Jay Hornblad Email & Phone Number

Lakeville, MN, US

Chanhassen, MN

• The Bernard Group is a Chanhassen MN based ESOP (employee owned) company, that possesses robust capabilities with design, engineering, prototyping and temporary point of purchase. TBG is a complete production solution.
• Responsible for project management, with skills overseeing all stages from fixture development, through production, to final shipping installation and inventory.
• Participate in and run multiple RFP and RFQ events, with an eye on quality, value and the best experience for the client.
• Actively contributes and leads all management activities of a project.
• Using background skills with industrial design can start generating initial concept ideas with sketches and drawings. With skills in design and engineering can contribute to the development of displays through computer.
• Skilled with purchasing or sourcing parts, while monitoring the production fixtures. Experienced in watching QC measures in production from first article to final production run.

St Paul, MN

Make Retail is a St. Paul-based design firm with a focus on retail design and creative support for retail environments and experiences. Our team brings decades of experience in the fields of retail design, environmental design, fixture design, production, graphic design and many others. Companies we have worked with include Google, Sproutling, Virgin.

St. Louis, MO

• Account Executive (2011 to 2013) Control chief accounts for a quality fixture manufacturer. Clients include Best Buy and Target, with sales totaling $7M annually. Consistently striving to develop new partnerships and.
• Facilitate initial discussions with the client, using drawings, computer models and renderings for proof of concept.
• Create and deliver strategic sales proposals, to confirm the sale, operating in the client’s scope.
• Manage overall aspects of the account including customer service, estimating, production, ordering and delivery to the stores which may involve installation.

Richfield, MN

• Sr. Manager of Fixture Purchasing and Documentation (2010 to 2011) Created fixtures, including develop documentation for all work in the store. Conducted procurement events to purchase fixtures per budget, that totaled.
• Responsible for collecting and creating fixture documentation used in the RFP process.
• Managed prototyping and quality control reviews of fixtures.
• Produced numerous RFI, RFP and RFQ events, and awarded vendors based on price, quality and experience, and leadtime proposals for each project scope.
• Created and distributed reports to the business team throughout the project to confirm scope.
• Enabled discussions with manufacturing partners on how to bring new technology to the field.

Richfield, MN

• Sr. Display Designer (1999-2010) Managed over a group of creative individuals, while addressing many design projects on multiple scales. Generated work resulted in positive market share of new technology and exhibited.
• Guided design group with reviews, and providing direction to complete projects at hand.
• Created and cataloged over 1500 drawings for fixtures that are present in the stores, and are used in multiple opportunities, including Best Buy, Best Buy Mobile, Magnolia, Geek Squad.
• Researched and pushed new materials and manufacturing processes to the retail floor.
• Orchestrated prototype construction and establish quality benchmark for production rollout.
• Conducted independent structural testing on fixtures to prove durability within the store environment.

Minneapolis, MN

Product Designer/Industrial Designer (1997-1999) Developed products through extensive research and concepting, involving all aspects of design and engineering, prototyping/model making, with testing and data gathering.

Bachelor'S Degree Of Fine Arts, Industrial And Product Design, Graduated Cum Laude

Graduated Cum Laude, National Honors Society