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Principal
Funnerthan Consulting
Sep 2011 - Present (13 years 3 months)
* Furniture installed in Smithsonian affiliate Museum Of Design Atlanta - and in Stewart's Comic Book Shop on Big Bang Theory * Multiple projects receiving national and international coverage award-winning public designs reblogged over 20k times * Design Consultant providing solutions for marketing and design as an ongoing service to partial and exclusive clients * Direct support for design clients including Exide Battery, Simmons Mattress, FinTech Securities, and Core Design * Subcontractor for Summit Marketing, Wow Factory, A&S Creative, Dimensional Design, and Current Ad Agency * CAD development, conceptual design, marketing, design direction, large format graphics, layout, editing, and rendering
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Industrial Designers Society
of America (IDSA)
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National Headquarters - Exhibit Designer
Laarhoven Displays
Norcross, GA
* Supported nationwide offices and partner exhibit companies as Laarhoven Exhibit Systems design expert * Conceptualized and designed trade show exhibits, displays, and collateral marketing materials * Presented national design orientation program at training events Atlanta Regional Sales Office - Exhibit Designer * Designed exhibits and collateral supporting local sales team and clients
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POP Designer
Mead Corporation
Atlanta, GA
Merchandising and Packaging Divisions Merchandising Division (now Display Industries) - POP Designer * Introduced computer design and rendering techniques to Mead Merchandising * Selected as lead designer for Anheuser-Busch accounts, while supporting numerous other clients * Promoted into Merchandising Division position a team environment designing innovative POP displays Packaging Division (now MeadWestvaco) - Packaging Production Designer * Effective and accurate final graphic layout and pre-press production for high-volume packaging press runs
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Staff Designer
Leggett & Platt
Atlanta, GA
Masterack Division Staff Designer Project Manager * Designed P.O.P. solutions for retail settings with hands-on project management and production observation * Experienced first-hand manufacturing with an on-site 400,000 sq. ft. metal production facility with sampling * Managed projects in a team environment designing and coordinating internal production and outside sourcing and suppliers DESIGN/ARTS ORGANIZATION LEADERSHIP
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Represented IDSA as ADC liaison
Allied Design Council (ADC) - Umbrella organization encompassing IDSA
AIA, ASLA, AIGA, SEGD, IIDA, and ASID * Served as committee chairs, vice president, orientation leader and historian over ten years of involvement Advisory board member industrial design community * Represented IDSA as ADC liaison
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Student merit award judge
Georgia Tech
and Auburn University (2002) * Founded annual Toys For Tots holiday donation event, Halloween Designers' Den fundraiser, "Sketchy Crowd' charette socials
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Senior Designer
Display Industries
Atlanta, GA
(Formerly Mead Merchandising) * Three individual and two team recognitions by the Shopper Marketing Institute jury at their annual design awards program * Recruited back by my old team from Mead Merchandising to work on mostly conceptual-intensive design problem solving * Lead projects involving design, project management, production liaison, and cost-to-benefit engineering direction * Team member of both design and marketing components, working on display design, advertising, and strategy
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Senior Designer
MeadWestvaco Corporation
Atlanta, GA
Packaging Division (Formerly Mead Merchandising) Senior Designer * Worldwide Communications team supporting international sales, clients, and production facilities with all design needs * Created package design, marketing programs, international facilities signage, training literature, and news magazines * Won our team significant business via conceptual package designs, trade shows, & marketing (see Career Highlights)
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Design/Sales Consultant
Skyline Exhibits
Roswell, GA
* Sales-driven design consultant, supporting existing clients and developing new business * Project direction, design management, client liaison, sourcing, and fulfillment * Travel and in-house meetings, information gathering, and presentations
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Member's Guild Officer Selection Committee
Representative to Allied Design Council
High Museum of Art
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Membership Committee
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Polo Party Committee Member
shared responsibility for sponsor and donation solicitation (2003) Additional Contributions
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Contract Design Consultant
The Home Depot Corporation
Global Product Development Division Contract Design Consultant * Development team for packaging redesign of multiple brands since Summer 2012 * Re-awarded contract in early 2013 * Graphic design with structural consideration and content advisory role for Hampton Bay along with others Creatometry LLC (A.K.A. All Terrain Design) + FunnerThan Furniture + Atomic Playrooms Atlanta, GA