Industrial Designer

Kathleen Heisler

Seattle, WA

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Graduated from Savannah College of Art and Design June 2012 with a 3.2 GPA

IDSA Member

Very passionate about product design, branding, and modeling/prototyping.

Enjoy problem solving, working in teams, concepting, and drawing.

Strengths: work ethic, organization, and ability to work well in a teams and individually.
Education
- Bachelor of Fine Arts Industrial Design
  
  Savannah College of Art and Design
  
  2008 - 2012
Experience
- Freelance Designer
  
  Heisler Designs
  
  Jul 2012 - Present (12 years 4 months)
  
  Illustration and Graphic Design work.
- Point of Purchase designer
  
  Heritage Sign and Display
  
  Aug 2013 - Mar 2014 (7 months)
  
  -Creating concepts and prototypes
  -Usability testing
  -Auto CAD and 3D CAD Modeling
  -Graphic/ production design work
  -Material selection and creating yield information
  -Preparing jigs, files for print, and operating flat bed printers
  -Design department liaison
- Industrial Designer
  
  Chatham Savannah Area Authority for the Homeless
  
  Mar 2011 - May 2011 (2 months)
  
  Worked along side of the Savannah Homeless Authority and a local chapter of the Salvation Army to design and create an innovative and cost efficient bicycle trailer to help our local community.
  
  link to project- http://www.heislerdesigns.com/bicycle-trailer.html
- Industrial Designer
  
  SCAD
  
  Savannah, GA
  
  Jan 2010 - Mar 2010 (2 months)
  
  Worked in a design team to create an ergonomic shovel that could be utilized by a broad demographic after the earthquake devastation in Haiti.
  
  link to project: http://www.heislerdesigns.com/haiti-relief-tool.html
- Photographic Print Inspector
  
  Qualex
  
  Jan 2008 - Jul 2008 (6 months)
  
  I was responsible for inspecting the color and surface qualities of prints for imperfections, operating photo cutting machinery, manually cropping images and proper packaging of prints. It was a very fast passed job that required a keen eye and attention to detail.
- Teacher’s Assistant
  
  BARNSTONE STUDIOS
  
  Mar 2007 - Jun 2008 (1 year 3 months)
  
  Assisting students in classical drawing, gestural drawing, and value studies.
Awards

Savannah College of Art and Design Honors

High school honors

Everhart Museum (Tamaqua Location) – Displayed work in Photography Exhibition
Affiliations

IDSA: 2012- current
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@kathleenheisler, member since 2010
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Kathleen Heisler

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

Assistant Professor, Graphic Design