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Freelance Industrial Designer
Andres Alvarez Rios
Bogota, Colombia
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About
- Senior industrial designer with over 15 years experience.
- Coordination of interdisciplinary groups to manage the product development cycle. (Concept, Industrial Design, graphic image, packaging, budget analysis, manufacturing and marketing strategy).
- Experience in plastic part design. (injection molding, blow molding, rotational molding and thermoforming).
- Experience in lithographic printing, screen printing and prepress.
- Experience in design of metal parts.
- Perfectionist, highly detail oriented and with a comprehensive management of design process. -
Education
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Especialista en Gerencia de MercadeoUniversidad EAN2006 - 2007
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Diseñador IndustrialPontificia Universidad Javeriana1993 - 1998
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Experience
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Freelance designerKinetic MarketingJan 2013 - Present (9 years 4 months)- Concept industrial design and renders for merchandise products.
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Freelance DesignerVisualDJan 2012 - Present (10 years 4 months)- Concept design of POP displays, especially cosmetics and healthcare products.
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Design directorUmiplast S.A.Bogotá, Colombia2007 - 2011 (4 years)- Project management with a team of 4 designers.
- Development of special projects for key accounts.
- Direct communication and teamwork with clients for specific strategic design projects.
ACHIEVEMENTS:
- PROCTER & GAMBLE: Winner design for a new and breakthrough modular display system for LATAM regional deployment.
- PHILIP MORRIS: Winner design for an upgradeable high end cigarette dispenser for LATAM regional deployment. -
Freelance designerDigital Design SolutionsFeb 2007 - Mar 2007 (1 month)- Concept design of POP displays.
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Industrial designerUmiplast S.A.Bogotá, Colombia2001 - 2007 (6 years)- Design of any kind of displays for various POS campaigns.
- Graphic design and offset / screen printing prepress process for display's branding, catalogs, brochures, etc.
- Technical drawings and detailed specifications for manufacturing.
- Assembly instructions for knockdown displays.
- Approval of first run prototypes and final manufacturing pieces.
- During 2002 to 2003 a commercial work was developed, visiting and providing advice to clients additionally to main design functions, thus making a comprehensive project management cycle.
- Deals were closed for up to US$ 40.000 and later on leading to new repurchases.
- Pre-engineering process for key clients.
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Industrial designerIntegra diseño de exhibición Ltda.1999 - 2001 (2 years)- Design and 3d modeling of trade fair booths and displays.
- 3d animation
- Blueprints and specifications for manufacturing.
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Awards
INSTORE INNOVATION FAIR 2003, PROCTER & GAMBLE VENEZUELA. Recognition of the most innovative design for laundry and fabric care category
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Skills
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@DI_andredo, member since 2009
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