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ID/3D Designer
Freelance
Seattle, WA
Jan 2014 - Present (10 years 9 months)
• Apply sketching/drawing skills as a means of problem solving and communication
• Experience with user research, model fabrication, and interaction experience prototyping
• Ability to identify value as defined from the customer's perspective
• Communicate, evangelize, and sell product concepts to internal teams
• Balance the client requirements with human factors in an aesthetically compelling product
• Make products appear lifelike by manipulating light, color, texture, and shadow
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Industrial Designer
Woodinville, WA
Aug 2015 - Sep 2017 (2 years 1 month)
• Conceptualized and developed products while leveraging new and existing visual brand language
• Engaged with vendors and internal teams to advocate for designs through to production with renderings of our products in custom colorways
• Collaborated with Engineering and cross-functional teams to create user experiences, next generation consoles, and validate prototypes
• Liaised with external suppliers, including reviewing samples, materials, and prototypes
• Utilized empathy and non-linear thinking to understand the audience and ideate solutions with personal space and product approachability in mind
• Organized complex product specifications, with a meticulous attention to detail, into coherent and comparable sets for research
• Production of product renderings as part of the larger global product marketing strategy
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Industrial Designer
Merrill Corporation
Monroe, WA
Dec 2014 - May 2015 (5 months)
[Contract Position]
• Created, evolved and iterated designs during meetings with a focus on collaboration
• Provided sketches, prototypes, research, 3D models for design intent, and in situ renderings for client presentations
• Took the lead in client relationships to present the work, explain the rationale, answer questions, and elicit feedback
• Developed the new position by defining a creative process that integrated project scope, phases, deliverables, cost estimation, and schedules of both domestic and international sourcing teams
• Utilized logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, and approaches to problems
• Innovated with creativity and alternative thinking to develop new ideas for and answers to work-related problems
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Graphic Designer
Seattle, WA
Dec 2013 - Jun 2014 (6 months)
[Contract Position]
• Interpreted photographs of Pacific Northwest Coast Art pieces, as well as hand-drawn illustrations by Bill Holm, and then translated those formline designs into digital color images with consideration given to each artist’s style and tribe
• This was for the 50th anniversary edition of Bill Holm’s “Northwest Coast Indian Art, An Analysis of Form”
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Product & Packaging Designer
Renton, WA
Oct 2013 - Jan 2014 (3 months)
[Contract Position]
• Developed and evolved user experience for players and organizers during the "Fate Reforged" Prerelease event for the card game "Magic: The Gathering"
• Drew detailed illustrations and collaborated with others to develop and refine designs
• Designed packaging for specific product releases with fluid retail setup
• Evaluated feasibility of design ideas, based on factors such as appearance, function, budget, production costs/methods, and market characteristics
• Modified and refined designs, using working models, to conform with specifications and production limitations
• Conducted user research, interviews, and scenarios for the concept development of an internal packaging library application that combined the digital and physical processes
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Visual Communication Designer
Seattle, WA
Aug 2011 - Jul 2013 (1 year 11 months)
• Sole designer for the UW Formula SAE Motorsports team
• Responsible for marketing collateral such as design competition boards (10' x 7',) team identity, business brochures, sponsor recognition, product exhibits, displays, and promotional materials
• Determined size and arrangement of illustrative material and copy with appropriate style for the audience
• Conferred with team leads to discuss and determine layout priority and team needs
• Created designs, concepts, alternative ways to inform, and sample layouts, centered around aesthetics and the rapid comprehension of information
• Compiled aspects, graphs, tests, and reasoning behind the vehicle's specifications onto display boards to reference in support of arguments for the numbers and conclusions when judges ask the team leads for justification
• Designed a sponsor table to show our sincere thanks to them because without sponsors, these cars would not be possible
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Intern
Seattle, WA
Jul 2011 - Sep 2011 (2 months)
• Prototyped a domed house with a local artist using overlapping wooden slats that were cut via a large-scale CNC mill that was on display in the Seattle Art Museum
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Intern
Seattle, WA
Jul 2011 - Sep 2011 (2 months)
• Worked with a local artist making custom circuitry for floating lights inside wall-mounted framed slumped forms
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Visual Merchandiser
Red Pearl
Santa Cruz, CA
Dec 2005 - Oct 2008 (2 years 10 months)
• Developed artistic concepts for decoration, exhibition, and commercial purposes
• Planned commercial displays to entice and appeal to customers
• Maintained a fluency of ideas for upcoming display changes and consulted with store owners to determine appropriate placement, pricing, descriptions, and signage
• Created and painted window displays, interior display areas, and signage to reflect changes in inventory or promotion
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Assistant Manager
Santa Cruz, CA
Oct 2002 - Sep 2006 (3 years 11 months)
• Utilized communication and organizational skills to coordinate, supervise, manage, and train others to accomplish goals
• Supervised the work of customer service employees to ensure adherence to quality standards, deadlines, and proper procedures, correcting errors or problems
• Resolved customer complaints, answered customers' questions, and resolved escalated complaints and disputes
• Provided employees with guidance in handling difficult or complex problems
• Reviewed reports pertaining to activities such as shipping to verify details, monitor work activities, and evaluate performance
• Discussed job performance problems with employees to identify causes and issues
• Scheduled events, programs, and activities, as well as the work of others
• Trained personnel about principles and processes for providing customer services which included customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction