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Experience

Designkitchen, Chicago, IL (October 2008 - current)

User Experience Designer

• developing optimal web experiences for a variety of users and stakeholders

Institute of Design, Chicago, IL (June 2008 - October 2008)

Design Researcher, New Options Initiative

• conceived viable systems to connect out-of-school with meaningful employment

Square 1 Product Development, Chicago, IL (October 2003 - July 2007)

Senior Industrial Designer

• developed consumer products for the home, office, electronics and sporting-goods categories

Firebelly Design Company, Chicago, IL (September 2003 - March 2004)

Graphic Design Intern

• designed logos and page layouts for socially responsible clients

Kaleidoscope Imaging, Chicago, IL

Freelance Industrial Designer (May 2003 - July 2003)

• produced concept sketches and renderings for internal and client review

Industrial Design Intern (May 2002 - August 2002)

• generated concepts and constructed prototypes for a variety of children’s products

Education

Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology

Master of Design Methods (May 2008)

University Of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign

Bachelor of Fine Arts in Industrial Design (May 2003)

graduated with high honors

Glasgow School Of Fine Art, Scotland

visiting product design student (August 2002 - January 2003)

International Baccalaureate Diploma

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