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Industrial & Graphic Designer
Nairobi, Kenya
Nov 2014 - Present (10 years)
◊ Conducted market research for potential products
◊ Brainstormed product concepts via sketching
◊ Created CAD models for 3D printed prototypes
◊ Designed various marketing materials and design assets including website, promotional print, stationary, app prototype, product photography, and presentation templates
◊ Traveled to local schools in Nairobi and abroad in Ethiopia to conduct menstrual education workshops, present Be Girl products, and conduct photo documentation
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Industrial & Graphic Design Fellow
Nairobi, Kenya
Jan 2015 - Aug 2015 (7 months)
◊ Conducted contextual research for Base of the Pyramid users
◊ Brainstormed ideas via sketching for potential product concepts
◊ CreatedCAD models and infographics to effectively communicate concept aesthetics and functions
◊ Collaborated with local fabricators and engineers to build working prototypes
◊ Organized and participated in user feedback sessions of final prototype
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Student Industrial Designer
Savannah, GA
Sep 2013 - Dec 2013 (3 months)
◊ Designed floor to ceiling appliance, storage, and interaction concepts
◊ Researched competitors, market, and aesthetic trends to generate immediate and future concepts
◊ Built full scale mockups and various presentation deliverables for client
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Industrial Design Intern
East Aurora, NY
Jun 2013 - Sep 2013 (3 months)
◊ Generated concepts via design sketching and rendering for 2014 product line
◊ Produced rapid prototypes in foam exploring form, scale and ergonomics
◊ Collaborated with the design, marketing, and engineering teams to meet cost and manufacturing requirements for production
◊ CAD modeled concepts to be 3D-printed, refined, and painted as final prototypes
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Student Industrial Designer
PIQUADRO
Jun 2012 - Jul 2012 (1 month)
◊ Worked in a team of 5 to design 2 luggage pieces: intensive
ideation, sketching & critique sessions
◊ Researched company branding, competitors, materials,
production methods & the international flight user group
◊ Delivered final concept to client via verbal presentation,
hand-renders & CAD models
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Student Industrial & Graphic Designer
The Coca-Cola Company
Jan 2012 - Apr 2012 (3 months)
◊ Teamed with 2 colleagues to develop new package concepts
for a product within the still beverage division of The Coca-Cola Company
◊ Went through a process of research, conceptualization,
and refinement to develop working scale prototypes of new
packages complete with new brand identity and marketing/
merchandising concepts
◊ Persuasively communicated my thinking, both visually
and through presentations to the client & used feedback
constructively to improve the final design
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Graphic Designer
QiSOFT
Aug 2011 - Jan 2012 (5 months)
◊ Used Photoshop & illustrator to design graphical interface for
manufacturing intelligence/quality-control software
◊ Created promotional PDFs for email campaigns, brochures &
pamphlets reflecting company branding