Experience

Shaper

• United States
• Computers and Electronics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Product Design Lead

  • Jan 2023 - Present

• Head of Product

  • Apr 2020 - Dec 2022

• Digital Product Manager

  • Jul 2019 - Apr 2020



Opendesk

• Furniture and Home Furnishings Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Head of Content

  • Nov 2017 - Jul 2019

  London, United Kingdom Responsible for the creative/ strategic direction of channel and platform content, supporting a global 3-sided marketplace featuring designers, manufacturers and customers.

• Design, Production and Product Advisor

  • Nov 2017 - Jul 2019

  London, United Kingdom Overseeing product design/ engineering and production processes. Collaborating with an agile product development team to direct Opendesk's core product and deliver new platform features/ tooling for multiple stakeholders enabling product selection, configuration/ purchasing and manufacturing resource distribution.

• Senior Content Marketer

  • Nov 2016 - Nov 2017

  London, United Kingdom Production management of, and creative/ strategic direction for brand content distributed across all marketing channels including website, blog, social, email and other marketing campaigns.

• Product Advisor

  • Nov 2016 - Nov 2017

  London, United Kingdom

• Lead Designer

  • Sep 2015 - Nov 2016

  London, United Kingdom Management of bespoke furniture, interior and exhibition design projects for a range of high profile clients. Collaborating with product, development and engineering teams to develop a scalable process for manufacturing resource production and distribution.

• Business Development Researcher - Bay Area & NYC

  • Apr 2015 - May 2016

  London, United Kingdom Supporting maker community outreach and establishing new manufacturing partnerships. Networking with disruptive startups in the design, maker and technology scenes in order to establish brand partnerships and collaborations. Managing trade shows and events at Maker Faire, TechShop and Autodesk’s Forge conference.

• Designer

  • Oct 2014 - Sep 2015

  London, United Kingdom Bespoke furniture design for a range of clients. Overseeing product prototyping, directing multiple manufacturing partners. Producing manufacturing documents for digital fabrication, namely CNC milling. Supporting marketing team with graphic and visual design work for campaigns.



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• Freelance Designer

  • Jun 2014 - Sep 2014

  London, United Kingdom Concept design for new office seating collection featuring task chairs, meeting chairs and high stools for North American and European markets.



Opentools

• Creator

  • Dec 2013 - Aug 2014

  London, United Kingdom Opentools is a platform for the sharing of blueprints used to manufacture making tools, mechanisms, and contraptions. Blueprints can be downloaded in .dxf format and processed for production on various digital fabrication tools including CNC milling machines, 3D printers and laser cutters. The collection began with Minilathe - a miniature, downloadable lathe powered by a household electric drill.



Hendzel & Hunt

• Workshop Assistant

  • Apr 2012 - May 2012

  London, United Kingdom Assisting in the production of bespoke, hand-made furniture for local clients in Greater London.