Product/ Toy Designer

Judy Liu

Temple City, CA

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Education
- BFA Product design
  
  Otis College of Art and Design
  
  2007 - 2011
Experience
- Toy / Product Designer (Contract)
  
  Disney
  
  Pasadena, CA
  
  Jul 2015 - Oct 2016 (1 year 3 months)
  
  Temp product designer for Disney girls brand, focus on collectible fashion dolls and girls toys sold in Disney Store and Disney Resort and Parks.
  
  Brands worked on:
  
  - Moana
  - Finding Dory
  - Zootopia
  - Elena of Avalor
  - FROZEN
  - Disney Princesses
  - Alice in Wonderland Live Action movie
  - Beauty and Beast Live Action movie
  - Tsum Tsum
  - Mickey & Minnie
  - Mickey & Friends (Donald, Goofy, Daisy, Pete, etc)
- Graphic Designer
  
  Age of Learning
  
  Glendale, CA
  
  Aug 2014 - Jul 2015 (11 months)
  
  Design online & interactive tablet content that provides young learners, their families, and teachers with highly engaging and effective learning tools and a comprehensive curriculum that builds a strong foundation for academic success.
- Freelance Designer
  
  Hasbro
  
  Burbank, CA
  
  Jul 2014 - Sep 2014 (2 months)
  
  Onsite freelance designer creating control art, beauty boards, illustrator renderings, and helping with Disney meeting. Worked on license of Disney Descendants dolls.
- New Business Development Product Designer
  
  Jakks Pacific
  
  2012 - 2014 (2 years)
  
  (Employee of the month- December 2012)
  Develop strategic plans to create brand new products to open up new retailers and new retail channels. Concepting and coming up with new intellectual properties and products, categories ranging from girls, boys, preschool, plush to consumer products and electronics. Assisting directly to vice president and senior director of new business development division.
- Toy / Product Designer
  
  Jada
  
  2011 - 2012 (1 year)
  
  Worked as product development designer in the a newly launched girls product division. Designed license Hello Kitty & Sanrio vehicle and wheel concepts and design. Developed concepts for innovative girls as well as preschool toys and products. Help design & launch Cutie Pops, new doll line.
- Product design (summer intern)
  
  Hasbro
  
  2010 - 2010
  
  Interned at Rhode Island, head quarter of Hasbro, worked on Littlest Pet Shop and Strawberry Short Cake toys and products. Helped designers with concept sketching, spec sheets, deco opts, modeling, presentation boards, packaging comps, product development and other various work. I am a connection of Los Angeles department of Hasbro, helping the LA branch communicate with the Rhode Island head quarter. Attended meetings, phases, and brainstorming sessions.
- Product Design (summer intern)
  
  Mattel
  
  2009 - 2009
  
  Worked with designers to help sketch concepts and illustrate for Barbie consumer products division. Learned about role of design in relation to the business by attending meetings dealing with business strategy, design approvals, style guide creation, international market affairs. Worked as a group to develop team project on the Radica Girl Tech brand. Worked on independent project to develop a new and unique Barbie food play set.
Awards

2012- Jakks Pacific Employee of the Month (December)

2010- MATTEL sponsored Barbie contest- 2nd place winner

2010- OTIS named scholarship- Warnaco/Dick Baker Memorial

2009- OTIS institution grant (covers almost half tuition)

2008- Pasadena City College President’s Scholarship

2007- Pasadena City College Honors at Entrance Scholarship

2007- Jean Ward Foundation Art Scholarship

2006- LUCERNE Art of Dairy Contest Semifinalist

(5 feet tall 200lb, life size plaster cow painted and showcased in supermarkets)\

2005- McDonald's Cup Art Contest- 2nd place winner
Skills
- Product Design
- UX
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