Industrial Designer and Researcher

Jonathan Heffner

Atlanta, GA

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I am Jonathan Heffner, an Industrial Designer at Arias Designs, LLC with an Industrial Design degree from Georgia Tech. I am actively seeking new roles pertaining to user/market research and design. I can develop solutions for you through design brainstorming, design prototyping, voice of customer research, user testing, and market landscaping. I have qualitative and quantitative research and prototyping experience in the tools and packaging industries.
Education
- Bachelor of Science Industrial Design
  
  Georgia Institute of Technology
  
  2016
Experience
- Industrial Designer
  
  Arias Industrial Designs, LLC
  
  Dec 2018 - Present (5 years 11 months)
  
  Packaging Design for the automotive, construction, medical, and HVAC industries.
  Production of partitions, totes, crates, and metal racks for salesmen and clients.
  Creation of concept models, manufacturing drawings, cut files, and BOMs for designs.
  Communication with metal, wood, foam, corrugated, plastics, and soft goods suppliers to generate final products for clients.
- Senior Deployment Engineer
  
  Goodman Networks, INC
  
  Jan 2018 - Dec 2018 (11 months)
  
  Network solutions including design, engineering, and deployment services.
  Engineering BOMs, AutoCAD layouts, and database management to deploy new fiber equipment.
  Saved the client over $400,000 in company incentives based on BOMs.
  Recruited 3 interns and recruited/trained new employee in AutoCAD.
- Junior Product Designer
  
  Professional Tool Products, LLC
  
  Feb 2017 - Dec 2017 (10 months)
  
  Design for high grade automotive mechanics’ tools, lighting, tool storage, and specialty tools.
  Conducted user interviews and voice of customer research to determine designs.
  Designed work lights, mechanics’ tools, and a tool tray for the automotive industry.
  Developed a lighting lab with engineers to fully test products.
  Communicated with Chinese factories to manage tooling and production.
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