Adam Hayes

Industrial designer with 10+ years experience in the Product, Retail and Experience design fields.

Wide range of expertise in the design & development of both hard & soft goods, including product management, costing and DFM. Extensive hands-on factory level experience. Additional knowledge in designing for retail, including packaging, displays, POP, merchandising and sales & marketing. Includes designing for events such as pop-ups, trade shows, shop-in-shops, launch parties and other brand experiences.

Always interested in emerging trends, fashion, media and new materials & technologies. Interested in all areas of design and always looking to expand my skills.

Senior Retail Experience Designer. Responsible for store environments & displays and branded experiences, such as
trade shows, launch events, and pop-ups. Communicating with design, PR/Marketing & Sales to deliver stories that
educate, entertain & sell Quirky’s unique brand.

Senior Designer on both the soft & hard-goods teams. Developed products in Toy, Nursery, Bath & On-The-Go lines.
Responsible for research, concepts, technical & production areas of design. Experienced in DFM and factory relations,
with extensive international travel experience.

Industrial Designer specializing in the design & development of soft & hard goods in the home, lifestyle and bags & accessories categories. Recent projects include work with StoreBound, Studio Akko, Martha Stewart, and MAC Cosmetics.

Experienced with fashion/trend & UX research, new materials & technologies, and factory manufacturing processes. Interested in all areas of design and looking to expand my expertise.

Soft-goods Product Designer. Developed Kitchen & Home, Outdoor, Laundry & Pet categories. Lead initiatives into
research & strategy including user brainstorms and consumer focus groups.

Product Designer for soft-goods for electronic, food & drink, and baby markets. Designed for Built brand and exclusive
lines for Apple, Target & Wal-Mart. Responsibilities included conceptual design, DFM, user, trend & materials research,
and management of project & production timelines. Extensive international travel and factory-level experience.

Contract Industrial Designer for the Product, Packaging & Display design team. Work consisted of concept generation (rendered or hand-built), technical development, DFM and vendor coordination & management. Created, built and installed fixtures for MAC’s 1st flagship store in NYC.

Contract Product Designer for in-house bag & accessories line Parcel. Developed products for clients Urban Outfitters, Target, Hot Topic, and licensed lines for The Andy Warhol Foundation.

Industrial Design Co-op position on the Nickelodeon team. Worked in conjunction with the Fisher-Price marketing team to develop branded toys to meet the needs of specified market segments. Took products through the initial ideation phase to finalized concept renderings. Presented new product concepts, conducted product brainstorm sessions, fabricated new concept models, and photographed upcoming products and packaging.

Industrial Design Co-op position. Worked on the Soft Goods & Electronics team, focusing mainly on backpacks & luggage.

Industrial Design Co-op position. New product & brand development, conceptual rendering, technical development and vendor communication, point-of-purchase display design, product photography