Product Designer at Jay Franco & Sons

Antonio Black

New York, NY

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My name is Antonio Black and I am a Industrial designer with experience in toys, furniture, accessories and product design. Since I have over 10 years of experience, my level of leadership and responsibilities are very well utilized. Speaking to production managers both here and at our overseas facilities while art directing is just a short portion of my day. Luckily the rest is usually filled with designing and approving projects from junior designers.
Education
- BID Industrial Design
  
  Pratt Institute
  
  2002 - 2006
Experience
- Product Designer
  
  Jay Franco & Sons
  
  New York, NY
  
  Apr 2016 - Present (8 years 8 months)
  
  Responsible for creating licensed products for multiple brands. Manage and design new products including bath, home and bedding accessories.
- Freelance Product Designer
  
  Horizon Group USA
  
  Warren, NJ
  
  Nov 2015 - Nov 2016 (1 year)
  
  Concept sketching, CAD renderings, package design and overseeing product development.
- Senior Product Designer
  
  Delta Children's Products
  
  May 2013 - May 2015 (2 years)
  
  Manage & Design Disney, Nick, and Sesame properties
- Senior Product Designer
  
  I.D. Tag/ Little Gifts
  
  Secaucus, NJ
  
  May 2010 - May 2013 (3 years)
  
  Responsibilities include product development, package design and art directing a team of graphic, web, and freelance illustrators.
  - Creating concepts and licensed product lines for Real Simple, Top Paw (Petsmart), Nerf and various Hasbro brands.
  - Building and creating planograms, corrugated displays, CAD renderings, and multiple
  toys /accessories placed in Target, Walmart and Petsmart.
- Freelance
  
  Age Group
  
  Jan 2010 - May 2010 (4 months)
  
  Martha Stewart and Hello Kitty; Packaging, pet toys, and accessories.
- Free designer
  
  Hartz Mountain Corporation
  
  Nov 2009 - Jan 2010 (2 months)
  
  Concept Sketching, and renderings.
- Freelance
  
  MZ Berger
  
  Jan 2009 - Feb 2009 (1 month)
  
  - Concept Sketching
  - CAD Renderings
  - CAD Drafting
- In-house Freelance Designer
  
  Accessory Zone
  
  Sep 2008 - Jan 2009 (4 months)
  
  Designed generic and licensed products. Responsible for developing concepts, renderings, line sheets, and communicating development with our over sea factories.
- Product Designer
  
  Idea Nuova
  
  Sep 2007 - Sep 2008 (1 year)
  
  Designed licensed products. Responsible for developing concepts, renderings and uploading development to our over seas factories.
- Product Designer
  
  Planet Products Corporation
  
  Sep 2006 - Sep 2007 (1 year)
  
  -Responsible for creating toys and home items for 3 divisions of the company; Planet Toys, Planet Home and Planet Pets. Designed for various brands including Disney, Sharper Image, Thomas, Sesame, WWE, and Mathew Knowles (Baby Jamz)
  -Communicated with our HK Office daily to advise proper development of samples and art.
  -Promotional related travel to Disney Studios- California, Wal-Mart Corp.- Arkansas. WWE Licensing summit- Michigan, and various other work related destinations
- Design Intern
  
  Fisher-Price
  
  Feb 2005 - Sep 2006 (1 year 7 months)
  
  Helped create new Disney concepts, some model making, Photoshop rendering, and Illustrator technical drawings.
Awards

2007- Linea Editorial,

Designs Published in a European Design Book

2004- 2006. Atkinson Memorial Fund. Award for Innovative Toy Design

2003- 2006. America Reads Certificate of Honor

2003-2006. Presidential Merit Based Scholarship

2002-2006. Pratt Grant
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Antonio Black

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