EDUCATION

  • BFA Industrial Design

  • University of Illinois 2008-2012

EXPERIENCE  

Design Engineer, HH Global, Aug 2021 - Present · Remote

  • Designs and engineers custom displays and environments for clients including Walgreens, REI, Target and Adidas, Beam-Suntory, Dyson using Solidworks

  • Specializes in projects which require multiple file types; works in conjunction with both engineering documents and art files

  • Partners with an international team which includes manufacturers, project managers and account executives to deliver high quality prototypes and production units on tight budgets and deadlines

  • Responsible for overseeing builds and prototypes

Lead Design Engineer, Rapid Displays, June 2018- September 2020

  • Engineers custom retails fixtures and environments for brands including Nike, Ulta, Samsung and others using SolidWorks

  • Assists manufacturers, project managers and a quality control teams to deliver high quality prototypes and production units on tight budgets and deadlines

  • Oversees builds

  • Selects material samples for client presentation and approval

Design Engineer, Vox Supply- Anheuser Busch InBev, February 2017- June 2018

  • Collaborated with brands including Budweiser, Goose Island, Stella Artois and advertising agencies to design permanent, custom retail fixtures using SolidWorks.

  • Partnered with an international team which includes manufacturers, a project manager and an account executive to deliver high quality prototypes and production units on tight budgets and deadlines.

  • Captured brands’ identities to appeal to a varied market in a competitive space using on-trend materials and finishes.

  • Presented original visual marketing materials for in-person pitches.

Contract Design Engineer, The Central Group- Wrigley, July 2015- February 2017

  • On-site Design Engineer at Wrigley for all at custom retail POP fixtures managing the entire creative process through production.

  • Created technical drawings for local and overseas manufacturing using SolidWorks.

  • Generated production art, renderings, sell sheets and assembly instructions.

Industrial Designer, Chicago Display Marketing, April 2013- July 2015

  • Designed and engineered original POP and retail fixtures using SolidWorks for a diverse client base.

  • Responsible for seeing projects through the entire creative process: ideation (sketching, research, customer interaction) to production.


SKILLS & PROGRAMS  

Adobe Creative Suite (Creative Cloud), SolidWorks, KeyShot, hand-sketching, material and finishes design, sheet metal manufacturing, wood working, model making.

CONTACT

Cell: 8472077746

Email: saladino.sarah@gmail.com