Work Experience
User Experience Designer | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
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-Assist the Executive Director of User Experience with hands-on design and research projects at the Digital and
Commercial Innovation group.
- Create intuitive user experiences focused on new entertainment delivery methods for consumers, such as UltraViolet.
- Design and execute UX testing sessions, watching real users interact with the digital storefront and apps to see how
to improve their experiences.
Product Designer | DreamGear + i.Sound
- Strategized, pitched, and designed new consumer electronics and accessories that anticipate and fulfill users' needs.
- Identified market trends, compiled research, discovered overlooked opportunities, and harnessed this information to
elevate the user experience.
- Created 3D models and construction documents to communicate with project managers, engineers, and factories
internationally in order to obtain fully functional samples that result in precisely tooled and elegantly executed products.
Freelance 3D Production Designer | Omelet
- Modeled and Rendered 3D web assets for Zhu Zhu Pets.
- Translated files from the manufacturers in China into Rhino 3D Models that I rendered out for the programmers.
- Created user-manipulatable 3D environments that work as interactive puzzle pieces.
Industrial Designer | Project H
- Collaborated with a multidisciplinary group of designers, strategists, and engineers.
- Worked on project Sprout, encouraging youth to eat healthier and garden.
- Partnered with Woolly Pocket, with the goal of distributing the final strategies to schools across the nation.
Junior Industrial Designer
- Produced new lines from product conception to corporate presentation and completion.
- With the use of Photoshop and Illustrator, created print and web materials which were distributed to magazines,
manufacturers, and customers.
Industrial Design Intern
- Cleaned up 3D models in Rhino; created Illustrator line work for the product designs.
User Experience Intern | PLASIS DESIGN
- Led a group of design interns to develop a research proposal, cohesive user vision, and integrated interface.
- Worked closely with Google’s Image Recognition Engineer Hartmut Neven to revise and integrate Google’s many
features.
CAD/CNC Intern | DIG-IT Furniture
- Collaborated with Lead Designer to develop drawings, clean drafts, CAD renderings, and CNC-milled models.
- Spearheaded the use of a new environmentally friendly material, plyboo (plywood made from bamboo).
Lead Designer | Otis’s Integrated Learning Department
- Facilitated a multidisciplinary team of product designers, architects, and end users (elementary school students).
- Initiated the project from concept to proposal, through manufacturing and installation.
- Commissioned by Otis and Boeing to design and build a storage/seating solution for ACES Elementary School.
Apple Campus Representative | Volt Service Group
- Held events and workshops educating faculty, staff, and students about Apple products and services.
- Received training in Cupertino, CA, including a presentation by Apple’s packaging designers.
Education
Otis College of Art and Design
Bachelor of Fine Arts
Class of 2009
G.P.A.: 3.6
Honors
Qualifications and Skills
Expert in Rhino modeling, V-Ray rendering, Adobe Photoshop,
Illustrator, OmniGraffle, and Microsoft Office.
Effective communicator
through the use of Keynote/
PowerPoint presentations,
mock-ups (wireframes,
flowcharts, rapid prototypes,
laser cuts, drawings, drafts,
and renderings) as well as
instructive videos.
Skilled in experience design,
information architecture,
strategy, usability, Human
Factors, HCI, and affordances.
Experience working with
multimedia: metal, wood, clay,
acrylic, and synthetic liquids.
Achievements
Winner of the 2013 CES Design & Engineering Award for the iGlowSound Pro Speaker.
Project featured in catalogue of Human Renaissance Institute, an affiliate of Omron.
Developed product design from concept, renderings, marketing assessment, budgeting and
final product development with Loyola Marymount University.
Mentored by Maggie Hendrie, Chair of Interaction Design at Art Center College of Design.
Lead student member of Otis’ Sustainability Committee.
Founding member and chair of environmental club O-cycle.
Chair of the Industrial Designers Society of America, Otis Student Chapter.
Participate in many design community conferences, workshops, and events.
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2006 - Present
July 2012 - Present
January 2011 - July 2012
November - December 2010
February 2010 - April 2011
September 2009 - May 2010
July - August 2009
October 2008 - September 2009
May - August 2008
August 2007 - August 2008
May 2007 - November 2008
