Coroflot

Resume

EDUCATION

Georgia Institute of Technology . Atlanta, GA . 8/2006 – 5/2010
Bachelors of Science in Industrial Design – College of Architecture
Certificate in Chinese Language – Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts
Certificate in Marketing – College of Management
Cumulative GPA: 3.92 – Highest Honors

Shanghai Jiao Tong University . Shanghai, China . 5/2008 – 8/2008
Attended Language for Business and Technology Program

Harvard University . Cambridge, MA . 5/2005 – 8/2005
Attended Secondary School Program for
International Relations, Political Philosophy


DESIGN EXPERIENCE

Industrial Design Intern . Speck Products . 9/2010 – 12/2010
Designing cases and bags for hand held electronics and laptop computers. Work includes brainstorming new concepts, preparing product ID specs, building prototypes, and forecasting design trends.

Porch Light Studio . Atlanta, GA . 5/2010 – 9/2010
Designing packaging and retail displays, as well as launching brands and websites for clients from the home improvement industry, including: The Home Depot, Husky Tools, Georgia-Pacific, and Glacier Bay.

Info Retail . Atlanta, GA . 1/2009 – 5/2010
Designed in-store graphic solutions, product packaging, and showrooms for clients from the home improvement and bedding industries, including: Home Depot, Kohler, Dream Fit, and Tempur-Pedic. Also prepared brand and product strategy presentations for our top clients.

Museum of Design Atlanta . Atlanta, GA . 8/2009 – 2/2010
Project managed and designed elements for the Love Nests exhibit which opened in February 2010. Oversaw the creative direction as well as production.

People of Resource . Atlanta, GA . 11/2008 – 12/2008
Crafted custom furniture for redesign of the Jones Group office interior.
Duties included manufacturing, finishing, assembly, packaging, and installation. Design won 2009 Atlanta Downtown Design Excellence Award for the Office Category.

Instant Imprints . Alpharetta, GA . 5/2006 – 9/2006
Designed and manufactured signage and clothing using various techniques
including screen printing, embroidery, vinyl appliques, and large format plotting.

The Accolade Newspaper . Roswell, GA . 9/2004 – 5/2006
Served as Design Chief of newspaper, leading a design team in charge of
page layouts, graphics and advertisements as well as photography.

ACTIVITIES AND RECOGNITION

Exhibited Designer. Modern Atlanta . 6/2010
Exhibited the Flicker Sustainable Lamp at Modern Atlanta’s 2010 Design is Human Kickoff Party.

President’s Student Honors Luncheon . Georgia Tech . 5/2010
Invited to a special recognition luncheon by President G.P. “Bud” Peterson
for being the most outstanding scholar from Industrial Design.

Merit Award Winner . IDSA Georgia Tech . 3/2010
Recognized by judges from Echo Visualization and Formation Design Group
for the most outstanding body of work by a graduating student. Represented Georgia Tech at the 2010 IDSA Southern District Conference.

Vice President . IDSA Georgia Tech . 8/2009 – 5/2010
As Vice President and Secretary, founded a competition and film series and increased outreach to local professionals and regional institutions through ATL.Connect 2010.

Design Scholarship Award . Georgia Tech Industrial Design . 5/2009 – 5/2010
Awarded the 2010 & 2009 Design Scholarship Award for highest GPA in class.

Exhibited Designer. Museum of Design Atlanta . 5/2008 – 7/2008
Co-designed the sustainable Planter Bench with Miguel Arias,
featured in MODA’s Made in Georgia exhibit in the Summer of 2008.

Best in Section . Georgia Tech College of Architecture . 5/2007
Received the Common First Year Best in Section Award
and invited as a sophomore to judge CFY reviews.

Undersecretary General . Georgia Tech Model UN . 8/2006 – 8/2008
Directed multiple conferences, while developing all graphics and collateral.

Food Drive Captain . Lambda Chi Alpha Fraternity . 8/2006
While Food Drive Captain, lead the chapter’s winning team and as a result
collected the most food donations of any chapter in the nation.