EDUCATION
Summer 2018
Academy of Art University
BFA - Industrial Design
EXPERIENCE
2024 - Today
Lulu and Georgia
Lighting Designer
Supported the product development team in designing fresh and new products in many different lighting categories. Created tech packs for original designs as well as other collections designed by brand collaborators.
2023 - 2024
Kendo
Packaging Designer
Designed new pump designs for FENTY brands and created photo realistic renders for design decks/ internal reference images. Provided highly detailed renders for important product review presentations. Designed packaging for various brands including Ole Henriksen, FENTY Fragrance, FENTY Skin and FENTY Beauty.
2021 - 2023
Williams Sonoma Home
Lighting and Decor Designer
Responsible for product development of multiple projects for various seasons in lighting and decor categories. Designed towards business needs and executed on target costs in order to achieve desired margins for new products. Worked cross-functionally with merchants and sourcing teams in the development process and adapted to brands needs. Worked with in-country teams, vendors to achieve the quality needed for the luxury brand, with very small MOQ’s. Engineered complicated designs for consistent quality and lower manufacturing costs.
2018 - 2020
Gantri
Senior Industrial Design Engineer
Engineered lighting concepts for designers on the Gantri platform for FDM 3D printing. Designed original table lamps for the Gantri house brand. Managed a collaboration between Gantri and Ammunition to release three collections in three lighting categories, that lasted 6+ months. Responsible for modeling and all prototyping. Expert on optimizing 3D printing for production. Worked under increasingly tight deadlines that forced me to work as efficient as the machines I used. Designed and engineered 6 lamp designs for Palm and Dot Collection.
Sep. - Dec. 2014
Nooka
Industrial Design Intern
Sketched and rendered designs with presentation material for watches, home goods and wearable technology.
2016 - 2017
StoreXperts
Industrial Designer
Used a CNC router that I learned on site in order to prototype parts from sheets of ABS plastic. Engineered sheet metal parts in Solidworks to build and strength test prototypes of shelving systems. Created flat patterns for water jet cut sheet metal, parts were then pressed, formed and welded into subassemblies.