Associate Product Designer at Abercrombie & Fitch

Kieran Moriarty

Columbus, OH

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I am a young professional who is excited about the role of design in our everyday lives, and its capacity for both incremental and dramatic improvement of human life.

I am passionate about the design process and producing high quality, thoughtful, and beautiful work for any kind of brief.
Education
- B.I.D. Industrial and Interaction Design
  
  Syracuse University
  
  2007 - 2012
Experience
- Associate Product Designer
  
  Abercrombie & Fitch
  
  Columbus, OH
  
  Aug 2012 - Present (13 years 10 months)
  
  Designing the forms, branding, and stories of the fragrance and personal care products for the Abercrombie and Hollister
  brands. Daily contact with engineers, marketers, and merchandisers allows me to shape each product through every phase of
  development; from ideation and prototyping to production and point-of-sale.
- Industrial + Interaction Design Student
  
  Syracuse University
  
  Sep 2007 - May 2012 (4 years 8 months)
  
  Graduated Cum Laude (3.5 GPA)
  
  Junior Prize design competition - 1st Place. Bert Rice Prize for outstanding Industrial Design student. Robert Kalvitis Award for excellence in thesis presentation.
- Teaching Assistant - Interaction Design
  
  Syracuse University
  
  Aug 2011 - Dec 2011 (4 months)
  
  Guided students through development of blood glucose monitors, including interface design, user experience, sketching demos, and modeling techniques; both mock-up and final appearance models. Often times led class sessions completely independently.
- Design Intern
  
  John Green Designs
  
  May 2011 - Aug 2011 (3 months)
  
  Collaborated with English designer John Green in development of furniture, lighting, and household objects for various European companies, including a range of kitchen gadgets for Joseph Joseph.
- Design Intern
  
  Select Design
  
  Jun 2010 - Aug 2010 (2 months)
  
  Assisted in busy brand devlopment + packaging design firm. Duties included Point-of-Purchase design and aiding in the design of a Taipei boutique hotel.
- Design Intern
  
  Adhoc Syracuse
  
  Jan 2010 - May 2010 (4 months)
  
  Generated ideas, sketches, and models for Canadian contemporary furniture designer Garth Roberts. Was the only 3rd year student to be accepted for competitive position.
Awards

_First Place - Junior Prize Paring Knife Competition, SU

_First Place - Design Research Tool, SU

_Cum Laude (3.5 GPA)

_Semi-Finalist in 2009 Metropolis Green Design Charette, SU

_Gnome Award 2011 for Design Research Tool, SU

_Bert Rice Memorial Prize for Outstanding Industrial Design Student

_Robert Kalvitis Award for excellence in Thesis presentation
Affiliations

Abercrombie & Fitch
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Branded Environments Project Manager

Industrial Designer, Packaging – Lead