David Allendorph

JumpStart Creative Services is a Design Consulting team geared toward helping companies succeed in their product design and product development endeavors.

Teaching 8 week and full semester classes on Studio Design, the Emotions of Design and real-world Business Practices of Design to Junior and Senior Level Design students. These classes cover the elements of what makes products great in the eyes of consumers and how to leverage positive, connected emotions to increase the commercial value of consumer products. In the Business Practices of Design we cover Design Research, Quoting, Statement of Work, Tracking Hours, Billing, Legal, General Business Practices, and Client Liaison, all while designing a product defined by an RFQ from a fictitious company.

Team taught a Jr. Level Design Studio Class with emphasis on Design Strategy, Product Emotion, User and Customer Research, Rendering, Presentation, Modeling/Mock-Up and Brand Building.

As Product and UX Design liaison to Executive Leadership was highest ranking Designer within Navistar. Led all aspects of Corporate Creative Design for all Navistar Brands (International Truck, IC Bus, Monaco and Holiday Rambler RV's) and Navistar JV's, including: CAT/Navistar NC2 Company, Mahindra Navistar Automotive Ltd. (MNAL), and Ford Commercial Truck (Blue Diamond Trucks, LLC) and directed a creative team of 30+ with a $3m annual budget. The ID team was tasked with all creative and aesthetic development of vehicle product lines from Graphic Design, Color/Trim Development and Interior and Exterior Shape/Form Creation. The Design team also provided Clay and Digital Sculpting and Final Surface Release to Engineering and down-stream users in a highly collaborative environment.

Managed and coordinated all product & UX design activities and had regular interface with the executive “Truck Industrial Design Committee” and the VP’s of Marketing/Brand Development and Vehicle Engineering. Chaired executive meetings and developed high-level plans and guidelines for maintaining Brand, UX and Product Design continuity, and championed these initiatives within the company and Functional Engineering to assure a strong and lasting Brand Image for the Truck and Bus Product Lines.

Led the Body Tech Management Staff as we worked to support Functional Engineering with Design, Aerodynamic and Human Factors Technical Criteria development in support of major product programs. In addition to administration of budgets, manpower, testing, and capital procurement, the Body Tech Leadership team worked with customers, suppliers and technology-providers to enhance the Human Resource and Technical capabilities of the group to better serve our internal and external customers.

Directed all aspects of Interior, Exterior, and Graphic Design content for all International Brand Medium and Heavy Truck and IC Bus product lines.

Participated in all aspects of Interior, Exterior, Graphic Design, Concept Development, and Product Design for the truck & bus product lines. Worked closely with Clay Modelers, Engineers, and Suppliers to establish cost effective design solutions for production programs. Served on Cross Functional Design Teams to better establish design goals and to understand and deliver to customer expectations.

Contributed to the Product, Graphic, and Advertising Design of Electrochemical Instruments, including liaison with Engineering, Marketing, Manufacturing, Photographers, and Printers. Worked on a X-Functional Team responsible for the design and production of the world's first computer controlled Electrochemical Analyzer. :