In my own words
— Scott<p>As a professional designer since 2010, I’ve found that my biggest passion in design lies not only within the realm of designing the successful product but within the ability to collaborate and share these skills with other designers and working professionals.
Product Design itself is such a fluid movement of tasks that I equate it to one of my other passions, skiing, and snowboarding: No matter how many years you’ve been doing, no matter the level of skill, you must always go into a new challenge reading your surroundings and staying humble. Then and only then can you truly enjoy the experience and share in its every nuance to succeed.</p>
Trajectory
Jan 2019 — Now
Senior Industrial Designer · Innovative Design Labs
Leading all Physical Product Design, Mechanical Engineering, Graphic Work, Visualization, and UX/UI wireframes and Initial Interactivity
Sep 2012 — Now
Co-Founder/Lead Creative · Push.Design
Lead Designer and Business Developer
Design, Review, and Execute Products for Production and Sale
Jun 2016 — Dec 2018
Senior Industrial Designer · WhiteBoard Product Solutions
As a Senior, I'm responsible for designing and prototyping products and ensuring they are completed on time, within budget, and meet the customer’s expectations. Additionally, effectively managing a wide range of clients and projects, both internally and externally, without the need for supervision.
Main Responsibilities Include, but are not limited to:
1. Provide appropriate designs using artistic and learned skills in a manner which best communicates the design to meet the clients’ requirements.
2. Fabricate prototypes in a media best suited to communicate the design along with meeting the project requirements.
3. Establish budgets, monitor, schedule, and coordinate projects.
4. Possess a broad skill and knowledge base, enabling the designer to carry a project from beginning to end.
5. Recognize, prevent and/or resolve issues or conflicts that may arise during the course of a program.
6. Provide leadership and mentoring for fellow designers.
7. Initiate new client relationships, educating them and selling WhiteBoard services.
Oct 2010 — Dec 2018
Creative Design Director · Big Appl Labs
Work with Varying Brands created under the umbrella of Big Appl Labs, including but not limited to: Monolith Clothing, Luxe Factor, Disrupt Knowledge, and WeeboSocial
Developed Brand Strategies, Graphic and Web Design, and helped to Market and Shape the Company and its Strategies.
Aug 2015 — Jun 2016
Adjunct Professor · University of Minnesota
Assistant to Several Classes (Concept Sketch and Development, Creativity and Toy Design, etc.) as well as writing Syllabus' and Course Planning for numerous classes for the launch for the PDES Program at the University of Minnesota in Fall 2016
Apr 2014 — Nov 2015
Senior Industrial Designer · Lava Design
Product, Experience, and Graphic Designer; alongside developing Design Strategy and Operations
Jan 2013 — Apr 2014
Industrial Designer · Sportech Inc.
Transportation Design work for ATVs, UTVs, and Snowmobile alike; While also overseeing product of said items on-site
Jan 2012 — Jan 2013
Industrial Design · Kablooe Design
Brand Development for Various Clientele, ranging from Industrial Design and Engineering to Packaging, UI, and Graphics
Jun 2010 — Dec 2011
Product Designer · Lava Design
Concept Generation, Presentation, CAD Modelling and Engineering
Jan 2002 — Dec 2010
Rental Tech and Sales · McAfee Ski & Snowboard
Certified Professional for Ski and Snowboard Mounting, Calibration, and Optomization
Jul 2009 — Aug 2009
Intern · Hasbro
Game Design
· Concept Development and Ideation for Parker Brothers and Milton
Bradley Brands, along with several others
· Brainstorming and Play Testing Various Emerging and Current
Games to ensure or evaluate User Experience
· Presentation illustration, Assembly, and Support
Jun 2008 — Aug 2008
Design Intern · KraftMaid Cabinetry
Concept Creation and Analysis of current product, Presentation creation (from Powerpoint to PDF to Video Editing), Photogaphic Documentation of Competitor and Own Product
Jan 2005 — Dec 2008
Studio Manager/Digital Editor · Lumiere Inc
Managed a Professional Photography Studio and Edited All Incoming Work
Jul 2006 — Jul 2007
Intern - Photo Editor and Cleaner · TRG Photo Studio
· Masking and Cropping of Photographs to meet client's needs for
advertisement
· Match color as closely as possible to original piece
· Print test each piece in various color profiles to confirm and fix all color matching
Activity
Education history
Cleveland Institute of Art
Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA) | 2006 - 2010
Sussex County Community College
Applied Studies | 2005 - 2006
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Associates Degree | 2003 - 2005
