Resumé

Education
BFA Degree, Industrial Design, Brigham Young University, April, 2010

Experience

Industrial Designer, Seastone, Provo, UT, Nov. 2010 to Present
I provide creative services involving conceptual ideation, presentation, and development of gift card gift packaging and merchandising for numerous retailer clients.

Industrial Design Intern, Seastone, Provo, UT, Nov. 2009 to Nov. 2010
Same work as above. See http://www.seastone.com/ for the company website.

Industrial Design Intern, KEK Associates, Rochester, New York, January to May, 2009
Design and refine product concepts for clients such as Fisher Price, Leap Frog, and Harris.
Participate in design strategy meetings with the design team to brainstorm and present work.
Participate in meetings with clients, engineers, and other partners to discuss the client’s desires and to present solutions.

Drafting and Design, C&A Construction, Provo, Utah, May 2007 to December 2008
Communicate with contractors, city agents, engineers, architects, builders, and clients to complete projects.
Completed a design project for a retirement housing development from start to finish.

Graphic Design Intern, Boeing Creative Services, June 2001 to October 2001
Preparing sales booklets with graphic design team.
Preparing posters for Boeing Business Jets.

Design Skills
Sketching: freehand, marker, Wacom tablet, Corel Painter, Sketchbook Pro
Modeling: Thermoforming, Polymer Casting, Paint Finishing, Foam Sculpting, Woodworking
Rendering: Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Solid Works, Rhino 3D, and basic Alias

Additional Qualifcations
Strengths: passion for design, innovation and design thinking, hard working
Foreign Language: conversational Japanese, residence in Japan, 2001-2003

Projects by Christopher Hanks

Doodles
9 Files

Popped Birdhouse
3 Files

Soaker Work Hat
6 Files

Boat Pack
2 Files

Speakers
4 Files

Delivery Camera
3 Files

Get in Touch
2 Files

Internship
2 Files

Spin Exercises
3 Files

Tea Kettle
3 Files

Biking Shoes
1 File

Guitar Tuner
1 File

2nd Year Work
15 Files

1st Year Work
4 Files