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Aaron Pizzuti

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Award winning designer, creative leader, and educator across multiple industries and product types.

As the President and Design Leader of Pizzuti Design, I leverage my 20+ years of experience and passion for art, design, and engineering to help clients create meaningful solutions that disrupt saturated markets and deliver world-class design services. I have worked with a variety of businesses in multiple industries, from independent entrepreneurs to established global icons, such as Chrysler, Nike, Adidas, Under Armour, Keds, G/FORE, Rivian, AM General, and Vinfast.

Looking for help bring an idea to market? Contact us at pizzutidesign@gmail.com.
Education
- BFA Industrial Design
  
  Cleveland Institute of Art
  
  1995 - 1999
- 2MET Mechanical Engineering
  
  Penn State University
  
  1992 - 1995
Experience
- Principal & Design Director
  
  Pizzuti Design LLC
  
  Pittsburgh, PA
  
  Sep 2013 - Present (11 years 10 months)
  
  Product Design, Innovation, and Creative Direction.
  
  Drawing on a career of 20+ years of building product and leading creative teams for the most recognized and respected global brands.
  
  Specialities:
  Original Thought
  Footwear Design
  Automotive Design
  Creative Direction
  Design Consulting
- Sr. Creative Director
  
  Under Armour
  
  Portland, OR
  
  Jan 2014 - Sep 2017 (3 years 8 months)
  
  Sr. Creative Director for Under Armour Basketball and Men's Training and Cleated footwear teams.
- Designer
  
  Nike
  
  Oct 2008 - May 2013 (4 years 7 months)
  
  Designer for Nike Core Performance Group. Responsible for designing a line of performance training footwear that generates over $350 million dollars of revenue annually and accounts for 77 percent of Nike's global training footwear business.
- Senior Designer
  
  Converse
  
  Mar 2008 - Oct 2008 (7 months)
  
  Senior Designer for Converse Performance Basketball group. Responsible for creating innovative advanced concepts and performance product for Converse basketball athletes.
- Design Manager
  
  Chrysler
  
  2006 - 2008 (2 years)
  
  Managed a team of designers and clay modelers in developing exterior design proposals for the 2011 Dodge Charger.
- Designer
  
  Daimler Chrysler
  
  1999 - 2006 (7 years)
  
  Generated concept and production exterior and interior designs for Jeep, Dodge and Chrysler brands.
  
  • 2011 Dodge Durango, Lead Exterior Designer of 2011 Durango, led Design team through theme confirmation.
  
  • 2009 Dodge Ram, Contributing Exterior Designer.
  
  • 2006 HEMI Nitro Concept, Project Leader as shown at SEMA 2006.
  
  • 2006 50K Wrangler Concept, Project Leader, as shown at SEMA 2006.
  
  • 2004 Jeep Hurricane, Lead Designer, generated concept and led development of Jeep Hurricane concept as shown 2005 NAIAS.
  
  • 2000 Dodge Durango, Contributing Exterior Designer, led development of scale and full size themes for 2004 Dodge Durango.
Awards

2011 Patent Award Nike Lunar Edge

2010 Patent Award Nike Trainer 1.2

2010 Patent Award Dodge Durango

2005 IDEA Silver Award Jeep Hurricane Concept

2005 Popular Science Best of What’s New Jeep Hurricane Concept

2005 Autoweek Most Fun Concept Jeep Hurricane

2005 Patent Award Primary Inventor Jeep Hurricane

2004 Patent Award Dodge Durango

1999 First Agnes Gund Award presented to top graduating student

1998 Chrysler Scholarship

1997 CIA Honorary Scholarship
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