Resumé

EDUCATION

Syracuse University, College of Visual & Performing Arts
Industrial & Interaction Design, BID
Minor in Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences
Graduated May 2009

DESIGN EXPERIENCE

PPC (East Syracuse, NY- www.ppc-online.com) Industrial Designer (Jul. 2009- Jun. 2012)
• Worked creatively and collaboratively with the Engineering, Marketing, and Legal Departments to develop innovative products, packaging, and graphics for professional and consumer broadband, telecom, and satellite solutions.

• Created form study models and mood/trend boards, and daily work involved concept sketching, CAD development and rendering, creating graphics, working with attorneys on patent modeling, litigation demonstratives, and overseeing of animation efforts.

• Design patents: D617,656, D617,655, D619,019, D619,020, D630,950, others pending

Lori Portka- Happiness Through Art (Fayetteville, NY- www.loriportka.com) Freelance Designer (Jun. 2009- Present)
• Work with multi-media artist to create company identity, including logo, packaging, and graphic design.

• Compile and incorporate artist’s images into a company catalog, cards, posters, blog headers, blog buttons, calendar, and more.

Klutz, Inc. (Palo Alto, CA- www.klutz.com) Design Intern (Jun.- Aug. 2008)
• Assisted book designers with daily tasks including brainstorming, creating handmade mock-ups, altering and designing graphics, and backing at model photoshoots.

Center of Excellence (Syracuse, NY- www.syracusecoe.org) Exhibit Designer (Sept.-Nov. 2007)
• With a team of students designed and built a sustainable exhibit for GREENBUILD 2007 Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.

• Responsible for concept brainstorming, sketching, and design and construction of furniture for exhibit.

OTHER EMPLOYMENT

NYS Oce of General Services (Albany, NY- www.ogs.ny.gov) Student Intern (Jun.-Aug. 2007)
• Handled space allocation assignments, which included charting and reporting of interior data using building blueprints and AutoCAD.

Village Art Program (Voorheesville, NY) Art Counselor (Jun.-Aug. 2006)
• Facilitated handmade art projects with elementary school aged children, inspired and encouraged creativity, and maintained organization of projects and supplies.

INTERESTS & ACTIVITIES

Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) member (Fall 2005- Present)
Make-A-Wish Foundation volunteer designer (Summer 2009- Present)
Alpha Phi Omega Co-Ed. National Service Fraternity brother, PR Chair (Spring 2008) (Fall 2006- Spring 2009)

SKILLS

Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign; iMovie; Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint; Experience with SolidWorks, Photoview 360, Alias, Adobe Flash, AutoCAD

Conceptual sketching; Research ideation; Construction of foam, foam core, ren, and wood models; Experience with vacuum-forming and 3D prototyping

PERSONAL INTERESTS

Travel, trying new foods, athletics, volunteering, cooking, baking

›References available upon request
›Online portfolio at http://sarinafiero.com

Projects by Sarina Fiero

Tea Kettle Design
4 Files

Hand-Held GPS Unit
5 Files

Consumer Cable Packaging
3 Files

Screen Cleaning Kit
1 File

RCA Connector
2 Files

Manifesto
1 File

Sketches
3 Files