UX UI Strategy Industrial Design Resume

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Ireland, Scotland, UK05/2005 - 05/2008
National College of Art and Design (Dublin, Ireland)
Carlow Institute of Technology (Carlow, Ireland)
Burren College of Art in (Ballyvaughan, Ireland)
Magee College (Derry, Northern Ireland)
Glasgow School of Art (Glasgow, Scotland)
Loughborough University (Leicestershire, UK)
Study Abroad
Auburn, AL05/2005 - 05/2008
Auburn University
Bachelor of Industrial Design
EDUCATION
Learning something new
Brainstorming the future’s next big thing
Side Hustle
Hide and seek with my daughters
Sweating the design details
Cooking and playing music with my wife
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MY TIME
at the NY International Contemporary
Furniture Fair
Bernhardt Design Studio Award
Best of CES 2014
iPhone Life Magazine
WatchStand for Apple Watch
2 Million Units Sold
through the Nashville
Entrepreneur Center’s PreFlight Program
Launching first Startup
MOST PROUD OF
research
focus groups
competitive landscape
user-centered design
sketching
3D modeling
model making
rapid prototyping
rendering
ID Skills:
user experience design
interviewing
personas
journey mapping
sketching
wire framing
presenting
UX Skills:
pen & paper
white board
post-it notes
Sketch app
InVision app
Illustrator
Photoshop
Keynote
Solidworks
Keyshot
Rhino
Word
Excel
Powerpoint
Camera
OS X
Windows
coffee mug
Tools:
TECHNICAL SKILLS
• Designed a variety of products, packaging, and POP display for salon tools
• Conducted concept generation
• Photographed products and models for print and web
• Developed 3D CAD for manufacturing
• Built rapid prototypes for user testing
Novato, CA06/2008 - 11/2011
Cricket Co.
Industrial Designer
• Managing the Griffin product design team for CE and B2B products
• Designing a large variety of consumer electronics and related accessories
• Developing multi-channel product lines
• Conducting market and user research and gathering insights
• Studying emerging technologies
• Collaborating and coordinating with cross functional teams
• Designing for manufacturing with a variety of methods and materials
Nashville, TN07/2012 - Ongoing
Griffin/Incipio
Senior Industrial Designer
• Identifying market need(s)
• Developing product plans
• Testing Assumptions
• Creating and presenting pitches to advisors, VC’s, and Entrepreneurs
• Conducting market, customer, and product research
• Validating customer interest and engagement
Nashville, TN02/2017 - Ongoing
Alchemy Cocktails
Co-Founder
EXPERIENCE
awinga.com
aaron.wierenga@gmail.com
Nashville, TN
256-683-8888
UX • UI • STRATEGY • INDUSTRIAL • DESIGN
Aaron Wierenga