David Estrada Email & Phone Number

David Estrada possesses expertise in digital rendering, packaging, rendering, illustrator, exhibit design and 35 more skills. He is proficient in Spanish. Colleagues describe him as "David reported to me when I joined Sears Holdings to lead the seasonal, outdoor & home design team. At that time, David was responsible for the outdoor décor design & merchandising as well as contributing to the outdoor furniture with his 3D CAD skills. In short time his leadership, communication and mentoring skills became abundantly clear and was promoted to Senior Designer for Outdoor Living. I entrusted the David to own the outdoor furniture category strategy, timeline and deliverables in which he navigated obstacles and delivered flawlessly. He was professional and kind in managing up to his buying team & owned communication to the vendors on product scope, development, quality, and production challenges. David understood the value of taking on additional responsibility and assumed the execution of the marketing and in-store display photography. This role included creating shot lists and detailed creative briefs which coordinated the furniture, grill and décor products in complete lifestyle statements with our photography studios. His insights and experience were key in identifying opportunities working with our vendor of record and new vendors in renegotiating the outdoor patio photography contracts reducing overall cost by a third, saving $200K and splitting the contracts based on complexity and logistics. David was the first to volunteer to pick up new design categories in ready to assemble furniture and storage & organization. David is empathic with his peers, and his dedicated work ethic is inspirational to design, cross functional partners and management. A consummate professional, David has proven he is poised for a leadership role in product design and managing a team of designers, sourcing or merchandisers. I highly recommend David and am indebted to him for his talent, stability and humor in the time we worked together. " and "It is rare that you come across standout talent and genuine person like David Estrada. I worked with David for over four years at Sears Holdings when I was working as a patio furniture designer. We worked together for Outdoor department and collaborated daily basis to manage and design patio furniture and décor. I was always impressed by David’s executions on designs and projects. He always pursues excellence and proves his diligence and great design skills with outcomes and deliverables. David’s great skill sets in Illustrator, Photoshop and Solidworks improved design processes and communications with our vendor partners and global sourcing teams. He is not afraid of learning new skills and he keeps teaching himself new skillsets whenever he encounters new categories of work. David is also an amazing team player. He embraces collaboration and holds himself accountable. I would not have been able to enjoy a great amount of achievements at Sears without David’s help and advice. He is always willing to help teammates with his big heart and motivates the team to accomplish the set goals. I miss working and designing together with David. David would be an asset to any team and any employee would be lucky to have David as a team member. "

Listed skills include Digital Rendering, Packaging, Rendering, Illustrator, and 36 others.