Industrial Designer | 3D Artist

Benny Lee

Atlanta, GA

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Design lead with strong visual experience. Diverse background in product development, user experience, and concept generation. Highly focused on driving efficiencies through the use of better communication and consumer experience.

Software | Solidworks, KeyShot, Fusion 360, Photoshop, illustrator, Sketchbook Pro, After effects, MS office

Industrial Design | Design strategy, UX design, Concept Generation, Model making, and Rapid Prototyping
Education
- Bachelor of Science - Industrial Design
  
  Georgia Institute of Technology
  
  2007 - 2011
  
  Graduated with high honor and 3.6/4.0 GPA; Awarded Kawneer Industrial Design Scholarship
Experience
- Industrial Designer | Visual Designer
  
  The Coca-Cola Company
  
  Atlanta, GA
  
  Feb 2014 - Present (9 years)
  
  • Industrial: Developing next-gen Freestyle vending and cooler products, spatial design, licensing products, 3D CAD modeling and render visuals.
  • Visual: Leading and executing 3D visual renderings, animation, motion graphics, cinemagraphs, and user-cenric interactive content.
- Industrial designer | Project Manager
  
  Case-Mate
  
  Atlanta, GA
  
  Nov 2011 - Sep 2013 (1 year 10 months)
  
  • Designed fashion lifestyle accessories for iPhone, iPad, mobile devices and other consumer electronic devices.
  • Developed new concepts, tech packs(technical drawings), 3D modeling, rapid prototyping, color & design trends, CMF, rendering, product naming, developing new strategies, and most importantly, bringing better products to the market.
  • Worked directly with SONY to develop multiple XPERIA official phone cases; rapid 24hr turnaround time from design concept to acquiring quote from Chinese vendor resulted one million-dollar contract
- Concept Photographer
  
  Benny Lee Photography
  
  Atlanta, GA
  
  Jul 2007 - Aug 2013 (6 years 1 month)
  
  • Experience with high fashion/glamour retouching, Photoshop manipulation, studio lighting, strobes, batch processing, Lightroom editing, and raw stacking
  • Featured on multiple magazines, online media, and SyFy TV Show
  • Managed projects from negotiating with clients, scouting, shooting, and retouching
- Graphic Designer
  
  MAQIO Toys Inc.
  
  Manchester, United Kingdom
  
  Jun 2011 - Sep 2011 (3 months)
  
  • Designed promotion materials for a 3-month campaign worth up to $15,000; including 8,000 flyers, 4 marketing posters, and permanent logo
  • Business affairs – negotiated terms of promotion materials for marketing campaign with known companies such as BANDAI, HASBRO, LEGO, and GIBSONS
Awards

• Kawneer Industrial Design scholarship (2010-2011)

• Outstanding scholastic achievement by placement on the Dean’s List (2007-10)

• Won best spatial design for window replacement project
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