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Wesley Bauer

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Outdoor Gear Designer
Denver | US

Skills

  • Adobe Photoshop
  • Design Drawings
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • 3D Modeling
  • Tech Packs
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Interests

Camping
Canoeing
Hiking
backpacking
Whitewater rafting

Industries

Bike
Creative Agencies
Lifestyle
Outdoor
Run
Skate
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In my own words

Wesley

I want to empower people to have new enriching experiences in the outdoors to greater humanity's appreciation of nature and everything it has to offer, through my continual pursuits as a designer, volunteer, and an outdoor enthusiast.

Trajectory

Jul 2023 — Now
Industrial Designer II · FORMSTUDY
Nov 2021 — Jun 2023
Industrial Designer · Fishpond
- Design and development for soft good products in the vest, pack, submersible, and luggage categories in the fly fishing industry for the 2022 season onward. - Design and implemented 3D model to tool for fly storage hard goods. - Created and implemented development schedule for 2022 season, 2023 development season. - Design and created new packaging for a variety of products. - Created new costing BOM template for better transparency of cost of materials within factory. - Vetted and coordinated the on-boarding of a new factory. - Created a centralized product information management system. -Manage and coordinate with warranty department on a variety of repairs and defects to be adjusted in production.
Oct 2018 — Oct 2021
Product Developer - Equipment · Marmot
-Served as designer for multiple down sleeping bags, synthetic sleeping bags, packs, gloves and accessories. -Technical developer for sleeping bags, packs, gloves, and tents. -Staged, shot and edited photography of products in development for internal and consumer facing channels. -Design and create presentations for specific key customers and retailers. -Managed the production of many of the packs, sleeping bags, tents, and gloves for the Fall 2019 season onward. -Coordinated testing and timeline for sleeping bag ISO Temperature testing. -Managed the technical and material information of all current and new equipment products. -Worked with the PLM system developers on implementing a new internal data system. -Organized product test trips for technical insight into current and new outdoor product categories. -Constantly communicating and adjusting designs with oversea factories to achieve on-time delivery, high quality products, and hit forecasted price margins. -Managed costing BOM's for new developed products to be 100% accurate to the samples and projected production. -Communicated with brand athletes and advocates on new insights and testing opportunities for new and existing product. -Assisted in the design, creation and implementation of packaging on a global retail scale.
Aug 2018 — Jan 2019
Social Media Coordinator · David Clark Cause
Jun 2016 — Dec 2018
Freelance Industrial Designer · Self Employed
Have worked on creating graphics, tech packs, and new designs for various outdoor brands like Carhartt, Kush Climbing, Green Guru, MHM, CO.ALITION, GRAYL, and Mountainsmith.
Sep 2017 — Dec 2017
Industrial Design Intern · GRAYL
Feb 2017 — May 2017
Soft Goods Design Intern · CO.ALITION
May 2016 — Aug 2016
Soft Goods Design Intern · MHM Gear
Sep 2015 — Dec 2015
Industrial Design Intern · LPK
Jan 2015 — May 2015
Product Design and Marketing Intern · GoSun Stove
May 2010 — Aug 2014
Climbing Instructor · Camp Manatoc Scouting Reservation

Activity

Education history

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Tama Art University

International Exchange Program | 2016 - 2017

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Cuyahoga Falls High School

Graduated with Honors | 2009 - 2013

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University of Cincinnati

Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Magna Cum Laude | 2013 - 2018

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Willie Angelo

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