Martha Stewart 2007–Present, New York, NY
Product Designer

Researched historic movements and trends to inspire new furniture lines. Designed multiple collections from concept to CAD to prototype to market. Traveled domestically with design director for prototype reviews with vendors. Participated in a multidisciplinary group developing a compelling road map for fresh branding, product, and interactive media concepts to reach a younger demographic.

Matsushita Electric Works 2007, Osaka, Japan
Product Design Intern

Lifestyle and market research of Japanese home decor, storage and organization products. Traveled throughout Osaka, Tokyo and Kyoto. Developed and presented design briefs. Created a system of modular furniture for compact spaces.

Freelance 2005–2007, Brooklyn, NY
Graphic + Product Designer

Clients included OgoSport, Pratt Design Incubator and Sweetshop. Designed products, structural packaging, point-of-purchase displays and graphics. Developed identities, web sites, marketing materials and collateral.

Courtney & Company 2003–2005, New York, NY
Graphic Designer

Designed and developed brand identity, print collateral, promotional materials, web and multimedia for a wide range of clients, including Fortune 500 companies and local businesses. Clients included The Ritz-Carlton, Puma, AOL, Haagen-Dazs, SYSTRAN and Nielsen Media Research.

Piccirilli Group 1998-2002, Bel Air, MD
Art Director of Web Design

Helped create and lead an award-winning web development team. Designed web sites concept to launch. Managed site content and usability through collaboration with marketing strategists, copywriters, pho- tographers and programmers. Assisted creative director with concept and development of ads, direct mail campaigns, identity packages, and collateral. Produced illustrations and photographs.

education

Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY
Bachelors of Industrial Design, 2007

Danmark’s Designskole, Copenhagen
Scandinavian Furniture Design, 2006

ArtCenter at Smart Design, New York, NY
Product Design, 2004

Harford Community College, Bel Air, MD
Photography and Digital Media, 2000

skills
Visual communication (sketching, digital and marker rendering, graphics, typography, technical drawing). Model making and prototyping — foam studies, basic metal and wood construction, plastic casting and forming, slipcasting in ceramics.

software
Proficient in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and Quark, Dreamweaver, Flash, Solidworks, SketchUp, Graphite, and Microsoft Office (including PowerPoint).

awards
2008 Pinnacle Design Award for upholstered setting
2007 simplehuman Simple Solutions: First Place
2007 IDSA Student Merit Award Nominee
2003 American Graphic Design Award

exhibitions
2007 Design at Pratt: Bridging Disciplines
2007 Taxi 07, NY International Auto Show
2006 Young Americans, New Kastrup Easy Chair
2005 IDSA-LA Scientistic Invitational, Random Thought

references
Available upon request.

download
Resume PDF, 45KB
Industrial Design Projects Portfolio PDF, 4.5MB
Visual Design Samples PDF, 5.6MB