Resumé

Display & Packaging Designer ~ Displayhawk Design - Lee's Summit, Missouri
April, 2009 – Present
Freelance corrugated and folding carton design projects using AutoCAD 2006.

Product & Display Designer / Sales ~ Brainstorm, Inc. - Kansas City, Kansas
January 2009 – March, 2009 *** Note: Laid off due to poor economy.
Worked on design projects primarily for Hallmark Cards using AutoCAD 2009.

Display Designer ~ Rock Island Display - Eudora, Kansas
December, 2006 – December, 2008 *** Note: Office was closed.
Designed displays for Hallmark Cards and 3M Corp. using ArtiosCAD software.
Also used Illustrator CS3 and ArtiosCAD 3D to make set-up instruction sheets.

Packaging Designer / Purchasing Manager ~ Bennett Pkg. - Lee's Summit, Mo.
June, 2004 - November, 2006
Designed corrugated packaging for a variety of local customers using ArtiosCAD.

Display Designer ~ E & E Display Group - Lawrence, Kansas
July, 2001 - April, 2004 *** Note: Company went out of business.
Designed corrugated floor and counter displays for local, regional and national customers using proprietary AutoCAD-based design software.

Design Department Manager ~ International Paper Company - Kansas City, Mo.
March, 2000 - June, 2001
Managed Design Department operations and designed for local customers using
Score design software.

Design Department Manager ~ Smurfit-Stone Container Corp. - Springfield, Mo.
January, 1998 - February, 2000
Managed one other designer, and designed corrugated packaging, counter and floor displays for local and regional customers using Designer Workbench.

Display & Package Designer ~ Love Box Company - Lenexa, Kansas
October, 1996 - January, 1998 *** Note: Office was closed.
Designed corrugated packaging and counter displays for local customers, using
proprietary AutoCAD-based design software.

Display & Package Designer ~ Lawrence Paper Company - Lawrence, Kansas
June, 1989 - October, 1996
Hand made corrugated box and packaging samples.

Projects by Kent Nelson