• Lead designer on Imaginative Play category.• Responsible for the industrial design on a wide range of product categories including imaginative play, dollhouse, preschool, vehicles, playsets and furniture.• Effectively coordinated project development from initial concept through manufacturing with cross-functional teams including art, graphics, engineering, marketing & visual identity departments.• Collaborated with licensors, including Disney and Nickelodeon, on a range of licensed toys.• Integrated cost engineering and PML tools into design process to accelerate and streamline development.• Demonstrates excellent time management and productivity skills; developed roughly 20+ SKUs over the course of a single 12 month development cycle.• Oversaw onboarding process for new hires and established a mentorship role among junior designers.

• Developed new and innovative products in the Baby Gear and Newborn toy categories.

• Member of the Infant Toy design team, whose product line includes the popular Laugh & Learn and Bright Beats sub-brands and generated roughly half a billion dollars in sales last year. • Tasked with designing and delivering exciting, innovative products for the Infant Toys division of Fisher-Price, focusing on the Laugh & Learn brand. • Responsible for bringing a toy concept to life by creating the industrial design, demonstrating compelling play patterns and identifying a cohesive feature set that offers both good play and price value.

• As a member of a small Advanced Concepts innovation team, tasked with identifying and developing transformational product and business opportunities that seamlessly blended digital play and physical toy product experiences. Daily responsibilities involved re-imagining how Fisher-Price could continue to maintain relevancy in the eyes of millennial parents through the introduction of new products, technology applications, and potential partnerships.

• Primary role is the development of new and innovative “active toys”, including scooters, tricycles, foot to floor ride-ons and play houses.• Worked directly with licensees to develop licensed products. Licenses include Star Wars, numerous Disney properties, and Ben 10: Alien Force.• Collaborated with marketing department to optimize the company’s product lines by consolidating brands. Developed an identity for this newly created brand, including packaging design and web content.

• Designed and fabricated museum quality metal and wooden stands used to display artwork and collectibles.. • Assisted in the restoration of damaged or aging pieces of art, primarily wooden African masks and statues.

• Fabricating high-end custom iron furniture. The job involved machining, forging, and finishing.