Jean Hong
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Jean Hong is a product designer with over 15 years of international experience for global brands. With a Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Mechanical design and a Master’s in Product Design Management from the ISD Rubika Design School based in Valenciennes, he manages and can design all the aspects of the product from the idea to production with precise high-end details.
Jean is passionate to craft and delivering an end-to-end product design to the shelves. He considers the technical, aesthetics, and visual technologies, and tries constantly to provide the best design product experience to users/consumers.
Recently, he has led several sports equipment projects for the brand Aqualung, Speedo and Canterbury in the UK. He has collaborated for over 10 years in-house with the French software leader Dassault Systèmes on 3D design PLM process development software and Huawei R&D for 5G technology products.
With his experience, Jean has the ease in adapting his skills to the different typologies of products. Eg: smartwatches, appliances, fashion, and retail products, technology apps, UI-UX design, accessories, and CMF trends… -
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Master Product DesignISD Design School2004 - 2007
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Experience
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Global Lead Product DesignerNice, FranceMar 2022 - Aug 2022 (5 months)Responsible of the new products visual brand language for all categories, designing diving & snorkeling sports equipment products. (Regulators, electronic instruments, buoyancy compensation, wetsuits.
• Create, lead and develop the hardgoods, soft goods products range, and seasonal coloring strategy
• Develop and support the PDM team from the concepts range to production: sketching, 3D design & cmf styling
• Refine and re-develop the visual brand identity for the full product range: CMF strategie, Logo application, graphics consistency, new aesthetics design direction.
Achievement: Advanced Full-Face Mask concept, New wetsuit patented technology, New transmitter design, 2024-2025 range color strategy for Diving and Snorkelling. -
Senior Industrial DesignerNov 2019 - Feb 2022 (2 years 3 months)Designing sports and swim equipment for Canterbury and Speedo (Goggles, caps)
• Lead, Develop the NPDs: Racing goggles, training aids, and Footwear.
• Develop the concepts range to production: 3D mechanical design and styling, 3D texturing development.
• Define the Visual Brand Language Color Material and Finishes.
• Sustainable design implementation and eco-material in the range
• Investigate and Lead the innovation technology partnership with external tech companies (Froggypix / Emersya )
Achievement: Biofuse 2.0 / HyperElite / Hydropure / Mariner Pro / Bubble Active Cap / Canterbury boot 2020 -
Senior ID / Technical Consultant ManagerVélizy-Villacoublay, FranceMar 2013 - Nov 2018 (5 years 8 months)> HIGH-TECH DESIGN CONTENTS
. Create & Deliver Products for HT Industry Solutions Experience
. Demonstrate Innovative design workflow with CATIA 3DEXPERIENCE PLATEFORM
. Support Customer with Technical Demonstration
> RESEARCH / LAB
. Design consulting - UI/UX specifications for CATIA R&D
. Digital Interactive Visualization Project with 3DExcite
. 3D Printing Solutions : Topology optimization solution
. Ideas Lab project with DS Design Studio for tangible device
> WORKSHOP
. Design MasterClass for NIKON design team in Japan
. Design Workshop for InnoDesign agency in Korea
CREATIVE DESIGN / MECHANICAL DESIGN / ENGINEERING DESIGN / 3D MODELING / 3D VIZ / 3D PRINTING / VR-AR TECHNOLOGY -
Senior ID ConsultantHuaweiStockholm, SwedenJan 2016 - Feb 2017 (1 year 1 month)> DESIGN & MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
. Lead ID-UX strategy for the R&D Wireless Product department (Telecom equipment)
. Lead creative workshop, brainstorming, introduce new creativity methods and collaboration
. Define and provide design concept for Huawei’s next-generation products ( telco 5G & consumer product)
. Produce physical prototype, painting and 3D printing
PRODUCT RANGE: 5G/ ACTIVE ANTENNA UNIT (AAU) / REMOTE RADIO UNIT (RRU) / SMALL CELL
ENGINEERING DESIGN: BRACKETS / HEATSINK IMPROVEMENT / UX MOUNTING FOR MAINTENANCE SCENARIO -
Creative DesignerParis, FranceFeb 2008 - Mar 2013 (5 years 1 month)> CONCEPT DESIGN & PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
. EIFFAGE / A sustainable city for 2020 - a concept of mobility
. MEDTRONIC / Medical devices
. DASSAULT AVIATION / Confidential
. CHANEL R&D / electronic device - Confidential
> SOFTWARE INTERFACE DESIGN
. CATIA V6 Natural Sketch / UX design. Workflow & Design Tools
. CATIA V6 Materials Editor / Graphics & Interface Design
. DSWYM 3D Collaborative platform / UX design & concept
> 3D CAD DESIGN SKILLS
. CATIA V5 -V6 CATIA Creative Designer / Generative Shape Design / Part Design / Assembly Design
> BRANDING / CORPORATE
. Dassault Systemes New 3D logo
. Visuals / Art Direction / Presentations -
Industrial DesignerPCH InternationalShenzhen Shi, ChinaMar 2007 - Sep 2007 (6 months)> DESIGN STUDIO
. Electronics accessories
. Packaging design for High-Tech companies
. Product Development & follow up for manufacturing -
Product DesignerTBWA FranceBoulogne-Billancourt, FranceDec 2005 - Feb 2006 (2 months)> DESIGN AGENCY
. Graphics design
. Packaging design
. Branding / Logo
. 2D Illustrations
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