Resumé

Jose Alfonso

Lead Industrial Designer

Email | jlalfonso2@gmail.com
Mobile | 305.793.8526


Summary

- Bachelor`s degree with 7 years Industrial Design experience.
- Connecting customer needs with innovative and creative product design solutions.
- Outstanding sketching skills, research, product development, concept development and branding.
- Excellent problem solving and presentation skills who works well under pressure.
- Reputation as a team player with superb people skills.
- Organized, detail-oriented, and self motivated, with excellent time management, prioritization, and multiple task/project coordination skills. Strong work ethic and professional attitude emphasizing reliability, integrity, teamwork, and the willingness to work as necessary to get the job done.
- 2002 participant in a three day furniture design workshop with the
Campana Brothers in Miami, Fl.
- Lectured on design philosophy at Design and Architecture Senior High.
- Recipient of CCS Scholarship, Daimler Chrysler Scholarship and CCS Tuition Grant.

Experience

*Swiss Watch International, Hollywood, FL (7/10 - Present)
Lead Industrial Designer, Product Development

Group III International, Pompano Beach, FL (2/10 - 7/10)
Junior Industrial Designer, Wenger | Graphics & Product Development

Fossil, Richardson, TX (6/07 - 7/09)
Associate Designer, Adidas & Armani Exchange | Watch Product Development

General Electric, Louisville, KY (6/06 - 6/07)
Contractor, Consumer & Appliance | Product Development

Converse (Internship), North Andover, MA (5/05 - 8/05)
Footwear Designer, Star Chevron Team | Graphics & Product Development

College for Creative Studies Campus, Detroit, MI (9/02 - 4/06)
Tutor, Student Success Center | Design & Training

Education

College for Creative Studies, Detroit, MI (9/02 - 5/06)
Degree - Bachelor in Fine Arts
Major - Industrial Design

Design and Architecture Senior High, Miami, FL (8/98 - 6/02)
Degree - Diploma
Major - Fine Arts

Skills

Proficient - MAC | PC

Industry - Brand Identity | Product Development | Product Marketing | Trend Analysis | Consumer Analysis | Competitor Research | Story Telling

Software - Adobe Creative Suite 4 | Microsoft Office | Rhinoceros 4.0 | Flamingo | Bunkspeed | Google Sketch Up | Alias | Painter

Techniques - Doodling | Thumbnails | Technical Illustrations | Digital Sketching | Model Making | Drafting | Painting | Ceramics | Plaster | Machining | Wood Working | Welding | Vacuum Forming

Languages - English | Spanish

Projects by Jose Alfonso

FOSSIL
42 Files

GENERAL ELECTRIC
28 Files

CCS WORK SAMPLES
29 Files

GROUP III INTERNATIONAL
41 Files

SWISS WATCH INTERNATIONAL
39 Files

SKETCHBOOK
23 Files

PRODUCT PHOTOGRAPHY
6 Files

FURNITURE
1 File

SWISS LEGEND
3 Files

CONVERSE 2005 INTERNSHIP
11 Files