Drew B. Email & Phone Number

San Clemente, Ca, Us

Oceanside, California, United States

Led user-centric design initiatives across physical, digital, and print. Worked on a collaborative team of eight designers and engineers innovating for problems, needs, and wants for optimal usability and business growth. Contributed to design and management initiatives on over ten award-winning products.*Headed design initiatives on twelve (plus) complete product lines to final production and consumer-facing launch, resulting in meeting and exceeding annual profitability goals.*Orchestrated and executed design efforts for iTrek (inflatable) kayak line, resulting in a 10% increase in sales within two years of launch. *Collaborated with cross-functional teams, engineering, marketing, sales, and c-suite, to define creative direction and “blue sky” avenues for market space. *Contributed to patent-protected innovations in the product line.*Instituted systematic designs for shared parts, components, and elements for standardization in manufacturing, resulting in cost savings.*Sourced and vetted new vendors to improve product quality, introduce new manufacturing processes, and drive competitive tooling and part cost pricing in collaboration with purchasing department.*Communicated with manufacturing partners through the development of the project to meet deadlines, DFM transparency, Quality Assurance and Quality Control.*Traveled domestically and internationally to manufacturing partners to review samples, refine prototypes, and verify pre-production units for quality assurance for launch.

Oceanside, California, United States

*Conducted research with internal and external stakeholders and collaborated cross-departmentally to understand target market, end users, and use cases for design framework and intent.*Curated concepts through hand sketching, surface modeling (Rhino), and solid modeling (Solidworks) for pre-prototype approval.*Synthesized prototypes through hand modeling, 3d printing and CNC fabrication for usability testing and pre-tooling approval.*Led usability testing and feedback sessions to optimize product design. *Presented photo-realistic product renderings (Keyshot) to communicate color/materials/finish and desired aesthetic to stakeholders and manufacturing partners.*Arranged print documentation from Solidworks parts and assemblies to specified GD&T, QC, CMF, with BOMs included. *Arranged prints for softgoods patterns using Solidworks, Rhino Adobe Illustrator, and Photoshop to communicate construction.*Designed various arrangments of technical drawings and graphic visuals in Adobe Illustrator and Indesign to communicate product usability for user manuals, hang tags, and header cards.

Oceanside, California, United States