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Industrial Designer II
Memphis, TN
Nov 2020 - Present (3 years 5 months)
Preform full life cycle product development for lighting. My job responsibilities include sketching, SolidWorks 3D modeling, factory communications, finish development, presenting lighting and ceiling concepts to team and management teams, review and approve ecomm assets, review engineering files as well as reviewing and reporting out on prototypes to team and factory.
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Senior Product Designer
Flowery Branch, GA
Mar 2019 - Nov 2020 (1 year 8 months)
Preform full life cycle product development. My job responsibilities include SolidWorks 3D modeling, present concepts to owners, and review engineering data as well as prototypes.
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Product Designer & Engineer
Dallas, TX
Feb 2017 - Feb 2019 (2 years)
Preform full life cycle product development, market research, manage, lead and participate in Stage Gate process, develop and present concepts, project scope, and budgets for Air Vent and other sister companies, schedule, coordinate, and conduct focus groups, analyze and present focus group data to management. Design complete wireframes for app build and analysis. Design hardware components to specifications provided.
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Lighting Product Designer & Engineer
Fort Worth, TX
Dec 2014 - Feb 2017 (2 years 2 months)
Job responsibilities include market research, trend and gap analysis, generate and present lighting and ceiling fan concepts, create digital 3D concepts.
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Lighting Product Designer & Associate Product Manager
Independence, OH
Mar 2014 - Nov 2014 (8 months)
Hired for a dual position to design lighting for all channels and to manage lighting products for Lowe’s, Home Depot, and Menards. Job responsibilities included trend research, gap analysis, market analysis, communicate and track excel spreadsheets, design for various price points, create and manage time-lines for design team.
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Product & Lighting Designer
Mooresville, NC
Dec 2011 - Mar 2014 (2 years 3 months)
My job responsibilities included trend research specifically in-home decor, gap analysis, concept sketching and ideation, SolidWorks 3D modeling and computer rendering, present concepts to merchants, and review engineering data as well as prototypes. Trained to conduct trade focus and focus group studies. Assisted in setting up new planograms at the planogram facility to update 1,700+ stores. Received Dark Sky Lighting Award in 2012.
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Freelance Product Designer
Consultancy-Columbus OH
Columbus, OH
Mar 2010 - May 2011 (1 year 2 months)
Ames True Temper: Garden furniture design collections. Priority Designs Consultancy-Columbus, OH: Design faucets for American Standard. Mettler Toledo - Columbus, OH: Designed innovative self-service weighing system
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Product Designer
Hunter Fan Co.
Memphis, TN
Sep 2005 - Jun 2009 (3 years 9 months)
Designed successful Hunter core product for Lowe’s, Home Depot, Costco, and Menards. Worked directly with engineering, marketing, and management. My job responsibilities included user research, concept sketching and ideation, 3D modeling and computer rendering.