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Design Professional
Samantha Gustafson
Chicago, IL
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About
Highly motivated, insights driven designer with 2 years experience in international & domestic product design, strategy and research.
Design professional with integrity, empathy, and a track record of identifying key insights resulting in direct ROI.
Team player with experience in organizing collaborative co-creation workshops, in context research studies and managing external consultants, and interns. Experience working in multi-cultural, cross functional teams in the U.S., Spain, Germany and France. -
Education
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Industrial DesignUniversitat Wuppertal2011 - 2012Study Abroad Semester in Wuppertal, Germany at Bergische Universitat Wuppertal. Participated in a studio focusing on product development using eye tracking technologies in collaboration with the Bergische Institute. Final project was a tablet app concept.
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Bachelor Industrial DesignUniversity of Cincinnati2007 - 2012
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Experience
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Industrial Design & ResearchThe Chamberlain Group, Inc.Elmhurst, ILAug 2012 - Aug 2013 (1 year)-Worked on contract in research and strategy projects, and supporting design as needed.
-Worked on large scale qualitative research project involving multiple user groups and multiple languages, and countries.
-Assisted in focus groups and user surveys on existing and future products. Collaborated with market research to develop report on findings.
-Developed user personas for UX development projects.
-Conducted research for UX projects for competitive analysis, and use cases.
-Developed trend reports on color, finish and material and applied to specific projects.
-Mentored interns in future concept projects and professional development. -
Industrial Design Co-opChamberlainMar 2011 - Jun 2011 (3 months)-Worked with designers and design strategist on research, color, finish and material.
-Participated in group ideation sessions, and created soft models and presentations. -
Industrial Design Co-opChamberlainSep 2010 - Dec 2010 (3 months)-Worked with designers and design strategist on research, color, finish and material.
-Created documentation for sourcing and manufacturing detailing logo placement and specific CFM spec. -
Industrial Design Co-opRock Tenn Merchandising DisplaysMar 2010 - Jun 2010 (3 months)-Assisted designers in creating point of purchase mock-ups and designs for final production.
-Aided in instruction creation for in store display set-up.
-Responsible for training new intern. -
Industrial Design Co-opRock Tenn Merchandising DisplaysSep 2009 - Dec 2009 (3 months)-Assisted designers in creating point of purchase mock-ups and designs for final products.
-Aided in instruction creation for in store display set-up.
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Awards
Diabetes Mine Grand Prize Winner
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Affiliations
IDSA member
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@SamanthaGustafson, member since 2011
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