Mike Camarata Email & Phone Number

Aurora, IL, US

Chicago, Illinois, United States

• (Sonoco Display was acquired by Hood)
• Design temporary and permanent display solutions.
• Build interactive Virtual Reality (VR) environments and experiences
• Author Augmented Reality (AR) mobile and web applications to simulate virtual designs that blend into existing real world spaces in real time
• Development of creative concepts and ideation across multiple market segments
• Conceptual and strategic technology research to keep ahead of retail and marketing technology.

Chicago

• Industrial Design:
• Design temporary and permanent display solutions for global clients in the retail marketplace.
• Development of creative concepts and ideation across multiple market segments for brands such as Starbucks, Johnson & Johnson, Bayer, Duracell, InComm and others.
• Building interactive Virtual Reality (VR) environments as tools to enable clients to have a 'hands on' experience with designs
• Authoring Augmented Reality (AR) mobile applications to simulate virtual designs that blend into existing real world spaces in real time
• Proven experience producing displays and POP for many types of retail spaces, from Walmartand Walgreen’s to small popups or convenience stores.

Milwaukee

DCI focuses primarily on four core sectors: Consumer Electronics, Cosmetics, Grocery and Transportation. My designs have been produced for Microsoft, Best Buy, Harley Davidson, Scion, Roundy’s, Staples, Jawbone, Kohl's and others.Duties: Environment Design, Display Design, Industrial Design, Point of Purchase Design, Graphic Design, Prototyping, Brand.

• Co-Founding Member / Partner
• Managing development of new product lines for retail and wholesale markets
• Pricing and sourcing components as part of developing product lines
• Managing design staff and developing art direction
• Engineering and CAD Design of tooling for custom patented aluminum frame extrusions
• Website design and maintenance

Chicagoland

• Cathy Bruni Studios - Digital renderings and manipulation, textile creation from artworks for line of women's accessories
• Torque Ltd. - Package design, Illustrations, 3D conceptualization and renderings
• Learning Curve - Packaging, Mockups, Production for "Lamaze" & "Chuggington" toy lines
• Flutter, Ltd. - Package design, Illustration, Production
• Creative Werks LLC - 3D Packaging Concepts, Product design, Renderings
• Kohl's Corp. - Home Goods Packaging and Production

Designing ZICO brand coconut water, Branding, packaging and international packagingBrand development, 3D conceptualization, marketing new flavorsCPG branding, developing new SKU's, Multipacks, bulk packagingJohnsonite Flooring campaign: Developing new color stories, tile patterns and conceptsWorking with textile manufacturers to develop entirely new.

Chicago, IL

• Creating 3D conceptual renderings and mechanical drawings / CAD Drawings and dielines
• Designing original artwork for compositional layout on production samples
• Prepress and production work, mockups, instruction manuals
• Consulted with clients and developed company-specific CPG solutions
• Created conceptual illustrations and prototypes
• Evaluated new equipment and software to add to company capabilities

Schaumburg, IL

• Worked with structural engineers to create photorealistic 3D renderings
• Designed sales collateral and presentations for marketing new products
• Created original artwork for CPG and product labeling
• Maintained and supported design department computers and network (Mac and PC)
• Developed dielines for the manufacturing of corrugatged displays and signs
• Drew product illustrations and detailed retail and factory instruction sheets