement community and was tapped to design several lobbies for mixed-use developments. Jennifer also touched historic preservation projects along downtown Charleston’s most iconic streets during her time designing high-end residential and condominium projects.

During her first year with Axis Hospitality, Jennifer single handedly completed designs for Hotel Iris in Boston, a luxury four star boutique hotel, and The Garden Hotel & Resort in Ft Lauderdale. Currently, her team is re-envisioning a South Beach Miami Hotel on Collins Avenue, completing the design of 550 E. Lincoln – a high end multi-family project in Phoenix, working on Arkhaus – a luxury yacht club experience – and has joined forces with a major hotel brand in the midwest for renovations of their hotel portfolio.

Jennifer draws on her vast design experience as she works hand in hand with clients, architects, contractors, property managers, brand executives, owners and investors to deliver an exceptional experience and visionary design.