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Santa Cruz, California, United States

Santa Cruz, California, United States

Newark, California, United States

San Francisco Bay Area

Greater Seattle Area

In charge of expanding the product and packaging options for the e-commerce website and national retailers. Sourcing materials, placing POs, prototyping, approving yarn swatches, creating tech packs and in charge of product assortment planning for an e-commerce store that grew 1200% the year before. Lead the charge to develop and produce the Women's and Kid's sizes/styles. Traveling 30% of the year to visit with our suppliers in China and the Philippines. My ability to take on new, challenging projects while keeping up with current workload is why I have been a success at this smaller company.

Greater Seattle Area

Was brought onto the Strideline team to create custom designs for clients ranging from professional athletes, musicians, corporations, sports teams and others.Using Photoshop and Illustrator, I would create a photo-realistic mockups of my designs and send them to the customer. Once a design was chosen, I would work with the customer though revisions until they were happy with the final product.As the Licensing Director, I was responsible for maintaining and acquiring collegiate licenses and professional, sport licenses. I submitted all designs that dealt with any license and made the appropriate changes until approved. The licensing program grew by 230% under my supervision.

Seattle, Washington, United States

One of three people to develop a seafood restaurant to open in Seattle, WA. I was pivotal in initial branding and logo design, menu development, running pop-up restaurants, cooking on the line, and calculating food costs. All consumables (food-grade paper, to-go containers, coasters, etc.) and branded merch were sourced and designed by me. I was in charge of managing all supplier relations, price negotiations, and sourcing needs for the restaurant.

Seattle, Washington, United States

As a catering chef, I would work through out the week to ensure that food was prepped for the various types of events that weekend. This meant ensuring that the culinary team had everything they needed to flawlessly and easily put out meals for 50 to 500 people. I would par-cook food, gather and prepare garnishes and organize the tools needed for corporate gatherings, weddings, private lunches and parties. During the day of the event, I would manage my team to ensure everything was cooked to specification, all necessary plateware, utensils and tools are packed, setting up and organizing the off-site kitchen, food is beautifully plated and then facilitate the tear down and cleaning of the event space.

Lawrence, Kansas Area

As a Packaging and Display Designer for Lawrence Paper Company, I would work with various customers to get an understanding of what they were looking for. A Solidworks/Keyshot rendering was the first step in making sure that the customer was getting what they wanted. From there, I would start to actually engineer how the medium would be scored and cut so that it could be manufactured inexpensively while still creating a quality packaging/display solution. Using a Kongsberg CNC table, I would prototype the design, and after rigorous testing, would eventually land on the final design. I would then create the art, using Photoshop and Illustrator, and apply this to the dielines. We would ship this final mock-up to the customer to make sure that it met all their needs and see the design through production.

Lawrence, Kansas Area

I was responsible for running a Kongsberg CNC table, to produce first articles for testing before mass production, and a Mutoh Large Format printer to create appearance models of simple packaging and complex displays. My role quickly grew as they saw my work ethic and observed my desire for more. I learned Impact Packaging Software and started creating my own packaging solutions for production. I would use Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to create or edit art that customers wanted to use for initial appearance models or for mass production.

Bfa In Design, Industrial Design

Activities and Societies: Active member of IDSA (Industrial Design Society of America)

Bachelor Of Fine Arts (Bfa), Industrial And Product Design