Andrea Villarreal

Strategic Designer

New York, NY, USA
A strategic/Industrial designer who is passionate about user centered design. Today I am looking for a full time opportunity where I can apply my skills as both a designer and a strategist.

Work Experience

Pratt Institute CPC Lab

Graduate Assistant

Develop advertising campaigns for Print lab services, in-charge of all book binding, customer service assisting students and professors with printers, and design software.
October 2014 - May 2016 New York, New York, United States

Adaptive Design Association

Industrial Design Volunteer

Designed and assembled custom made adaptation equipment with cardboard and plastic for children with disabilities.
August 2014 - December 2014 New York, New York, United States

Creative Sourcing International

Design Assistant

Involved in the design and product development of bags, accessories, home-goods, and packaging.
October 2013 - July 2014 New York, New York, United States

Kaufmann Mercantile

Product Researcher

Product Researcher: product sourcing and testing making sure that they fit the company’s profile.
August 2013 - October 2014 United States

Education

Savannah College Of Art And Design (SCAD)

Bachelor of Fine Arts

Industrial design major, currently a Senior, graduate in Spring 2013
March 2011 - Present Savannah, Georgia, United States

Pratt Institute

MFA Design Management

Leadership Behavioral Simulation

Leadership and Team Building

Design Management

Strategic Technology:Issues and Challenges

Financial Reporting & Analysis

Management Communications

Advertising and Promotion

Managing Innovation and Change

International Environment of Business

Design Operations Management

Money and Markets

Negotiating

Directed Research Advisement

Business Law

Financing Companies and New Ventures

Intellectual Property Law

Strategic Marketing

Managerial Decision Making

Capstone Planning: Advisement

Business Strategy

Design Futures: Theory and Practice

Building Entrepreneurial Courage

New Product Management and Development

Shaping the 21st Century: Design Integrative Capstone
August 2014 - May 2016 New York, New York, United States

Languages

Spanish (Native),
English (Native),
French (Conversational),

Skills

Adobe CS5 (Photshop, Dreamweaver, Flash), Illustrator, Indesign, Keyshot, Laser Cutting, Machine Milling, Material Processes, Metal Welding, Microsoft Office Suite, Model Making, Plastic Forming, Rhinoceros 4.0, Sculpting, Sketchbook Pro, SketchbookDesigner, Solidwork, Woodworking,