Claire Nelsen
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About
With a proven record as a Designer and Leader, I possess a history of delivering high-impact and highly profitable designs and products across multiple categories.
Among my many talents, I am adept in enhancing and bettering product design, pushing boundaries and consumer experiences by making new and inventive changes to products and processes. I am skilled in transforming ideas and concepts into tangible products and actions, following through on spec and on budget.
My reputation as a natural innovator, creator, and mentor with expertise in problem solving and analyzing markets to recommend data backed solutions, is demonstrated in my current and past roles.
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Education
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Bachelor of Science Industrial DesignAppalachian State University2009 - 2012Cum Laude with Honors
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Experience
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Design & Engineering ManagerMiami, FLFeb 2023 - Present (1 year 10 months)Lead 3 internal, multi-disciplinary teams, UIUX, ID, and Mechanical Engineering, to create company product and custom client solutions for national defense and space programs. Direct the vision of User Experience through Design Thinking methodologies, product architecture and features for software and hardware design. Cultivate culture and drive the team to produce best-in-class products while guiding the team on product development, design language, materials, and advancing technologies within a fast-paced, start-up environment.
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Design ManagerHuntington Beach, CAOct 2021 - Feb 2023 (1 year 4 months)Directed internal and external design teams to create bespoke client designs for Boeing commercial aircraft cabin interiors, marketing materials, and tradeshow experiences. Lead the project management and creative design of Boeing's Aircraft Interiors Expo tradeshow booth for 2022 and 2023, managing internal stakeholders, external contractors, timelines, budget, and execution.
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Industrial Design ManagerSan Diego, CAOct 2019 - Sep 2021 (1 year 11 months)Piloted cross-functional teams to create, design, and develop new products from end-to-end across 7 categories including Dwellings, Clean Up, Furniture, Grooming, Supplements, and Travel. Drove roadmap creation and strategy for in house brands, analyzing data to offer a unique assortment and differentiated offerings. Identified and captured whitespace opportunities through trend research, market and competitive analyses, and consumer surveys predicting market pulse and presenting to leadership.
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Industrial Design ManagerMemphis, TNAug 2014 - Sep 2019 (5 years 1 month)Mentored a team of designers, improving skills in design aesthetic, communication, company processes, and personal development. Defined trend direction for product lines, turning them into incremental products, features, and innovations. A leader in establishing company processes such as a stage gate Innovation Process, an integrated PLM system, and supplier quality CMF process. Developed portfolio and competitive gaps analyses, trend direction, mood boards, concept iterations, renderings, and presentations to communication design vision.
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Industrial and User Interface (UI) DesignerBoone, NCJan 2012 - Jul 2014 (2 years 6 months)Designed user centered hardware kiosks for grocery, vending, and corporate environments. I created integrated hardware and software systems resulting in patentable technology and focused design around human factors, usability, installation, and maintenance.
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Awards
SolidWorks CSWA Certification
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