Brent James

Graduate Student - MFA(Industrial Design)

A resourceful, perceptive design student with a passion for athletics and street culture, focused on pursuing a career in footwear design/development. I am in my final year of the MFA Program in iD at the Academy of Art University and currently pursuing full-time employment and/or freelance projects.

Resume

Professional Experience:

The North Face
Assistant Footwear Designer 01.10-Present
Working with the design team to create tech. packs for the upcoming season.

Reebok International(Adidas Group)
Footwear Design Intern(Basketball/running) Summer 2009
Worked with the design team to learn the footwear design process from concept to production. Produced material specs. and colorways for upcoming projects. Aided in the completion of various design presentations.

Fleet Feet San Francisco
Sales Associate(Running Specialty)11.08-Present
Analyzing runners' gait to feed their footwear needs. Familiarizing myself with technical footwear and the demands of the industry.

Geox Inc.
Supervisor(Footwear Retail) 11.07-11.08
Working for one of the world's top retailers of footwear; Interacting with customers/trying to discover what they really need/want

Gamasonic (Atlanta, GA)
Freelance Designer 08.07
Developed a redesign of an existing solar powered address sign.
Also consulted on packaging design.

Magenta (San Francisco, CA)
Product Design Intern(Tabletop) 05.07-01.08 + Freelance
In house design projects, sample review, digital photography, cataloging digital library, helping designers put together presentations and boards.

McCartan (San Francisco, CA)
Interior Design Intern(Commercial & Residential) 08.06-05.07
Preparing CD/Details for the designed interiors for commercial projects

McIntyre Capron Architects (Philadelphia/Paoli, PA)
Architectural Intern(Residential) 07.05-7.06
Consulted on design challenges; Prepared construction documents, presentation plan sets & mechcanical/electrical plans; Site surveys

Neil Hauck Architects (Darien, CT)
Architectural Intern 06.04-08.04
Prepared construction documents; Gathered valuable experience in client meetings; Began plans for the re-design of the offices @ Neil Hauck Architects

R&M Architecture (Cheery Hill, NJ)
Cad Designer - 06.03-08.003
Aided in the designed reuse of industrial warehouses/factories; Surveyed the existing structures; Aided in the as-built drawings of Willingboro Township School System for renovation

Blansfields Builders (Danbury, CT)
Construction - 06.02-08.02
Demolition through installation in residential construction/renovation

Skills:

Cad drawing: AutoCAD, Alias, Rhino, Arris, Vellum/Graphite
Design layout/presentation/rendering: Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign & Painter
3D rendering: Sketchup & Rhino
Detailed model building

Education:

Academy of Art University
Fall 2006-Present
Candidate for a MFA in Industrial Design

Cal-Berkeley
Fall 2006
"Design Thinking" course with their MBA program

University of Pennsylvania
BA in Architecture, May 2005
Helped pioneer relationship between CHAD (Charter School of Architecture and Design) and the University; Study abroad in Florence, Italy(summer '04); Varsity soccer and track & field

Danbury High School
Graduated with Honors June 2001
Perry Award for Architecture, Waterworks Scholarship(architecture majors)
Varsity Soccer(State Champion); Varsity Track and Field(Captain, State Champion, All-American)


Location

San Francisco, CA

Specialties

  • Industrial Design
  • Fashion/Apparel
  • Architecture

Experience

3 years

Education

Academy of Art University
University of Pennsylvania

Affiliations

IDSA Student Chapter