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Senior Industrial Designer
Vaughan, ON
Feb 2023 - Jun 2024 (1 year 4 months)
• Creating 3D model concepts and rendering presentations of retail design projects for client approval with minimal direction from creative director
• Creating detailed CAD drawings, bill of material lists, CNC yield layout diagrams, and graphic die-lines for quoting, prototype and production.
• Developing and engineering various plastic merchandising components involving the processes of fabrication, heat-bending, extruding, vac-forming, and injection molding, for the purposes of quotation or production. This process often included 3D printing for testing purposes.
• Collaborating with the quoting department to ensure a competitive price point is achieved.
• Directing or supervising fabrication of engineered units for prototype/production.
• Performing store-level visits and audits for information gathering or research.
• Creating detailed illustrated instruction packages for final in-store setup and installation.
• Setup, creation, and preparation of custom 3D printed components for corporate commemorative and promotional items.
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Senior Industrial Designer
Toronto, ON
Aug 2016 - Aug 2022 (6 years)
• Creating 3D model concepts and rendering presentations of retail design projects for client approval with limited direction from creative director
• Creating detailed CAD drawings, bill of material lists, electrical lighting layout diagrams, and graphic die-lines for quoting, prototype and production, including sourcing hardware and materials
• Directing or supervising fabrication of engineered units for prototype/production
• Performing store-level visits and audits for information gathering or research
• Creating detailed illustrated instruction packages for final in-store setup and installation.
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Intermediate Industrial Designer/Engineer
Toronto, ON
Oct 2014 - Aug 2016 (1 year 10 months)
• Creating 3D model concepts and rendering presentations of retail design projects for client approval, with input from creative director
• Creating detailed CAD drawings, bill of material lists, and graphic die-lines for quoting, prototype and production samples, including sourcing hardware and materials.
• Creating CNC programs for both 2D parts, and 3D vac-form molds for prototyping and production.
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Contract Industrial Designer
RedShift Innovations
Toronto, ON
Jan 2014 - Oct 2014 (9 months)
• Creating various design deliverables for contract projects such as concept ideation, 3D CAD models, technical drawings, foam models, etc.
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Industrial Designer
Oct 2007 - Dec 2013 (6 years 2 months)
• Creating 3D model concepts and rendering presentations of retail design projects for client approval with supervised direction from creative director and senior designers.
• Creating CAD drawings of simple display fixtures for quoting, prototype and production.
• Creating various common 3-D CAD models for use in multiple projects, such as client product samples
• Creating tech packages and detailed 3-D models for the purposes of pricing, sample production, vacuum forming, and injection molding for the purposes mass production.
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Design Intern
Spartan Bioscience
Jun 2006 - Aug 2006 (2 months)
• Created numerous concept sketches for the start-up company’s new signature medical device
• Created CAD 3-D models for demonstrative purposes
• Performed user testing with medical professionals using full scale foam models in the field
• Created various graphic concepts for company branding