Jeffrey Klok, Packaging & Industrial Design Manager in Atlanta, GA

About

Former kid with his head in the sky turned designer, writer, and strategist with a penchant for innovation, consumer insights, and sustainability. I have an innate drive to help brands, ideas, and organizations create new experiences worth sharing through consumer-centric solutions that drive business growth. Storyteller, mad-scientist, and idea-farmer that believes in growing change through creativity, mentorship, and meaningful interactions.

Education

Master's Innovation and Entreprenuership

Full Sail University

2019
Bachelor of Science BS Industrial Design

Western Michigan University

2007
Bachelor of Arts BA English, Creative Writing

Western Michigan University

2007

Experience

Packaging & Industrial Design Manager, Global Innovation

The Coca-Cola Company

Aug 2016 - Present (8 years 3 months)

-Create new moments of refreshment with consumer-centric experiences and through developing best-in-class packaging designs for the worlds biggest brand portfolio. Designs have lead to the global reduction of PET use, higher recycled content, increased marketshare, and cost savings across the system.

-Leverage consumer insights, design thinking strategies, and interpolating data to generating new innovation platforms through leading ideation workshops and exercises.

-Manage Global Packaging Design: responsible for new concept development, engineering, validation, and technical documentation, as well as leading and mentoring a diverse, international design team. Global Packaging Design is involved in an average of 250 new packages brought to the system annually.

-Created TCCC's first proprietary hotfill technology, alleviating supplier constraints and generating IP, all while delivering the worlds lightest weight 500ml PET package at 19g.

-Pioneered design strategy for Coca-Cola/Disney Star Wars' Galaxy Edge collaboration. Established the initial design direction, consumer insight validation, and determined manufacturing feasibility that enabled the successful deployment of an entirely new partnership strategy resulting in millions of consumer impressions.

-Developed online platform for project sharing, project management, and product development utilized by packaging community, resulting in company savings, shortened development cycles, and better knowledge sharing.
Senior Industrial Designer

Amcor

2008 - 2016 (8 years)

-Lead the development and design for the global redesign for Gatorade's new "Oliva" packaging, an ultra lightweight container that features a 30% reduction in material, a one material closure, and is the lightest 500ml hot fill container in the world. it will be distributed in 6 sizes throughout the entire Latin American region saving 1.5 Million Kilos of plastic annually.

-Functioned as an in-house designer for a $13 Billion dollar company generating product design solutions for major global companies in North America and Latin America, such as Pepsi, Coca Cola, Goya, Gatorade, etc

-Generated innovative, award winning, packaging solutions for major global companies for products distributed throughout North America and Latin America to highly diverse consumer demographics. Won two external awards from the design and packaging communities and three internal Amcor Outperformace awards for innovation and customer service.
Teaching Assistant, Model Shop Supervisor

Western Michigan University

2005 - 2007 (2 years)

-Managed Student Industrial Design Studios and taught a variety of model building skills rapid prototyping and techniques to students to develop feasible concepts for production.
-Oversaw the production of all concept models and furniture projects for design studios from inception completion Coordinated the procurement of materials shop layout and utilization and staff training to ensure regulations were met

Awards

AmeriStar Award for Gatorade Oliva in New York, Ny, US - Institute of Packaging Professionals

Jun 2014

Golden A' Design Award in Lake Como, Italy - A' Design Awards and Competition, OMC Design Studios SRL

May 2014

Amcor CEO OutPerformance Award - Amcor Limited

Mar 2015

Silver A' Design Award in Lake Como, Italy - A' Design Awards and Competition, OMC Design Studios SRL

Mar 2015

Iron A' Design Award in Lake Como, Italy - A' Design Awards and Competition, OMC Design Studios SRL

Mar 2015

WorldStar Award for Gatorade Oliva in Milan Italy - WPO World Packaging Organization

Apr 2015

AmeriStar Award for Lipton Pandora in New York, NY USA - Institute of Packaging Professionals

Jun 2015

WorldStar Award for Lipton Pandora in Budapest, Hungary - WPO World Packaging Organization

May 2016

Envase Estelar Award for Gatorade Oliva in Mexico City, Mexico - AMEE (Asociación Mexicana de Envase y Embalaje)

Jun 2015

•Outperformace Award

2013 Award Recipient for Outperformace, Amcor. Manchester, MI

-Awarded for exemplary work done for a customer presentation and going above and beyond expectations to aid in establishing projects with a major customer.

•Imaginations Design Competition

2007 Finalist, Walt Disney Imagineering. Anaheim, CA

-Submission entry was The Magic Kingdom Mystery Ride, an interactive dark ride featuring a Crime Noir themed "who-done-it," with multiple story-lines and outcomes based on interactive sleuthing activities with in-ride assistance to accommodate even the youngest of riders.

•Tattooed Prague

2007 Guest Artist, Photography Installation, Charles University. Prague, Czech Republic.

-Featured prints based on images collected of graffiti throughout the city.

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Jeffrey Klok

Assistant Professor - Educator, Communication Design, Myron E. Ullman, Jr. School of Design

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