EXPERIENCE
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Technical Design Manager 14th Round
June 2023 - March 2026 • Los Angeles
Oversaw end-to-end product development and design production for existing clients, new business, and internal projects, partnering with cross-functional teams to ensure quality control, manage technical revisions, and review domestic and international compliance.
Recognized as company’s Employee of the Year in 2025.
CREATIVE
Led industrial and graphic design teams in hardline product and packaging development, coordinating from concept to production while managing budgets. Broke down and delegated client proposals for design team members while managing processes across concept generation, rendering, production artwork, and dielines. Built internal design tools including asset libraries, swatch books, and templates to streamline day to day workflows. Operated print shop with large-scale commercial machinery for various rapid prototyping, low quantity production, and sample needs.
PROCEDURAL
Partnered closely with senior leadership to design and implement company-wide tracking systems for project and time management. Streamlined cross-team processes with automated workflows in Slack with integrations to Airtable and Google Sheets. Built internal procedural documents such as SOPs, design guidelines, and compliance checklists. Managed multiple extensive libraries of assets, both digital files and physical samples.
MANAGERIAL
Collaborated and provided direction to overseas production teams. Managed relationships with and provided direction to overseas production teams, to ensure quality and efficiency standards across design deliverables. Worked closely with clients and internal teams to ideate on new proposals, develop design roadmaps, and prepare project decks. Provided consistent quality control checks on all submitted design work with streamlined QC systems assuring accuracy on production files.
Product Designer Jazwares
April 2022 - January 2023 • Los Angeles
Designed and developed a variety of hardline toys, while streamlining processes, to support the overall strategic brand goals of the boy’s toy department.
Oversaw 50+ projects through the entire design process while working collaboratively with marketing, engineering, & other teams.
CREATIVE
Generated toy concepts and provided marketing ideas to contribute to brand growth and new business. Prepared both 2D and 3D technical drawings to create effective concept presentation decks. Designed 100s of deco artwork assets for product application. Created 15+ soft good fabric patterns for scaled attire. Evolved concepts from initial ideation to refinement, prototype execution and then to final package. Designed with tooling layout and cost goals in mind. Ability to adjust initial concepts for different price points. Provided innovative design concepts with cohesive inclusions to existing product lines and presented them to senior leadership. Delivered market-ready solutions for a top-tier global brand.
PROCEDURAL
Presented approximately 100 concepts to senior management, internal partners, and licensors, while ensuring that every stakeholder remained aligned through daily progress updates. Provided multiple rounds of direction and feedback during each development stage. Communicated daily with overseas factories while leveraging my deep understanding of materials and manufacturing to provide technical notes, transfer assets, and share updates. Balanced rigorous demands of cost, quality, schedule, and shifting priorities for concurrent product waves. Maintained high-quality design output while navigating the shifting priorities of concurrent product waves.
Designer The Loyal Subjects
June 2019 - February 2021 • Los Angeles
Developed products for top IPs held by Sony, Viacom, Mattel, Hasbro, Disney, FOX, WB, HBO, Sanrio, Funimation, and many others.
Designed product and packaging for the best selling holiday collectible toy at Walmart, a Gremlins two-pack (Q4 2019).
CREATIVE
Responsible for designing products, packaging and graphic assets. Involved in all steps of the design process, from ideation to distribution. Generated product and packaging concepts. Specified Pantone color swatches and material finishes for all products across three core brands including collectibles, girl dolls, and action figures. Created product deco illustrations for over 200 unique SKUs. Designed promotional marketing materials for both internal use and for retail clients internationally. Responsible for all Product Photography and Social Media imagery. Filmed and edited promotional videos.
PROCEDURAL
Developed design processes to reduce cost and increase efficiency. Transferred file sets to production partners. Communicated daily with team in China. Received samples from factories and provided notes directly for revisions.
SKILLS
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Concept Generation, Product Development, Team Management, Quality Control, 3D Modeling, Rendering, Prototyping, Color Theory, Project Tracking
Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe InDesign, SolidWorks, KeyShot, Figma, Google Workspace, Airtable, Smartsheet, Monday
EDUCATION
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B.S. in Industrial Design, Concentration in Product Design & Development
San Francisco State University, School of Design
Nominated for the International Honor Society for Technology. Epsilon Pi Tau, Beta Beta Chapter (2018)
Member of IDSA, Industrial Designers Society of America (2016-)
Directed SFSU's Youth Sailing, Paddling & Science Program. Led a team of 10 instructors and ~400 participants (2017)
