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Design & Product Development Manager- Housewares
Hampton Forge ltd
Mar 2015 - Present (9 years 6 months)
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Design & Product Development Assistant Manager
Hampton Forge ltd
Jul 2014 - Mar 2015 (8 months)
-Assists in managing and planning project timelines within both Housewares & Tabletop Department for all New Product Development with the U.S. & International Teams from Concept to Delivery.
-Created product and collaborated directly with marketing to create visual presentations for line reviews at Wal-Mart USA, Target USA, and other major retailers.
-Market Research- defined criteria for new product, gathered ideas, visited stores, researched competitors & evaluated ideas and concepts.
-Worked with outside product / graphic designers and with brand managers to establish a brand identity that would work across channels and departments for Hampton Forge.
-Project Planning & Management- Created Milestones and independency steps to deliver new product on-time.
-Product Quality Standards- Created individual product specifications that meet or exceed industry standards.
-Production Management- Provided product specific technical direction to International & U.S Team on production of product.
-Data Organization- Ensure images, technical drawings, activity lists are all kept current.
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Housewares Product Designer
Hampton Forge ltd
Nov 2011 - Jul 2014 (2 years 8 months)
-Responsible for all facets of the product life cycle from developing new products to bringing items to market.
-Daily tasks included product innovation & development, sales support, monitoring testing standards, assisting in packaging & label design, and managing inventory.
-Created product and worked with marketing on visual presentations for line reviews for major retailers.
-Data Organization- Ensured images, technical drawings, art files & activity lists were all kept current.
-Interacted with Hampton Forge Global Offices & manufacturing facilities related to design, samples and production.
-Followed Product Quality Standards while critiquing TDs, prototypes and samples.
-Created Rendering and worked with photographers in order to properly capture the essence of our product.
-Visited tradeshows outside the housewares industry such as the New York Gift Shows and the International Contemporary Furniture Fair, to further develop and define market trends.
-Worked with external product & graphic designers to further develop innovative product.
-Organized product selection for Ambiente, New York Tabletop, Chicago IHA, and the NY NOW Gift Fair.
-Onsite product set up & layout for New York Tabletop Show & Chicago IHA.
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Industrial Designer- Intern
Hampton Forge ltd
Jul 2011 - Nov 2011 (4 months)
-Assisted in supporting Senior Designer, Sales department and external vendors.
-Participated and coordinated all design & product development projects from concept through development.
-Interacted with Hampton Forge Global Offices & manufacturing facilities related to design, samples and production.
-Populated and Maintained Product Data Bank.
-Created renderings & took product photography for major Houseware retailers.
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Exhibitor
Wilma Wabnitz Ltd.
Jan 2010 - Aug 2011 (1 year 7 months)
NY Gift Fair at Jacob Javits Center- Involved in set up and lay out of the installation. Organized and supervised the products throughout the show, while working sales by assisting buyers in finding products that catered to their needs.
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Industrial Designer- Intern
Ran Lerner Design
May 2010 - Nov 2010 (6 months)
Collaborated with the CEO to execute ideations and sketch models for current projects in flatware design.
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Industrial Designer- Intern
IDEA Factory
Jan 2010 - Jul 2010 (6 months)
A collaboration between professors and hand picked students chosen to execute a project with biomedical engineers seeking to patent the final design.
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Freelance Client
Saltbox Accessories
Apr 2010 - Jun 2010 (2 months)
Created visual graphics using the company’s products in order to increase sales.
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Industrial Designer- Intern
Royal Sovereign
Feb 2009 - Jun 2009 (4 months)
Applied design skills in office products and appliances focusing on the user interface and creating modern solutions to unsolved problems.