experience
Popsockets llc. February 2025 - Current
Principal Industrial Designer
Design and develop products from concepts through the prototyping and testing phases, into 3D models, and ultimately to production
Ensure that company designs products to provide amazing user experiences
Work closely with Engineering, CMF, and Product Management to maintain a cohesive design language and ensure cross-departmental needs are met
Support CMF with creative ideation that expands PopSockets’ product offerings within existing product architecture
Create specification documents
Gather and process user feedback to ensure PopSockets’ product is best in class and surprises and delights our customers
Work with Engineering team to find the best solutions for each project
Produce renderings and other presentation tools to help support our new products
Industrial Design Contractor - march 2024 - February 2025
Clients:
Formation.eco + Shaga.xyz - Projects: Game Controllers
Popsockets LLC. - Projects: Phone Accessories and Cases
OrthonNu - Projects: Toothbrush, Tongue Brush and packaging
PopSockets llc. 2018 - 2023 (5+ years)
Senior Industrial Designer 2021 - 2023
Industrial Designer 2018 - 2021
Lead designer on Magsafe Product line that sold out on launch
Lead Designer on new Popcase product line (created 10 different phone cases with multiple sku variants in 6 months)
Created PopMounts2 product line which created $500,000 in revenue in 6 months
Delivered 3D models, drawings, and renders
Facilitated work sessions with product teams and users to define key design goals and requirements
Conducted user research to inform, iterate, and validate the product design using methods such as field observations, interviews, contextual inquiries, surveys, and remote usability testing
Worked closely with Mechanical Engineering to ensure parts meet manufacturing and cost requirements
Created prototypes early and often Interface closely with Product Management to define new product features and priorities while generating supporting reference documentation
Coordinated with our CMF (Colors, Materials, Finishes) team
Worked with our manufacturing partners to ensure our designs become realities (including Traveling to Manufacturers in China to give feedback directly)
Native Design - Industrial Design Contractor July - August 2018
worked with team to design the Illumina NextSeq 1000 and 2000 which won a red dot award in 2021
Created renders and animations of nextseq genomic sequencing machine
HTC - Industrial Designer 2016 - 2018
Executed design concepts in 3D for phone and IoT projects
Visualized CMF implementation, worked with engineering team to visualize the UX and other innovative technologies
Lead projects to further explore potential future products and technologies
Produced product specs to be released to mockup and manufacturing vendors in 2D
Worked with the team to develop creative and unique process to handle the CMF and materials to make our devices stand out among it’s competition
Created cleanly surfaced CAD models and high quality renders for conferences and presentations
Contributed to phone designs released in 2018 and 2019 (specifically the htc U12+)
DEKA Research & Development Fall 2015 Co-op
ID Works llc. Spring 2015 Co-op
ECCO Design Summer 2014 co-op
EDUCATION
University of Cincinnati
College of Design, Art, Architecture and Planning (DAAP)
B.S. Industrial Design,
Graduated 2016
Korean Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)
B.S. Industrial Design
Foreign Exchange Program Fall 2014
SKILLS
Software Programs
CREO (ISDX), Adobe Suite (After Effects, Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator,) Arduino IDE, Autodesk Fusion 360 and Inventor, Bunkspeed, Keyshot, Processing, Solidworks.
Miscellaneous
Manufacturing experience with various materials (PC, TPU, EVA, PU, PP, Aluminum, Glass, Steel, Magnets) Sketching, soldering, UX/UI, 3D printing (Objet, Ultimaker, flashprinter), sewing, Shop tools. Have experience traveling to factories in China and have a work visa there until 2028.
Products I’ve designed and Shipped
