Leonor Montes de Oca

Exhibition Designer

I graduated from Exhibition Design at FIT in NYC, previously I studied Industrial Design in Mexico. I am looking forward to start working in design projects, commercial interiors and interactive exhibit environments.

Resume

OBJECTIVE

Interactive Exhibit Design, Commercial Interiors and Trade Shows

EDUCATION

Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York - Aug. 2009
Master of Arts, Exhibition Design.

Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico - Dec. 2004
Bachelor of Science, Industrial Design.


EXPERIENCE

Lippincott, New York, New York - April -
Retail Designer

Stag & Hare, New York, New York - Oct – Apr
Industrial Designer - Freelance
- Designed a broad range of innovative retail displays for different companies based on their branding language.
- Developed inviting environments and display solutions to be established in stores across the country.
- Collaborated with a team of brand strategists and graphic designers to achieve distinctive and competitive retail concepts.

LDJ Productions, New York, New York - Jul – Aug 2009
Exhibit Designer Intern
- Created a broad library of new trade show, retail and event products from different vendors.
- Collaborated in the design and visualization for fashion event layouts and renders of the booths.
- Independently, I developed a booth design with different layouts and budgeting for a main client.

Impresos Publicitarios Yga, Nuevo Leon. Mexico - Jan 2007 – Jun 2008
Industrial and Graphic Designer Manager
- Provided guidance to the clients through the design process of printed products.
- Designed plastic containers for food and liquid products.
- Created a communication system with the production department to improve processing work orders.
- Implemented a picture gallery of the company products to provide efficiency and enhance productivity.
- Designed the products catalog with improvements in visual language and user friendly information.

VAI SIEMENS Fuchs de Mexico, Nuevo Leon, Mexico - Dec 2005 – Dec 2006
Industrial Designer
- Produced engineering drawings to manufacture Electrical Arc Furnaces for international steel industries.
- Generated and analyzed drawings for production with cross checked verification.
- Created photo-realistic images of the products for project books, catalogs, website and posters to encourage better communication in the engineering department and with the client.
- Examined production drawings in order to project the materials lists for the manufacturing process.

Fly Producciones, Nuevo Leon, Mexico - May – Jun. 2005
Art director and Web designer – Freelance
- Directed and developed set design and special props for two TV commercials.
- Designed and developed company’s website: www.thefly.com.mx


LANGUAGE SKILLS - English (fluent), Spanish (Fluent), French (Conversational)

COMPUTER SKILLS - PC and Mac / Microsoft Office, Adobe: Indesign, Photoshop, Illustrator; CAD: AutoCAD, 3D Max, VectorWorks, SolidWorks, SolidEdge, Alias Studio.

Location

New York, NY

Specialties

  • Industrial Design
  • Exhibition Design
  • 3-D Modeling

Experience

3 years

Awards

Publication in Event Design Magazine, article: "Bright Futures" issue June-July 2009 1st Place winner designing furniture for the Industrial Design Prototypes Workshop, ITESM, 2002 / 2nd Place winner for national poster design contest for Eating Disorders, ITESM, 2002.

Affiliations

IDSA, Exatecs NY