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INDUSTRIAL DESIGN ENGINEER & ILLUSTRATOR
INDEPENDENT
Denver, CO
2007 - Present (17 years)
Notable work:
- Ziteo Medical - Cancer Scanning Medical Robots - Conceptual designs, photo realistic renderings, photo montages
- Tidy Treasures - Conceptual Designs, Hand Sketching, Illustrations, Production Art, Tech Drawings
- Grow Vera - Next gen concept designs for plastic handheld electrical device
- Illuminate Industries - High Quality Titanium Flashlights - Conceptual Art & Designs, CAD Designs, Fabrication Designs, Renderings
- CabanaX® - Conceptual Designs & Illustrations, Structural Engineering, Fabrication Designs, Renderings
- Danbury Mint - Photo Editing & Montage Illustrations
- Basin Trak - Photorealistic Product Renderings
- Classic Brands LLC - New product concepts & updates to existing product line
- Blend Friend® - Listed Patent Designer. Conceptual & Fabrication Designs
- DeliverySafe LLC - Structural Concepts for Lock Boxes
- Brandmetta - Child-resistant packaging concepts, structural engineering and production designs, renderings
- Beach Brew Bus - Delaware, USA - Graphic Design, Brand Development
- Creative Circle - Industrial Design & Graphic work for various engineering & outdoor industry companies
- Skyscraper Inc. - Industrial Design CAD models of consumer home products
- Rodmounts - Corporate ID, graphics, packaging labels & new product developments
- Jack Rouse Associates - Designer, Illustrator, Color & Finish expert for a new amusement park in Sochi, Russia
- Touchstone - Senior Industrial Designer - Created soft-good designs, production drawings and supervised quality control & costs
- Jack Rouse Associates - Lead Graphic Designer and Production Artist on the Ferrari World, Abu Dhabi, UAE
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DESIGN MANAGER & SENIOR DESIGNER
Sparq Home
Denver, CO
May 2013 - May 2016 (3 years)
A Consumer Home Goods company founded in 2010. From 2013 - 2016 the company grew roughly 35% annually with a product line increase from 150 SKU’s in mid 2013 to over 1000 SKU’s in mid 2016. Sparq Home’s retail shelf presence also increased from roughly 175 retailers in 2013 to over 2000 retailers by mid 2016.
Entrusted to supervise and manage the design and production departments of roughly 25 employees, 50+ Vendors, and 8 international manufacturing accounts. Built up the brands product line and equity in the market by developing and integrating all new products, packaging, facilitated manufacturing, engineered trade show design & oversaw fabrications, assisted with marketing strategies.
Daily contributions include but not limited to:
- Create concept drawings, engineered production drawings, presentation renderings, 3D modeling/prototypes.
- Streamline production processes by monitoring and resolving manufacturing, design and engineering problems.
- Develop & coordinate programming for Waterjets, CNC and Laser for domestic product production.
- Coordinate, create and implementation of Bills of Material (BOMS).
- Source new manufactures, materials, processes and equipment.
- Study and follow market research and trends.
- Develop and assist with retail and direct to consumer packaging, marketing, advertisements and photography.
- Mentor & develop junior designers, interns and staff.
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INDUSTRIAL & GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Cincinnati, OH
2005 - 2012 (7 years)
Design firm known for high-profile entertainment venues, museums, and theme parks around the world. Adam worked with JRA as a designer to developed conceptual sketching, POV illustrations, environmental renderings, color, finishes and materials, environmental graphics, production artwork and fabricated scale models.
Notable Contributions:
2012 - Designer, Illustrator, Color & Finish expert for theme park in Sochi, Russia.
2008 - Lead Graphic and Production Art Designer for Ferrari World, Abu Dhabi, UAE.
2005 - Designer for Guangdong Science Center, Guangdong China.
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DESIGN MANAGER in INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
Cincinnati, OH
2005 - 2007 (2 years)
P&G is a global leader in consumer products. Adam was a member of the "front-end-initiative-team”entrusted to manage new product developments for multiple brands to help drive sales and secure their future in a competitive market.
Demonstrated skills: Conduct meetings with clients and cross function in-house teams, manage third-party consultants and vendors, collaborative brainstorming sessions, manage consumer testing, develop sketches and CAD models for prototyping.
Brand Contributions: Swiffer, Folgers, Downy, Pampers, Kandoo
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INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER
Fisher Design
Cincinnati, OH
2004 - 2005 (1 year)
Fisher Design is a design agency of 50+ employees specializing in holistic industrial, graphic and retail design. Adam contributed in all steps of the design process.
In the studio: Created concepts, ideations, renderings, CAD development, product refinements, ergonomics studies, and preparing presentations for clients.
In the shop: Created conceptual full-scale prototypes using resources such as; CNC prototyping, 3D printing, vacuum forming, wood working tools and machinery, lacquer paints and part molding.
Client Contributions: Ethicon, P&G, LPK, Gojo, Targus, Matrixx Initiatives, GE, Hamilton Beach
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SENIOR GRAPHIC DESIGNER
Ellenbee Leggett
Fairfield, OH
Oct 2002 - Jun 2003 (8 months)
Ellenbee Leggett is a large food distribution company for the tri-state region Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. As head of the in-house design team; Adam managed and contributed to the conceptual development of inter company newsletters, brochures, fliers, promotional marketing and advertisements. Supervised production of printing and distribution. Resigned to pursue education in Industrial Design.