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Ryan Leech

State College, PA
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  • About

    With a wide ranging background in work experience and academic work, I bring a diverse breadth of knowledge that gives me a more thorough understanding of the world and human patterns. My strong suits include analytic thinking, rapid learning, research, leadership, digital design, collaboration, and ideation.

    I thrive on collaborations and visual thinking. I am a keen observer by nature, fascinated by our physical world and spatial relationships (enhanced by a Geography degree), and carry this spatial mindset into my creative world. I prefer the window seat.

    Beyond that, designing and building objects is truly satisfying, along with all of the failures, learning, and squiggly-line process that comes with doing it right.

    Thank you for finding me and my work!

    -Ryan Leech

  • Education
    • Masters Degree (M.A.) Industrial Design
      Savannah College of Art and Design
      2008 - 2010
      Industrial Design with a non-design background; program heavy in Design Management courses.
    • n/a Landscape Architecture
      Pennsylvania State University
      2002 - 2003
      1.5 years of Masters of Landscape Architecture; thoroughly amazing program but was not the design realm I was looking for.
    • B.S. Geography (Physical/Environmental)
      Pennsylvania State University
      1995 - 1999
  • Experience
    • Technical Sales; Marketing Manager
      Alpine Equipment
      Bellefonte, PA
      May 2011 - Present (15 years 1 month)
      This small business specializes in construction and mining equipment sales and rental. Beyond handling incoming sales inquiries, I managed the advertising budget, campaigns and artwork; designed and created all marketing collateral for print and web. I Oversaw pay-per-click advertising, SEO strategy, and hired and managed an inbound marketing partner to improve website visibility and brand awareness.

      In addition to sales and creative work, I also occasionally handled onsite equipment set up and installation, maintenance and repair. This required mechanical knowledge, hydraulic systems understanding, and having heavily stained work clothes.
    • R&D Intern
      Mohawk Industries
      Jun 2010 - Aug 2010 (2 months)
      Design for recyclability; a collaborative effort ideating options for flooring redesign that focused on ease of recycling for end-of-life disposal. Involved data gathering, problem finding, product research, design thinking, synthesis and presentation.
  • Awards

    2 time National Cyclocross Champion

  • Skills
    • Design Management
    • Furniture Design
    • Industrial Design
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