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Jason C.

Automotive & Industrial Designer | CAD, 3D Modeling & Product Development

Royal Oak, United States

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16,529 / 144,054

Skill pts: 5

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About

I have 15 years of experience with both Automotive and Consumer products, I have deep understanding of the entire product journey
from ideation/CAD through development/production to the end consumer, including package design, and working with ODM/CM.

Experience

Head of Design & Development Formed By Makers · Full-time Apr 2023 – Present 3 yrs 4 mos Madison Heights, MI, United States Understand the client’s market and competition through market research and competitive analysis.
• Understand client’s needs and transform their ideas into business opportunities and tangible products.
• Develop a holistic design and innovative product solutions that solves a problem while upholding clients brand standards.
• Deliver go to market ready product and packaging.
Principle Industrial Designer Harman International · Full-time Mar 2016 – Apr 2023 7 yrs 1 mos Novi, MI, United States Understand client’s needs and transform their ideas into business opportunities and tangible products.
• Develop a holistic design and innovative product solutions that solves a problem while upholding client brand standards.
• Managed and led a team of two designers on industrial design-related projects and delivered compelling presentations to internal and external stakeholders.
• Manage and lead communication between the internal design team and stakeholders, client R&D/innovation teams, management teams, and marketing
teams across various locations.
• Host design, engineering, and feasibility meetings with the internal Harman team and international ODM partners to foster creativity and implement new
development processes.
• Ability to effectively prioritize workload and exercise time management skills.
Automotive Designer Ford Motor Company · Full-time Apr 2011 – Jan 2016 4 yrs 9 mos Dearborn, MI, United States Designed interior themes for the 2016 Chinese Ford Taurus based on marketing research. Worked with Marketing, Engineering, Clay Modelers and Electronic
Modelers to produce 3D models for design, engineering, market evaluation and production. Additional vehicles included, Ford GT, F150 Raptor, Expedition,
Unreleased Concept Vehicle
• Delivered interior component designs that harmonized with interior themes for various Ford production vehicles. Other
responsibilities included advanced component design and strategic futuring.
• Developed Lincoln’s future exterior design language and exterior lighting strategy. Worked on production headlamp and tail lamp programs for current
production vehicles.

Education

College for Creative Studies Bachelor of Fine Arts, Automotive design 2007 – 2011

Other experience

Vacuum forming tooling design and production. Designed and developed vacuum-forming molds and CNC trim fixtures from CAD through production. Focused on part geometry, draft, material behavior, forming requirements, trim strategy, tolerances, and manufacturability to create reliable, repeatable production tooling.
cnc routing Managed CNC routing and machining for prototype and production components, including CAD/CAM programming, tooling and fixture setup, machining strategy, material selection, and process optimization for plastics, composites, tooling board, and aluminum.
vacuum forming Led the design, development, and production of vacuum-formed products from concept through manufacturing. Responsibilities included CAD development, tooling and mold design, material and process development, prototyping, CNC machining, troubleshooting, and low-volume production for automotive and industrial applications.