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Remote

Interior & Retail Senior Designer specializing in design and development of store layouts and fixturing with an emphasis on refrigeration. Creates project and customer-specific space planning, 3D modeling presentations, and detailed CAD drawings of fixtures and millwork for small format and C-Store locations.

• E.I.E.- Environments: Concept store design & fixturing for dispensaries. Cowtan & Tout office layout• NUNA: 3500 sqft. In store shop-n-shop. New product launch with dynamic story telling presentation• VGS: Update US Philly Mint Store. Redesign and enhance store environment• ZEN GENIUS: Designed & developed candy packet display wall and compact-foldable hang fold fixture• WALMART: Create design strategies using historical data and brand directives for existing & new stores

Reading, Pennsylvania Area

Creating cutting-edge experiential retail designs for today's in-store customer using advanced methodologies, models and disciplines. As lead of e.i.e.'s design team, we aim to deliver unique, innovative consumer-oriented retail spaces that elevate the offline shopping experience and foster memorable purchasing transactions.

Leesport, Pa

This unique and rewarding position allows me to work with some of the most dynamic luxe and trend-setting companies. Our team joins in a collaborative union with sketch renderings onto detail drawings in the visualization of their brand concept and vision. We work closely on large store layouts, shops in shops, individual fixtures, decoratives, finishes and material specs. As DOD, I am charged to direct the creative brief all through the process: from a napkin sketch to seeing your design all dressed up for new customers.

Farmington Hills, Mi

Senior Design Manager: Managed Creative Department, supervisor to 3 direct reports. Headed creative endeavors on behalf of product development, marketing, web & graphic branding of company. ·Oversaw new product development, visual enhancement, rebranding and perception of the company via web, trade shows, catalogs, and client presentations. ·Worked directly with engineering staff and model shop on all customs conceptual ideas, led brainstorming meetings for all new client products with freehand sketching, renderings & 3D modeling. ·Managed creative relationships with clients, serving as designer on call. Collaborated with sales staff to determine the appropriate pitch. Generated sketches, color renderings, iPad or board presentations.·Supervised trade shows from creative concept to set-up. Created a unique theme for each show’s distinct customer base. (GlobalShop, NACS, NY POP, ICWS, ISA) ·Set goals and schedule of MDI Marketing efforts: email blasts, blog, Google ad word marketing of new products and branding reenforcement.·Initiated and maintained fresh programs for sales department to present to clients in an effort to sell our creative services using iPads and board creative presentations for POP and Traffic Control Products.·Conducted market research, creative ideation, cost evaluation, and customer creative presentations. Clients: Purell Elite Stand (3500 units $1.2M) McDonald’s (Toy merchandiser, 16,000-unit, $4.8M); Gap (Floorstand, 3,300-unit, $1.2M); QuikTrip (Store redesign, $3,200 per new store); 7-Eleven (store rebranding exterior interior); Home Depot, Sonic, Husqvarna, CVS, Burger King, RaceTrac, GameStopTechnical Skills: 3D Studio Max 2014, VIZ 2008, Adobe Creative Cloud, Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, After Effects, Dreamweaver, AutoCAD 2012

Niles, Illinois

L & P Studio, Niles, ILResponsible for new products from concept and renderings through client presentation interfacing and store prototype development. Managed new project designs, problem-solving, scheduling, and retro-fit installations for retail mass merchandisers. Developed unique display units, completed full-store departmental redesigns as well as in-store concepts.Clients: Nike, Sears, Walmart, Fred Meyer, Kohl’s, Tommy Hilfiger, Barneys NYTechnical skills: 3D Studio Max 3.1, Photoshop 5.5, Illustrator 8.0, AutoCAD 2000

Greater Chicago Area

Product Development. Supported design teams with concept sketching, renderings, client interface and presentation, created MET portfolio of product lines and new products using 3DSMax 2.5 and Photoshop. Assisted in creating implementing to bridge the gap from concept to engineering to production. Projects: Nike Sport Bra - Developed a unique 3-way, 4-way and backwall presentation. Sears Fieldmaster - worked on in-store shop concept from sketches to prototyping 2 stores. Tommy Stores - concept sketching, 3D rendering presentation, scale mock-ups for a 6-way and an alternative table concept.

Greater Chicago Area

Responsible for all initial design drojects. Developed concept sketches, foam mockups, presentation rendering, client interfacing, preproduction prototypes, production estimating, computer\renderings with animation using 3D-Studio Max 3.1 and Adobe Photoshop 5.5. Projects: Blockbuster overhead signage – an aluminum extrusion with extruded plastic graphics and various steel floor displays. Sears Airtool display – a particleboard-based unit with pegboard and a vac-formed shell for various size air tools, and a paint chip rack made of wire. Viacom Prototype Store – Various 3- and 4-way floor displays using stained MDF and clear-coated steel accents and wall-mounted display cabinets in the Paramount section.

Rolling Meadows, Illinois

Developed concepts and customer presentation for Hewlett-Packard, rotationally molded recycling receptacle. Designed and implemented a floor display for Bissell. Work included concept development, production estimation and layout drawings. Developed foam core mock-ups for a Team-Sega game display unit.

Hiroshima, Japan

Hiroshima and Yokohama: Was involved in implementation of cost-cutting design measures on RX-7 exterior, while working closely with Engineering and Planning groups. Extensive CAD training, using IBM CAD 3D surface modeling. Developed from concept to final production all-purpose van for sales in Japan. Work included concept sketches, model presentations and preproduction feasibility modeling. Finalized advanced 4-passenger sedan. Japanese language studies. Conversational Japanese speaker.

Bfa, Industrial Design

Activities and Societies: IDSA, SAEStudied Automotive Design & Product Design

Design And Visual Communications, General

Studied AutoCAD 12 Professional Level I, AutoCad 2000 Update Studied 3D Studio Max, 4-Day Intensive Class