EDUCATION
UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI: College of Design, Architecture, Art and Planning, B.S. in Industrial Design with honors, Class of 2009, GPA: 3.7
WORK HISTORY
AMERICAN GIRL/MATTEL: senior designer, 2016-2018, full-time employment, designed lines of children’s toys for educational and historical collectors market. Responsibilities included developing new characters and story arcs to turn into product. Leading design development for hardlines products in materials like injection molded plastic, wood composites, and metal. Organizing market research and user testing with focus groups. Also spearheaded improvements to prototyping methods by introducing cad modeling and 3D printing techniques to the development process
TARGET: associate designer, 2011-2016, full-time employment, designed variety of furniture for sale across chain and online. Responsibilities included managing design direction for accent side tables, and children’s furniture for major store resets, producing original designs, leading vendor development of product, collaborating with category experts to execute business strategies. Major accomplishments include holding 5 design patents and introducing new collections that generated more than 50K in revenue per week.
INNOMARK COMMUNICATIONS: co-op, spring & fall 2008, full-time intern, designed point of purchase store displays, rendered concepts, engineered prototypes, managed assembly line, wrote instruction manuals, gave presentations to company heads and visiting clients.
K‘NEX INDUSTRIES: co-op, spring & fall 2007, full-time intern, designed children’s toys, edited instruction manuals, developed & mocked up new packaging ideas
GALLAGHER AND ASSOCIATES: co-op, spring & fall 2006, full time intern, selected finishes, fabrics, and materials for museum exhibits, made scaled models of mock exhibits, wrote & animated digital presentations, worked on the layout of museum floor plans, drew graphics for museum posters
LIGHTS CAMERA ACTION COMMITTEE: 2015-present, joined as board member to promote film, television, and media enjoyment by fostering community involvement in the local movie-making scene UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI VOLUNTEER: 2004-2009, 100 total hours, volunteered for recycling program, Relay for Life, Cross Town Help Out Day, the Ohio Southwestern Science Competition, & Clean Up Clifton Day SOFTWARE: adobe creative suite, photoshop, illustrator, indesign, 3d modeling, solid works, autocad alias studio tools, rhino, microsoft office MANUFACTURING & MATERIAL EXPERTISE: injection plastic molding, wood working, metal casting and welding, upholstery, print and pattern, vacuum forming, cut & sew, leatherworking, pottery, photography
CREATIVE CURATIVE ART SHOW: 2011, displayed and sold photography at local art gallery
ALPHA LAMBDA DELTA: organization for students with the 10% highest GPA at the university, inducted spring of 2005
CORE COMPETENCIES
CATEGORIES: product development, home décor, furniture, toy design, children’s products, point-of-purchase displays, exhibit design, fashion accessory development, soft goods
SKILLS: industrial design, interactive design, graphic design, market analysis, customer profiling, trend research, brainstorming, design thinking, sketching, form development, digital rendering and illustration, cad modeler, rapid prototyping, model making, 3D printing
PERSONAL PURSUITS: sewing, piano, opera aficionado, video game enthusiast, Tae Kwon Do, yoga, jogging, and world travel
*reference letters available upon request
