Jake Thimmesch-Slepica
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About
Creative and passionate Industrial Designer with professional experience designing for big name companies like Arctic Cat, General Motors, Harley-Davidson, Polaris and Tigé Boats. Demonstrable experience owning and delivering high quality projects to clients’ on-time. Ability to manage multiple ongoing projects simultaneously while remaining flexible to changing priorities. Positive, “Can Do” demeanor and self-starter with an extensive track record of surpassing client expectations and providing excellent service.
Specialties:
Alias
Photoshop
Illustrator
Sketchbook Pro
Key Shot
Digital and Manual Rendering
Cintiq
Microsoft Office
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Education
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Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) Transportation DesignCollege for Creative Studies2008 - 2012
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Spring Lake Park HS2003 - 2007
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Experience
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Founder / Principal DesignerMIJan 2021 - Present (5 years 5 months)Marine design and customization. Working directly with OEM boat builders to develope full lineups or small detail changes. From sketch to full model, working directly with the team to create a beautiful product.
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Innovation DesignerJan 2019 - Dec 2020 (1 year 11 months)
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Industrial designerJan 2019 - Dec 2020 (1 year 11 months)Developed innovative products for BRP marine
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Industrial DesignerAbilene, TXJul 2015 - Dec 2018 (3 years 5 months)•Involved in the whole design process from overall conceptual theme to production ready details.
•Maintain brand identity while evolving and forecasting future design trends.
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Contract Digital Sculptor in Cadillac ExteriorsDetroit, MIApr 2013 - Jul 2015 (2 years 3 months)•Evolved the designers sketch into a 3D
object using Alias software.
•Refined designs for production by working
with the designers and engineers meeting
criteria and overall design theme.
•Sent objects to be milled out onto the
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Contract DesignerThief River Falls, MNOct 2012 - Feb 2013 (4 months)•Developed initial design focusing on family
brand development.
•Worked off site maintaining a high level of
time management and punctuation on
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Contract designerElk River, MNAug 2011 - May 2012 (9 months)•Developed initial design projects to prepare for production, ensuring streamlined production process.
•Maintained multiple high priority projects while completing senior year at CCS, managing time effectively to meet business needs.
•Surpassed productivity metrics and deadlines 100% of the time, leading to positive experience for clients -
New Product Design (Intern)Elk River, MNMay 2011 - Jan 2012 (8 months)•Designed and developed products for internationally renowned powersport companies, generating innovative solutions for new product lines.
•Collaborated with team members to critique and develop high profile projects with multiple deliverables, creating strong team cohesion and increasing output.
•Presented finished designs to high profile clients with deadlines completed 100% of the time, resulting in high customer satisfaction and repeat contracts.
•Required a high level of research, data management, sketching ability, development, modeling and rendering.
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Awards
- CCS Scholarship (2008-2012), award based on portfolio.
- Winner for ACC Sponsored Studio Facebook Challenge 2011.
- Finalist for the OSRAM studio 2009.
- Senior Representative IDSA at the College for Creative Studies.
- Participated in demos for art students at the HFA: School for Creative Studies
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On Coroflot@jthimmesch, member since 2010
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