PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE:
Product
Designer/Manager (July
2006 Present) Heritage Travelware, Carol Stream, IL
Freelance
Design Consultant (November 2005 July 2006) Wilson Sporting Goods, Chicago, IL
Mercury
International, North Attleboro, MA:
Footwear
trading company whose clients include
Wal-Mart,
Payless Shoe Source, Kmart, Target, Stride Rite, Tommy Hilfiger and Reebok.
Marketing Manager (May 2003 July 2005) Mercury International, North Attleboro,
MA
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Worked directly with the
Director of Marketing and upper management to design/produce all company
presentations, trade show exhibits, and sales support materials.
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Communicated with overseas staff
for packaging production (China, Taiwan & Korea).
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Collaborated with executives
from Payless and Spalding on the development and execution of product, packaging,
POP, and advertising for Spalding footwear.
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Work with Reebok executives
on the design and marketing of product for mid tier and mass-market retailers
under the Reebok and Logo Athletic brands.
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Design uppers, outsoles,
logos and other graphics for all of the above.
Senior Product Designer (May 1999 May 2003) Mercury International, North
Attleboro, MA
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Continued product design
duties while managing the company’s marketing initiatives.
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Replaced and assumed the
responsibility of a former three-person marketing team..
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Self managed multiple projects
and coordinated with Development and overseas staff.
Product Designer (September 1995 May 1999) Mercury International, North Attleboro,
MA Responsible for all aspects of footwear design (uppers, outsoles, renderings,
etc).
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Products included hikers,
athletic, women’s fashion, and Dickies brand work boots.
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Work included overseas
travel and experience with staff in both China and Korea.
Industrial
Design Coop
(May 1994 August 1994) General Motors Corp., Massena, NY Operations
EDUCATION:
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Bryant College, Smithfield,
RI (May 2003): MBA
with a concentration in Marketing
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Graduated with honors (3.87
GPA) and inducted into Beta Gamma Sigma
·
Rochester Institute of
Technology, Rochester, NY:
BFA, Industrial Design (May 1995) Graduated with honors (3.54 GPA) AAS, Illustration (May 1992)
SKILLS: Traditional methods of sketching, rendering and illustrating.
Regularly use both Mac and PC Platforms.
Proficient: Adobe
Photoshop and Illustrator. Intermediate: Adobe InDesign (switched from QuarkXpress), Microsoft Word,
Excel, PowerPoint. Beginner: Macromedia Studio MMX, Maya 6.
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