Product Design and Development
Accomplished creative professional with fifteen years experience developing innovative product solutions for the gift, garden and home décor industry.
-Excels in producing creative concepts for development that meet specific company goals and maintain brand image/identity with an emphasis on “design for manufacture-ability”. Produces designs through all stages of development from sketch to final art for production.
-Skills include hand-rendering, quick concept sketch, computer rendering in Illustrator and Photoshop, Technical/Spec Illustrations, and Sculpting. Creation of style guides, color palettes and development of finish treatments for product lines.
-Researches current market trends and competition via trade publications trade emails, catalogs, online venues/retailers, and the marketplace-with attention to close-out/clearance outlets. Uses these as a reference point or inspiration source, and believes that it is the designer’s role to pursue creative innovation.
-Detail oriented. Excellent ability to multi-task. Excels under pressure, and at meeting crucial deadlines. Enthusiastic, Dedicated, Self Motivated Designer.
-Experience includes management of product design deadlines, preparing product data sheets/prototypes for shipment overseas. Art direction of creative staff/freelance artists to maintain artistic integrity and technical product specifications.
-Supervisory and management of group of sculpting studio and freelance sculptors including art direction, revisions and final touches to designs for prototypes/production.
-Created marketing copy for collections, designed innovative POP displays, Participated in the styling of company showrooms and product line review presentations.
-Work Ethic: Arrive Early, Stay Late. Do what it takes to get the job done.
Professional Employment
2005-present K Design Studio San Diego, CA
Freelance Product Design and Development Services
1994-2005 Figi Giftware LLC San Diego, CA
Manager Product Design and Development 1999-2005
Senior Product Developer 1998-1999
Product Developer 1997-1998
Sculptor 1996-1997
Freelance 1994-1996
Education
Otis Art Institute of Parsons School of Design Los Angeles, CA
References
Available Upon Request