Aaron Pizzuti
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About
Award winning designer, creative leader, and educator across multiple industries and product types.
As the President and Design Leader of Pizzuti Design, I leverage my 20+ years of experience and passion for art, design, and engineering to help clients create meaningful solutions that disrupt saturated markets and deliver world-class design services. I have worked with a variety of businesses in multiple industries, from independent entrepreneurs to established global icons, such as Chrysler, Nike, Adidas, Under Armour, Keds, G/FORE, Rivian, AM General, and Vinfast.
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Education
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BFA Industrial DesignCleveland Institute of Art1995 - 1999
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2MET Mechanical EngineeringPenn State University1992 - 1995
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Experience
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Principal & Design DirectorPittsburgh, PASep 2013 - Present (11 years 2 months)Product Design, Innovation, and Creative Direction.
Drawing on a career of 20+ years of building product and leading creative teams for the most recognized and respected global brands.
Specialities:
Original Thought
Footwear Design
Automotive Design
Creative Direction
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Sr. Creative DirectorUnder ArmourPortland, ORJan 2014 - Sep 2017 (3 years 8 months)Sr. Creative Director for Under Armour Basketball and Men's Training and Cleated footwear teams.
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DesignerNikeOct 2008 - May 2013 (4 years 7 months)Designer for Nike Core Performance Group. Responsible for designing a line of performance training footwear that generates over $350 million dollars of revenue annually and accounts for 77 percent of Nike's global training footwear business.
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Senior DesignerConverseMar 2008 - Oct 2008 (7 months)Senior Designer for Converse Performance Basketball group. Responsible for creating innovative advanced concepts and performance product for Converse basketball athletes.
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Design ManagerChrysler2006 - 2008 (2 years)Managed a team of designers and clay modelers in developing exterior design proposals for the 2011 Dodge Charger.
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DesignerDaimler Chrysler1999 - 2006 (7 years)Generated concept and production exterior and interior designs for Jeep, Dodge and Chrysler brands.
• 2011 Dodge Durango, Lead Exterior Designer of 2011 Durango, led Design team through theme confirmation.
• 2009 Dodge Ram, Contributing Exterior Designer.
• 2006 HEMI Nitro Concept, Project Leader as shown at SEMA 2006.
• 2006 50K Wrangler Concept, Project Leader, as shown at SEMA 2006.
• 2004 Jeep Hurricane, Lead Designer, generated concept and led development of Jeep Hurricane concept as shown 2005 NAIAS.
• 2000 Dodge Durango, Contributing Exterior Designer, led development of scale and full size themes for 2004 Dodge Durango.
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Awards
2011 Patent Award Nike Lunar Edge
2010 Patent Award Nike Trainer 1.2
2010 Patent Award Dodge Durango
2005 IDEA Silver Award Jeep Hurricane Concept
2005 Popular Science Best of What’s New Jeep Hurricane Concept
2005 Autoweek Most Fun Concept Jeep Hurricane
2005 Patent Award Primary Inventor Jeep Hurricane
2004 Patent Award Dodge Durango
1999 First Agnes Gund Award presented to top graduating student
1998 Chrysler Scholarship
1997 CIA Honorary Scholarship -
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@McBean, member since 2009
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