Education
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA, Graduated August 2013 with Honors
Bachelor of Science in Industrial Product Design,
Area of concentration: consumer product design, service design
CMTEL: Colors and Materials Lab Assistant helping students with material selection
Design Storm: PolyOne reSound: Concept solutions for sustainable biopolymer
Design Storm: Showdown Displays: Concept solutions for temporary display structures
Design Storm: International Gaming Technology (IGT) Concept solutions for wager gaming
Global Service Design Jam: 2013 Participant
Concept Help: Founding representative offering concept assistance to student designers
Teacher’s Assistant for Design Process 2: Flat-pack furniture design
PENSOLE Footwear Design Academy, Portland, OR, Spring 2013
INSEAD International Business School, Singapore, Fall 2012
INSEAD / Art Center MBA exchange, Product Innovation & Business Strategy
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, Graduated May 2003 with Honors
Bachelor of Arts in Studio Fine Arts with Communication Arts Minor,
Area of concentration: Graphic Design, Painting, Art Business and Marketing
Industrial Design Internships
Continuum Innovation, Design Consultancy, Venice, August 2013 - Present
Desig strategy intern for dedicated service and user experience project
Actively designing the research protocols, analysis and experience envisioning
Orange22 Design Lab, Design Consultancy & Brand Incubator, Culver City, Spring 2012
Right hand to Dario Antonioni on concept development for ICON Aircraft showroom
Developed Minima, Men’s grooming line from concept to prototype
Sunscope Concept Design Studio, Commerce, CA. Summer 2012
Developed custom consumer product design for mass manufacture, large corporate clients
Career Experience
Myspace.com / Fox Interactive Media, Beverly Hills, CA 2007 – 2009
Creative Producer, Creative Services
Project manager of front-end development of Video, Sports, and Entertainment marketing
Produced, designed and wrote copy for all presentations, brochures, invitations, promotional items, newsletters and printed materials for MySpace sales and marketing
Marketing Associate Manager
Built PowerPoint presentations and marketing materials with thoughtful positioning, dynamic design and creative copy for accounts ranging from $350K to $1 Million+
Project lead for the MySpace Marketing Roadshow
Maintained working relationships with MySpace sales, marketing, consumer insights, public relations, media services, creative services as well as 3rd party vendors
Fox Mobile Entertainment / Jamba, Beverly Hills, CA 2006 – 2007
Technical and Administrative Coordinator
Team participant for creation and marketing of original content for The Simpsons Mobile
International Creative Manangement, Beverly Hills, CA 2005 – 2006
Assistant to Executive Vice President, Head of Worldwide Television
Key participant in the sale of the FLASH web series “Afterworld” to NBCU and Bud.tv
Managed relationships with A-list clients including TV writers, directors and producers
Bamko Promotional Items, Bel-air, CA 2003 - 2004
Director of Graphics
Key graphic designer for promotional items, brand identity and overall graphics.
Tricoast Studios, Westminster, CA 2003 –2004
Motion Graphics Intern
Software Skills
SolidWorks, Rhino, Adobe Creative Suite 6, SketchUp, SharePoint, Visio, CSS, HTML, CMS, MAC/PC
Design Process Skills
Ethnographic research, rapid Ideation, prototyping, strategy
Interests
Snow skier, painter, world traveler, digital artist, dog owner, film buff
2010 - present
2010 - present