Tim Sharpe Email & Phone Number

Stratford-upon-Avon, GB

United Kingdom

• We gather insights to inform impactful innovation.Focusing on people and collaboration, we help organisations successfully navigate change and integrate an innovation strategy by identifying and delivering new.
• the needs, ambitions and frustrations of the individuals,
• the strengths, challenges and objectives of the relevant organisations,
• the context, conditions and trends affecting the market… and the technologies that may re-frame it all.

London, Nottingham, Sunderland & Stockport, United Kingdom

Group level director for Speedo’s parent company, Pentland Brands, to lead innovation initiatives across all brands within the portfolio, including: Berghaus, Canterbury, Endura, Mitre and Speedo.Being a new role within the organisation, defined the innovation team structure and how it should liaise and support the wider business. Ensured innovation was.

Nottingham, United Kingdom

Brought a fresh perspective of design thinking and practices from outside of the apparel industry and worked closely with other business functions to better draw on the creative skills within the business. Lead the design and innovation teams at Speedo to plan, develop and deliver world-class products and marketing propositions that engage and delight.

Warwick, United Kingdom

A senior role split between internal design team development at both the strategic and process application level, project and client management, hands-on design direction and new business development.Reporting directly to the company Directors, responsible for defining the ID budgets, planning team development and setting strategic objectives to.

San Francisco Bay Area

Managed multiple project teams simultaneously while also providing hands-on design input. Oversaw creative output including product design, user interaction and graphics.Hired, mentored and developed the junior team to reach quality standards expected from a leading design consultancy.Responsible for all aspects of projects, from new business pitch.

San Francisco Bay Area

Supported the design team with concept sketches through to Alias CAD models and renderings, for both prototypes and visual presentations.Responsibilities grew to become the lead designer and project manager handling the client's marketing and engineering liaison overseeing design from concept to production support.Clients included: Dell, HP

San Francisco Bay Area

Supported the design team with concept sketches through to Alias CAD models and renderings, for both prototypes and visual presentations. Clients included: Motorola, Acuson, Palm

San Francisco Bay Area

University instructor for Product DesignUniversity instructor for Drawing and Visualization

San Francisco Bay Area

University instructor for Alias Studio CAD software

San Francisco Bay Area

One of Yves Behar's first freelance designers at the time he launched Fuse Project. Supported the concept and design development with sketches and Alias CAD, for both prototypes and visual presentations.Clients included: Philou, Microsoft

San Francisco Bay Area

Supported the design team with concept sketches.Clients included: Nike, Roces, Cisco

Lausanne Area, Switzerland

Established product design capabilities and services for a predominantly graphic design consultancy. Used Alias Studio to develop and present watch concepts, expanding the existing graphic and print client accounts, resulting in several benchmark designs, including the new classic Heuer Monaco re-edition.Clients included: Boss, Swatch, Chopard, Longines.

London, United Kingdom

Junior designer working with both the industrial design and graphics teams producing initial sketches, renderings and presentation models.Projects included kitchenware, FMCG and home appliances

Hong Kong

Internship with small design company in Kowloon, Hong Kong.Projects included, audio equipment and control room work stations.

Bsc. (Hons), Product Design

International Baccalaureate