Thomas Frith Email & Phone Number

London, Greater London, United Kingdom

As structural design director at Path, my role is to oversee projects from insights and positioning through to ideation and final delivery. These projects range from the more traditional design project, to innovation sprints, to strategic CMF&F positioning, looking at a variety of 3D brand touchpoint, such as packaging and environments. Through out this role I have gained experience across a variety of design activities that encompass: • Drive both consumer and market / competitor analysis to identify insights and opportunities for differentiation and innovation in a market sector (such as FMCG, food, beverage, and health and beauty sectors).• Provide creative direction and mentorship to project team’s of multi-disciplined designers, fostering a collaborative and high-performing work environment. • Actively contribute to minimise our works environmental impact, by integrating sustainability principles into the design process, maximising circularity and advocating for positive change.• Develop and maintain relationships with global clients, ensuring their brand identity and vision are effectively translated into captivating design solutions.• Collaborate with external teams, including marketing, product development, and engineering, to align design objectives with business goals and manufacturing capabilities.

London, United Kingdom

As a senior member of the structural team I work with, and guide the 3D team across every stage of the design process, from evaluating our clients brand equity's and strategic positioning through to final cad specifications. By engaging with this process I actively collaborate with other departments, and regularly liaise and present our new design proposals to our clients. At Path I work on a variety of projects, all with different success criteria’s ranging from creative blue sky thinking to stricter constrained thinking, for which I would explore the factories opportunities and limitations with a factory audit. This along with my own passion for new materials, this has given me a rich knowledge of manufacturing processes and materials.

London, United Kingdom

TIS is a Far East supplier of denim and jersey wear. They contract me to design clothing ranges for their retail and brand clients. I design across all areas of men's casual apparel including Denim Jeans, Shorts, Graphic tees, Crew neck sweats, hoodies, joggers, polos etc. I also design all graphics, logos, labeling and branding needed for both the retail and branded customers.

London, United Kingdom

As the senior designer at Brand Addition’s London office I manage and oversee the projects undertaken by the design department, making sure they successfully achieve the clients brief and are delivered on time to a high standard.From working at Brand Addition I have had the exposure of working on a wide range of products, gaining experience across a variety of design disciplines that encompasses:• Product design; Brand Addition's range of clients has meant I have designed a broad array of hard products, such as jewellery and toys, and by utilising 3D software I have crated accurate product visualisation and technical specification.• Fashion accessory design, with an emphasis on bags, I analyse accessory trends and generate designs that are on trend, commercial and fit within the brands identity.• Packaging design; by evaluating the client’s brand, I design both the structural and graphic elements of the packaging concept, followed by creating the shortlisted packaging design into print ready artwork.• Print and graphic design; working on a multitude of products has meant I have produced prints for accessory designs and graphics for my product and packaging designs.

Swindon, United Kingdom

At Design IQ I designed and developed finished product solutions for brands and own label retailers who trade in bags, luggage and accessories, predominately within the lifestyle, outdoor and sports industry.Throughout this employment I managed projects from concept through to pre production samples. Daily communication with Far East factories and international clients helped me to produce products that were correct to specification and meet the client’s brief. Throughout this process I regularly researched markets, consumers and functional trends, to expose new product directions and opportunities, that fueled our creative solution.

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Industrial And Product Design

Btec, Foundtion Study’S In Art And Design