Resumé

KONRAD SOLAREWICZ
• e-mail: konsolar@hotmail.com • phone number: (916)803-0688

OBJECTIVE: To continue expanding my experience at international level and to share my design expertise with domestic companies

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

English Teacher
Ansan Middle School, Yeosu, South Korea
08/2011 - Present

• Taught English Language to 1st year and 3rd year middle school students (most classes with 35+ students)
• Created lesson plans
• Created tests and tested students for their English language ability
• Constructed lesson material (including games, lecture presentations and tests) in PowerPoint & Acrobat format
• Taught local (Korean) instructors English so as to improve their English teaching abilities.

Freelance Designer
Hewlett-Packard, San Diego, California, USA
03/2010 – Present

• Helped develop presentation for storefront displays
• Developed 3D data & renderings for presentation purposes
• Work was done in Sacramento but delivered via internet

Freelance Designer
JDID, Sacramento, California, USA
11/2010 – Present

• Developed medical product concepts (sketch & photoshop)
• Developed concepts for a laptop computer project (sketch & photoshop)
• Created presentation renderings for various products develop by JDID
• Continued to work for JDID on freelance basis whilst teaching English in Korea

Full Time Industrial Designer
Tanita Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
12/2005 – 09/2010

• Developed concepts for consumer and professional measurement products which included body composition monitors, body fat monitors, weight scales, pet scales, kitchen scales, jewelry scales, thermometers, pedometers and alcohol sensors
• Acted as s a lead designer for several products thanks to which numerous
patent royalties were awarded by Tanita
• Aided in business communication with foreign divisions and outside contractors
• Helped coordinate several design projects between Tanita in U.K., Tanita in
Japan and design consulting firms in U.K. (ex: Wright Design Limited)

Full Time Industrial Designer
Nova Design, Taipei, Taiwan/Shanghai, China
06/2005 – 11/2005

• Designed award winning products (IF Award and Red Dot Award) for Taiwan and China markets
• Led a small groups of industrial designers in Shanghai and Taipei office to
successfully design several products including an office telephone, refrigerator for Midea (Chinese appliance maker) and I-pod accessories
• Researched brand identity and market trends in USA and China
• Taught novice designers in Taiwan various design skills

Conversational English Teacher / GUI designer
Prontest, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan
10/2004 – 04/2005

• Taught English language to Japanese students (adults and children)
• Developed graphics for English language education software

Full Time Industrial Designer
Panasonic AVC Networks Company America, San Diego, California, USA
01/2001 – 08/2004

• Created and refined concepts for TV product (such as flat tube TVs, round tube TVs, LCD TVs, large screen projection TVs, remote controllers and web TV devices) for North American and South American markets
• Carried out market and competition research
• Created packaging artwork for TV products
• Developed UI graphics for TV products
• Developed and organized color and material specs
• Coordinated projects with secondary parties (parts vendors, mockup makers and brand research specialists)

Freelance Designer
USA Products, Lodi, California, USA
11/2000 - 01/2001

Freelance 3D modeler
SOZO Design LLC, Burlingame, California, USA
07/2000 - 09/2000

Freelance Designer
Design Continuum West Coast, San Francisco, California, USA
03/2000 - 06/2000

Intern
Lunar Design, San Francisco, California, USA
08/1999 - 12/1999

EDUCATION:

Academy of Art College, San Francisco, California
Degree: Bachelor of Fine Arts Major: Industrial Design

SKILLS/TRAINING:

Design:
•product design •sketching •model making •market research •drafting •graphic design •packaging design •production methods

Computer:
•Rhinoceros •Illustrator •Photoshop •V-Ray •Microsoft Office •Alias Studio

Linguistic:
•English (fluent) •Polish (fluent) •Japanese (conversational)

Projects by Konrad Solarewicz