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Rob King
313-550-2987 cell
rob.kingdesign@yahoo.com

Transportation designer and model builder

Ford Motor Co. 11.1.2010-Present
Clay modeler on full size and scale model cars. Duties include Hand modelling on exterior and interior models and running the Fidiaand Taurus controllers on the Taurus mills.

Design  Consultant and freelancer, 1994-Present
Perform all phases of design from initial concepts, design refinement to final design solutions, final sketches, computer aided design, model making, prototype work ready for production.

Professional Experience:
Artha Works. Design and prototype a variety of projects from cars to carbonfiber airplane parts and bike parts.
Fiber glass and carbonfiber repair. small and big projects
Rick scott Design. Various Toy projects (can"t talk about yet)
Iron-lad Golf. Render various projects
MoJo sports. various deign projects (can't talk about yet)
Vector. Build full size car model of New Vector.
Basic Creations. Design and build models of exotic DVD and CD cases for the entertainment and game industry.
Rever Corsa. Design sketches for a new motorcycle.
DCB, Design and build full size boat plugs.
Ultra Custom Boats, Design and build full size boat plugs, t-shirt designs, all graphic designs.
Cobra Performance Boats, Design and build full size boat plugs, all graphic designs and all associated advertising materials.
Eliminator, Design and build full size boat plugs.
Hallett Boats, Design and build full size boat plugs.
Nordic Boats, Design and build full size boat plugs.
Medical Illuminations, Design and build models and prototypes.
San Diego Hydro Trailers, Design and build full size models ready for roto cast molds.
BMW, Designworks USA, Collaborate with designers on 4 Car projects.
Panoz Automotive, Design and build front and rear bumpers for the GTLM and concept sketching and rendering on Abruzzi.
Dimora Motor Car, Concept sketches over Rhino models for ideas.

Simpkins Design Group, Carlsbad CA. 1990-1997
Responsibilities included, concept sketches, refinement drawings, initial blue prints and all final design renderings and model building. Projects were: Medical equipment for Midmark Medical, pontoon and deck boats for Harris Kayot, x-ray aprons for E-M-EM and flight simulators for Fly-it Motion Simulators.

Exhibit Concepts, El Cajon, CA. 1987-1990
Exhibit design and building in the fabrication shop.

Exhibit Fabricators, Salt Lake City, Ut. 1986-1987
Exhibit design and building in the fabrication shop.

Design Center, Salt Lake City, UT.  1985-1985
Study exhibit design, shop help and clean up.

Sessions Construction, Park City, UT. 1982-1984
Framing, pickup, drywall.

Skills:

Fluent in Photoshop CS3 and CS5, Illustrator on Mac OSX platform, Knowledge of Solid Works, Alias auto desk, and Rhino 3D modeling programs, many years experience in Clay modeling, wood, bondo and fiberglass modelling " Plug building", scale and full size model building, and prototyping.

Education:

Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA.  August 2002
Bachelor of Science, Transportation Design.

Recognition:

Listed in various Hot Boat, Powerboat, Extreme Boats and Performance Boats Magazines for crafting new and exciting boats and for advancing the boat industry to what it is today. Also listed in Car Styling magazine, Autoweek and Playboy Magazines. My boats earned “Powerboat of the year” awards for my designs in the years: 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003,
2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 2008 and 2009.