Jared Downs

Industrial Designer

Salt Lake City, UT

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Aspiration: To excel in a full-time design role, allowing me to make meaningful contributions to the design team while employing my open-minded approach to design.

Wentworth (WIT) Alumnus; Industrial Designer with a strong interest in outdoor sport products, medical products, systems design, and products that have an emphasis on environmental responsibility.

Adaptability best describes my well-rounded skill set: I have worked as an in-house designer, contractor, and freelancer. Working as a contract designer has strengthened my ability to work independently and cross-functionally.
Education
- BS Industrial Design Industrial Design
  
  Wentworth Institute of Technology
  
  2007 - 2011
Experience
- Freelance Designer // Independent Contractor
  
  Self-Employeed
  
  Apr 2009 - Present (12 years 5 months)
  
  Creating relationships with a focus on accountability, transparency, trust, and flexibility while accommodating client needs on a freelance basis.
  
  From working with clients as large as Hasbro Inc. to clients as small as a family run furniture company with a host of clients in between, the same service and attention to detail is provided through every stage of the design process.
  
  603.630.2453 // jared.downs.designer@gmail.com // www.jareddowns.com
- Contract Industrial Designer
  
  Eclipse Product Development
  
  Amesbury, MA
  
  Nov 2012 - Sep 2013 (10 months)
  
  My duties ranged from the following activities:
  
  Industrial Design
  Mechanical Engineering (Low / Moderate Complexity)
  Usability Testing / Protocol & Report Writing
  Ethnographic Researcher / Research Aid
  Prototype Assembler / Model Maker
  GUI / Branding / Graphics
- Contract Industrial Designer
  
  Helix Design, Inc.
  
  Manchester, NH
  
  Aug 2012 - Oct 2012 (2 months)
- Contract Industrial Designer
  
  Eclipse Product Development
  
  Amesbury, MA
  
  Oct 2011 - Dec 2011 (2 months)
- Industrial Design Co-op
  
  Hasbro, Inc
  
  Pawtucket, RI
  
  Jan 2010 - Dec 2010 (11 months)
  
  Brand :: Star Wars
  
  Co-op I :: January - May 2010
  Co-op II :: August - December 2010
- Industrial Design Intern
  
  EFI - Vutek
  
  Meredith, NH
  
  May 2008 - Aug 2008 (3 months)
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Soft Goods - Backpacking Shelter

Soft Goods - Backpacking Shelter from Jared Downs

Soft Goods - Backpacking Shelter

Soft Goods - Sleep System - A project set out to adress sustainability in hiking equipment

Concept Sketches - Concept Exploration

Hammock Testing - A second field testing trip was taken, this time to explore the reinforcement needed for the hammocking feature, there were no failures or major issues.

Refinement / Using - All uses of the product are shown above. Bivy, Hammock, Crash Pad, and a Seat Cushion

Carbon Footprint - Shown is a illustration of an example consumer living in Georgia who purchases the four individual products and the shipping that follows compared to the same consumer who purchases the Shelter unit only.

Final Sleep Shelter - Final All in one Bivy, Hammock, Crash Pad, and Seat Cushion

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Soft Goods - Backpacking Shelter

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Comments (3)

Ron Williams

Cool concept...

9 years ago
Jared Downs

Thanks Dave! Updated this today, hope it illustrates things better than the last one

10 years ago
Dave Fustino

nice dude... good research!

10 years ago

Dave Fustino

nice dude... good research!

10 years ago
Jared Downs

Thanks Dave! Updated this today, hope it illustrates things better than the last one

10 years ago
Ron Williams

Cool concept...

9 years ago

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