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[ skills & software ]Creative Skills
Problem solving, detail oriented & big picture perspective, tinkering, brainstorming, problem assessment, sketching, prototyping, fabrication planning, graphic & web design Personality Team player, organized, efficient, observant, troubleshooter, proactive thinking Technical Skills CAD modeling, 3D printing, laser cutting, CNC programing, wood shop equipment & hand tools, technical drawings, software system integration Softwares Photoshop, Illustrator, XD, AfterEffects, HTML, CSS, Fusion 360, SolidWorks, AutoCad, SketchUp, Keyshot, Dotmailer, Microsoft Excel & Office Suite |
[ work experience ]Mid-Level Graphic Designer
Salzman Group // October 2017 - Present Work as part of the creative team responsible for the marketing and day-to-day upkeep of several e-commerce sites: primarily WholeLatteLove.com. Design and deploy multiple email blasts per week that reach our 100,000+ subscribers. Create relevant content to populate our brand's social media presence. Design fresh display ads for internet marketing. Sewing & Textile Art Instructor Creativity Shell // August 2017 - April 2018 Part-time instructor for workshops and evening classes for kids age 5+. Assisting leadership in this launch of new chapter in Rochester, NY. The Creativity Shell is a non-profit organization dedicated to educating the next generation of makers with essential life and practical skills. Creative Mastermind // CTO Viggi Kids, Corp. // March 2015 - June 2017 Co-founder of children's product design firm. Designer for marketing materials (print, web & video), product design for Digit Widgit® and STEM line, manufacturing strategies and for the Vidget® and Digit Widgit®. General operational and technical guru...basically any software or system that needed customized and integrated into our processes, I configured (and learned a lot along the way). Adjunct Professor Rochester Institute of Technology // Spring 2015 Teaching advanced CAD modeling techniques & strategies to junior and senior level industrial design students. Focused on Solidworks 2014 and Keyshot 5. Senior Designer Rove Design Group // February 2013 - March 2015 Consultant for graphic & web design clients. Concept development, brainstorming & new product ideation. Designer and collaborator for Viggi Kids brand and products. Designer & Fabricator Olga Gallery // August 2011 - September 2014 Graphic design for web, packaging & advertising, designing web sites for online sales, product photography, and fabricating custom wood displays. |
[ continuing education ]Autodesk Fusion 360 Integrated CAD/CAM
Autodesk via Coursera // May 2018 The course offered a detailed roadmap to Fusion 360. It provided direction on how to use many features. By choice, I further delved into creating CAM programs, parametric modeling, and rendering. Tinkering Fundmentals: Motion & Mechanisms The Exploratorium via Coursera // December 2017 The course offers educators and enthusiasts an opportunity to develop a practice of tinkering and making. Tinkering has recently been introduced into the educational field as a potential driver of creativity, excitement, and innovation in science learning. It is seen by many as an effective means to engage in exploring STEM concepts, practices and phenomena. [ internships ]Exhibit Design Intern
Montshire Museum of Science // March - June 2012 Assisting exhibit staff with prototyping, CAD modeling, visitor testing, graphic design, and traveling exhibit change. Lead designer on two small exhibits. Exhibit Design Intern Rochester Museum & Science Center // April - July 2011 Working with museum staff to redesign elements of an interactive and creating proposal for interactive seating in main entrance. Apprentice Jeweler Walker Metalsmiths // June-September 2010 Responsible for precious metal casting production: approx. 200 pieces per week. Involved in all aspects of lost wax casting process & finishing. |
[ education ]
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Rochester Institute of Technology
Rochester, New York Bachelor of Fine Arts in Industrial Design, May 2011 Minor equivalent in Metals; Concentration in Psychology Summa Cum Laude Honors & Exhibitions RIT Honors Program and Honors Scholarship 2009-2011 Dean’s List in all quarters 2007-2011 Outstanding Undergraduate Scholar 2011 |
Exhibitions & Publications
RIT Industrial Design Senior Show 2011 RIT Research and Innovation Symposium, Winter 2011 Walker Metalsmith’s Apprentice Show, 2010 Imagine RIT exhibitor, 2010 Northern Tier Cultural Alliance: Potter County Artisan 2009 Co-author of Explorations in Geometry, a college-level geometry book. Book and course were presented at the 2009 NYSMATYC Conference. |
[ patents ]
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Patent No. US D825,667 S
Design Patent // Issued August 14, 2018 Educational Set of Children's Dice Blocks [ Digit Wigit® ] Patent No. US D843,481 S Design Patent // Issued March 19, 2019 Balance for an Educational Set of Children's Dice Blocks [ Digit Wigit® ] |