Tiffany Burnette

Tiffany Burnette

Entrepreneur, Educator & Design Consultant

Resume

Tiffany Burnette
Brooklyn, NY
tiffburnette@gmail.com
www.designhypeinc.com
www.coroflot.com/tiffb

Experience in Design

Designhype, Inc.
Founder and Designer
Milestones - Milan Metro Cuff Launch, NYC Metro Cuff Launch
June 2005 - Present

OgoSport, Brooklyn, NY
Toy Package Design & Graphic Design Consultant
May 2008 - Present

Collective/4, Brooklyn, NY
Co-founder/Designer
March 2007 - May 2008
Design/Build Sustainable Furniture & Home Products

Majic Creative, Inc., Philadelphia, PA
Product Design & Development, Toy Package Design, Graphic Design Consultant
August - November 2008

Bed, Bath and Beyond, Farmingdale, NY
Product Design Intern
June - July 2008

Sharp Corporation, Conshohocken, PA
Pharmaceutical Package Design, Product Development, Strategic Marketing, Co-Inventor Patent holder: AdvantagePak, F=1 Child Resistant/Senior Friendly Package Design & Development
September 2004 - August 2006

Experience in Education

Sweat Equity Education (SEE), New York, NY
Content Expert, Curriculum Development, Online Curriculum Development, Professional Development, Educator
August 2008 - Present

Quest 2 Learn, New York, NY
Educator, Industrial Design & Marketing
Fall 2009

Curious Jane, Brooklyn, NY
Educator, Architecture & Toy Design
Summer 2009

Liberty Partnerships, Brooklyn, NY
Assistant Educator, Industrial Design
Fall 2006, grades 5-9

E d u c a t i o n

Masters of Industrial Design (MID)
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn, New York
September 2006 - May 2008

Textile Design
Denmark Design School
Copenhagen, Denmark
July - August 2007

Bachelor of Science Industrial Design
The University of the Arts
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
August 2000 - May 2004

Professional Recognition

HOW Magazine
February 2010 issue, pg. 20
Off The Cuff - Featuring NYC Metro Cuff

www.gizmodo.com
NYC Subway Mapped to Street Gauntlet - Featuring NYC Metro Cuff
June 29, 2009

The Nest Magazine, Fall 2007 Issue
Home Office Furniture Design for Dwell Magazine's Project
"Building Green in Harlem"

Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council 2005
Innovative Design Winner for AdvantagePak

Activities & Awards

2008 - Outstanding Merit, Pratt Institute
2007 - Teacher's Assistant, Graduate Program, Pratt Institute


Software Qualifications

ArtiosCad Packaging Software, Adobe CS5, Ashlar-Vellum Cobalt, AutoDesk Inventor, Solid Works

Design & Business Qualifications
Oversee the daily operations of a design company
including: making financial decisions, logistics, new
product development & design, sourcing over-seas
manufacturing, branding & marketing, product
launches, licensing intellectual property, and
strategic planning & implementation of over-all
company vision.


Location

Brooklyn, NY

Specialties

  • Industrial Design
  • Fashion/Apparel
  • Packaging

Experience

5 years

Education

Pratt Institute

Awards

Professional Woman of the Year 2010 by The National Association of Professional Women (NAPW) Patent Co-Inventor AdventagePak Healthcare Compliance Packaging Council, Innovative Design Award 2005, AdvantagePak

Affiliations

The National Association of Professional Women (NAPW)