Re-joining the ASD Design team in a senior role, focussed on strategic NPI planning and large architectural product developments.

A diverse design engineering role, leading the product development of small domestic appliances, focussed on Garment Care, Worktop Cooking and Household Cleaning sub-categories.

As part of the Morphy Richards NPI design team, I have taken large innovation projects through the stage gate process, from research and concept development up to the point of tooling. As well as being responsible for smaller scope product introductions, colour changes and updates to existing products.

Working directly with suppliers in the far east, and other key departments within the business to ensure projects are delivered on the agreed timeline, budget, user and product requirements.

Core responsibilities:
• New product innovation developments, product updates and manufacturing support, ensuring delivery within the agreed timeline, budget, and scope.
• Consumer insight, market research, existing product, and competitor benchmarking.
• Sketching and ideation, focussing heavily on user interaction and creating solutions which meet the brief, user needs and product requirements.
• Ownership of the product engineering, testing and evaluating samples, development of features and user interaction, creating and testing proof of principal prototypes.
• Technical documentation required throughout the stage gate process, including: DFMEA, Product requirements, specifications and presenting projects to key stakeholders in the business.
• Communicating and working closely with manufacturers in the far east to get compelling solutions for an appropriate price.

Glen Dimplex Consumer Appliances, Home NPI Team, Morphy Richards.

Project lead for new product developments.
• Ownership from design concept, through development, engineering, and tooling.
• Product updates, drawings updates, engineering changes and supporting sales.
• Main contact for any production issues and product support post-development.

Smaller Developments and Retrofitting projects.
• Shorter timeframe projects for catalogue ranges, or bespoke product for specific
locations and job requirements.
• Often sheet metalwork fabrications, spinning’s and pressings.

Product Visualisation & Marketing.
• Producing layouts, product renders, interactive web and video content for marketing.
• Bringing branding and marketing more in line with architectural market expectations
following the launch of the ENSO Collection.

A particular highlight was leading the product development of the award-winning ENSO Collection.
https://www.behance.net/gallery/81605729/ENSO-Collection

Managing projects from concept, to supporting in-house production lines provided experience with a variety of materials and manufacturing processes.

As a third years masters design student, I undertook an 8 month placement at Design Futures. This included design research and commercial projects mostly in the medical industry.

First Class Honours