Jamie MacBain
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About
I offer expertise in managing and maintaining productive design teams. Under that umbrella, I bring innovation, conception and execution. I am an expert in new product development, project management, and the NPD process. I have successfully directed the design and development of hundreds of SKUs from cradle to grave.
I have extensive experience presenting and pitching concepts to all levels of the product chain. From the initial stakeholders to upper management, I have presented to auditoriums with hundreds of people and I have presented to retail buyers directly in their office in a one on one setting.
My decades of product development experience have resulted in extensive travel to Asia to work directly with factories from initial costing negotiations to solving engineering issues on the production floor.
I have designed and set up trade show booths and showrooms so that the product is showcased and presented thoroughly and concisely. This includes the design of marketing collateral and presentation materials.
No products can make it through the process without effective teamwork and management. I take pride in my ability to bring cross functional teams together and work toward the common goal. Successful product is the result of successful teamwork.
My experience spans from games to toy trains and from cosmetics to electronics. My skill set includes team management, design management, logistics, operations, QuickBooks, Adobe CC, MS Office, SolidWorks, Rhino, KeyShot sketching, machining, sculpting, casting, and more. -
Education
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BFA Industrial DesignUniversity of Illinois at Chicago1987 - 1991
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Experience
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Head of Operations / Product Development2018 - Present (6 years)• Established importation operations for start-up coffee importer
o Selected domestic 3PL based on company needs and distribution network
o Established door to door freight forwarding operations for entire operation
o Built infrastructure for packaging procurement within Colombia
• Established domestic distribution with local and national distributors and their sales forces
• Secured numerous trademarks and copyrights in relation to the various properties owned by the company
• Responsible for all design, engineering, logistics, payroll and customer service functions and employees of 1 RedRanger
• Maintained monthly budgeting and coordinated all finance operations
• Created all packaging layouts, marketing and sales materials for all company brands -
Head of designWood RobotChicago, ILJul 2017 - Oct 2020 (3 years 3 months)Head of Design
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COOTop Secret ToysChicago, ILMay 2016 - Nov 2016 (6 months)• Daily interface with sourcing agents to maintain critical dates, production schedule, regulatory compliance and Q/A standards
• Worked with sales reps to identify target markets and strengthen established distributor relationships
• Formulated product strategy and costing to maximize the margin costs as established by the existing business plan
• Actively negotiated costing with Asian manufacturers to achieve target costs
• Responsible for factory partner selection
• Developed final product cost matrixes and sales costs with the sales reps and distributors
• Solved engineering and production issues to maintain product integrity without schedule compromise
Core competencies: P&L management, continual improvement planning, production planning, cost negotiations, sourcing, QA oversight, regulatory compliance -
Vice President of Product DevelopmentPace Wireless, L.L.C.May 2012 - Jan 2016 (3 years 8 months)• Directly negotiated with Kodak Eastman Company to secure the license for home monitoring systems on behalf of our client, Tend.
• Led the stage/gate commercialization process for the Kodak Home Monitoring line of products, 4 SKUs, from conception through launch
• Attended sales meetings and presentations at Walmart, Sam’s Club, Target, and Best Buy on behalf of Tend
• Successfully transitioned the product development and commercialization process of the Kodak line to Tend
• Worked with the leader in health club audio systems, MY Entertainment, to transition products from Asian to US based production
• Negotiated with tooling shops, injection molders, and electronics assemblers to establish the most cost effective solution on behalf of MY Entertainment.
• Formulated and supervised Q/A procedures to ensure product conformance to MY Entertainment’s established specifications.
• Assisted a major toy manufacturer, Buildex, in an extensive re-branding of an entire line
Core competencies: Design for manufacturing (DFM), Color material finish (CMF) specification, stage gate development process, market research, SWOT analysis, BOM creation and validation, packaging -
Director of DesignTomy International2006 - May 2012 (5 years 5 months)• • Directed two licensed properties, Chuggington and Dinosaur Train, comprised of 6 individual lines totaling 180 SKUs
• Provided creative leadership of design team through all phases of new product development from concept to production.
• Established and implemented a gated product development process geared for speed, and efficiency
• Conceived and executed ground up development of key proprietary technologies
• Coordinated design and engineering teams through all phases of NPD execution
• Maintained departmental budget and management of inside and outside resources
• Performed sales presentations of new product to sales staff as well as key accounts such as Walmart, Toys R Us, and Target
• Formulated new license pitches and presentations
• Responsible for personnel rating and review
• Established and maintained design internship program including recruitment and mentorship
Core competencies: Product lifecycle management, design management, cross functional team leadership, product management, resource management, budgeting, concepting, brain storm facilitation -
Toy and Game Design ConsultantZizzleMay 2006 - Aug 2006 (3 months)• Conceived, developed and oversaw the development processes and production of a licensed line of 7 electronic learning toys.
• Coordinated illustrators, engineers, and model shops both domestically and abroad to achieve a viable, cost effective product line in 90 days
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Toy and Game DesignerBig Monster Toys1996 - 2006 (10 years)• Conceived, developed and executed working prototypes of new and innovative toy and game products for license to toy manufacturers worldwide.
• Brought over 40 concepts to market in the girls, boys, preschool, children’s games, adult games and plush categories -
Toy and Game DesignerLund and Co.1993 - 1996 (3 years)Part of a four man shop, responsible, in part, for the day-to-day operations of a toy invention and design studio as well as the responsibilities of conceiving and building new and innovative toy prototypes
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Awards
Design Innovation Award CES 2015
Nick jr. Game of the year for "Spiderman II web launch" game by Pressman (2002)
Mattel toy of the year for "Imaginext Mega T-rex" (2006)
Numerous US and International patents -
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@jamie_macbain, member since 2008