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Cleveland/Akron, Ohio Area

Strongsville, Oh

Designed and developed on-trend consumer products for the crafting industry from ideation to finished specs for mass production to sell at Darice’s regional store chain and national retailers, such as Target, Michaels and Walmart. • Recognized for developing innovative solves for design challenges, utilizing my 3D modeling, Adobe CC and hands-on skills.• Helped generate annual revenue with high quality designing of every day and seasonal products exceeding expectations and annual deadlines at a swift cadence. • Supported company goals for expanding into DIY channels for retailers such as The Home Depot and Lowes by designing innovative, on trend, storage solution products.

Bedford Heights, Oh

Created a new position, resourcefully produced video content from script-to-final, in-house at a high production value, cost effectively.• Produced various treatments- narrative, Why Buy and How-To content in over 4 product categories, shooting / creating and compositing video, motion graphics and 3D animation.• Facilitated $500K proven savings to company, which ultimately helped increase the online revenue stream by over 200% from year to year.

Bedford Heights, Oh

Fortified sales team with the marketing tools that helped leveraged way into Surface Care category.• Facilitated $8M win with The Home Depot in Surface Care category.• Helped generate $6M Sam's Club shower and plunger promotional wins within 2 years with innovative package design and engineering.

Cleveland Oh

Provided design services as requested by clientele from concept sketches and ideation to 3D modeling and photo realistic rendering.• Delivered design for presentations, product line reviews, illustration and web imaging, resulting in clientele winning business from major retailers and supporting branding strategies for Walmart, The Home Depot, Lowe’s, Costco and Sam’s Club.• Served as an extension of Waxman’s marketing department, helped generate over $15M in revenue, contributing to the company’s double-digit growth from 2006 to 2009.• Designed architecture details fabricated from stainless steel for Encore & City Center, Las Vegas NV.

Cleveland Oh

Designed for a new 80K square foot mall, defining, developing and executing a variety of multi-media, hands-on exhibits ultimately for an entertaining and cognitive visitor learning experience.• Mobilized in-house resources and coordinated the services of outside exhibit fabricators, interfacing with architects, we completed a variety of compelling visitor experiences on time and on a tight budget, 25% of typical exhibit cost.• Co-lead the design and construction of the award-winning Head First Theater, an interactive multi-media and animated visitor experience that won Best of Class, Design Gold Award 2004 Galaxy Awards and Outstanding Achievements Award 2004 IFAI International, Achievement Awards.