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Senior Industrial Designer
POP Displays
Yonkers, NY
Apr 2016 - Present (8 years)
Ideation, conceptualization, rendering, and presentation of permanent POP displays for cosmetic, health and beauty, beverage, and DIY companies. Working closely with sales, project management, engineering, and estimating to work through the process. Perform retail research to ensure display fits within category and retail specifications.
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Dual-Skillset Designer
Sonoco Display and Packaging
Winston-Salem, NC
Jan 2011 - Mar 2016 (5 years 2 months)
Conceptual design, ideation, rendering, mockup prototyping, and presenting for corrugated structural design, packaging design, and permanent POP design for both national and global accounts.
I regularly go into different stores to immerse myself in the retail environment, be inspired by new displays and be educated in how the displays are implemented.
While working in a structural design capacity with jobs involving a great deal of common components used in different ways, I worked to create interactive Excel documents allowing me or other other designers to pull specific parts out of our database for ease of use.
For my conceptual blue sky projects, I strive to think differently, but also to think with the end user in mind to either draw attention (thus the message of the display), promote ease of use (shopablity), and ease of implementation in the store.
I utilize and maintain the Makerbot 3D printers in the office.
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International Package and Display Designer
Sonoco Packaging Services
Stryków, Poland
Jun 2010 - Dec 2011 (1 year 6 months)
Worked directly with sales and business development team to create proactive display and packaging concepts for the European market These were in the form of renderings, white samples, and/or full mockups. I also spent time researching the European retail environment, visited trade shows, and spending time in Sonoco's 3 fulfillment plants in Poland.
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Designer
Sonoco CorrFlex
Glen Rock, NJ
Oct 2007 - Jun 2010 (2 years 8 months)
Conceptual design, ideation, rendering, mockup prototyping, and presenting for corrugated structural design, packaging design, and permanent POP design for both national and global accounts.
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Student Designer
Pregis Rigid Packaging, Ltd.
Stanley, United Kingdom
Apr 2006 - Sep 2006 (5 months)
In this 3rd year student placement, I designed thermoformed food packaging for M&S, Waitros, Morrisons, and other food retailers.
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Student Designer
World Wide Licenses, Ltd.
May 2005 - Aug 2005 (3 months)
Design and Styling Polaroid digital cameras.
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Junior Designer
Riccarr Displays
Rockaway, NJ
Feb 2003 - Jun 2004 (1 year 4 months)
-Worked with a team through process of conceptualising, designing, prototyping, and manufacturing point-of-purchase displays for the consmetic industry.
-Was responsible for the operation and upkeep of a Stratasys Dimension 3D Printer.
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CopyMax Desktop Publisher
OfficeMax
East Hanover, NJ
Apr 2000 - Mar 2003 (2 years 11 months)
Was responsible for creating menus, flyers, posters, and calenders as well as operating and maintaining black and white and color copiers, laminators, and binding machiens. I also performed standard retail duties such as cash register operation, sales, and housekeeping.
This was my after school/summer job during high school. In my down time, I played with and learned Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, which would help me in my scholastic and work pursuits.