Experience

PM&J, LLC

• Retail
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Sample Coordinator and Design Intern

  • Apr 2022 - Present



The Wedding Shoppe

• Bridal Consultant & Stylist

  • Aug 2021 - Present



Rockler Companies, Inc.

• United States
• Retail
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Industrial Designer

  • Jun 2020 - Sep 2021



Spye

• United States
• Design Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Creative Project Manager

  • Aug 2019 - Jun 2020

  Spye is a family of technology companies that specialize in enhancing the environment of peoples living and working spaces. Our specialties include digital signage, content management and deployment, and custom environment design.As part of the creative team, I collaborate with graphic designers, engineers, and industrial designers to build high level projects. As project manager, I look forward to improving processes, streamlining workflow, and being creative while doing it! My favorite part is learning new technologies every day in this progressive digital technology world.



madesmart®

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Director of Design and National Sales

  • Nov 2017 - May 2019

  Identify, initiate, plan, and build design strategy and programs for major retailers in the home organization categories of kitchen, bath, office, and healthcare. Collaborated externally with major retailers to plan programs and products. Including Target, Bed Bath & Beyond, TJMaxx, Container Store, Lowe’s, and Walmart. Lead and mentored a diverse design team of industrial designers, graphic designers, and engineers- to bring successful products to market. Implemented and lead design team through processes of trend research, ideation, hand-sketching, user research, focus groups, 3D modeling, presentations, group critiques, prototyping, 3D printing, material sourcing, and manufacturing processes. Collaborated with Chinese and US manufacturers to complete successful development of new product lines. Traveled to Chinese factories to oversee production processes. Lead and mentored domestic and international sales teams- resulting in successful business growth and high level account management. Cross-collaboration with all departments- including finance, operations, shipping, inventory, design, packaging, sales, and management teams.

• Senior Product Designer

  • Jan 2013 - Nov 2017

  Design housewares and organization products for consumer use. Manage projects and see through to completion- from concept ideation stage, all the way through manufacturing. Find product opportunity gaps in the market in order to bring new ideas to retailers such as Target, TJMaxx, and Container Store. Guide a team of industrial designers, engineers, and graphic designers through trending, product research, sketching, Solidworks modeling, oversee rapid prototyping, engineered parts, packaging layouts, and graphic design- to ensure a successful product is brought to market.

• Product Designer

  • Jun 2011 - Jan 2013

  Design housewares products from concept through manufacturing. Find market gaps, create hand sketches, physical prototypes using 3D printing methods, trend research, collaborate with Chinese factories to ensure manufacturability of products. Travel to China to oversee manufacturing, learn about processes and source new materials.



WhiteBoard Product Solutions

• United States
• Design
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Industrial Designer

  • Jun 2013 - Jan 2014

  Worked in a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary consultancy on a variety of products- including medical devices, home-goods, and toy designs. Demonstrated ability to consistently deliver innovative solutions within short deadlines- through hand sketching, physical model making, and using 3D Solidworks. Worked directly with clients to brainstorm and collaborate. Worked in a fast-paced, multi-disciplinary consultancy on a variety of products- including medical devices, home-goods, and toy designs. Demonstrated ability to consistently deliver innovative solutions within short deadlines- through hand sketching, physical model making, and using 3D Solidworks. Worked directly with clients to brainstorm and collaborate.



Henkel

• Germany
• Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Packaging and Innovations Design Intern

  • Jan 2011 - Jun 2011

  Designed innovative packaging and product concepts through hand sketching, consumer research, and Solidworks modeling. Conducted in-depth research on new materials and packaging technologies. Researched new packaging and product technologies, created presentations, mood boards, and 3D Solidworks models for tooling designs and rapid prototyping. Worked closely with consumer focus groups by observing mediated groups and studying patterns/responses. Created physical stimuli for focus group studies. Obtained two granted patents: (Container, USD705069S1, US and CA- 2011), (Tooling for manufacturing a unit dose pouch, EP2817132B1, US, CA, EU, MX- 2013)



Great Northern Corporation

• United States
• Packaging & Containers
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Industrial Design Intern

  • May 2010 - Jan 2011

  Worked with a team to design point of sale concepts through hand sketching, 3D modeling, and prototypes. Worked in ArtiosCAD to engineer displays and corrugate structures- and tested using large format printers and cutting tables. Collaborated with engineering and graphics teams to implement design strategy. Designed for brands such as Target, Nintendo, 3M, Timberland, EcoWater, and Wal-Mart. Worked with a team to design point of sale concepts through hand sketching, 3D modeling, and prototypes. Worked in ArtiosCAD to engineer displays and corrugate structures- and tested using large format printers and cutting tables. Collaborated with engineering and graphics teams to implement design strategy. Designed for brands such as Target, Nintendo, 3M, Timberland, EcoWater, and Wal-Mart.



University of Wisconsin-Stout

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Visual Resources- Office Assistant

  • Sep 2008 - May 2010

  Retouched images for presentation use of professors, worked in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, managed slide library, kept inventory of and maintained photo equipment while lending out to students and staff. Upheld a high standard of cleanliness and organization while maintaining the library space. Retouched images for presentation use of professors, worked in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator, managed slide library, kept inventory of and maintained photo equipment while lending out to students and staff. Upheld a high standard of cleanliness and organization while maintaining the library space.