Jared Schmale
Vancouver BC
604 779 4488
jaretron@gmail.com
portfolio: www.jaredarthur.com
PROFILE
Over 10 years of experience in taking a product from conception through to production and into completion.
WORK
Anthropologie
Display Coordinator | 2011-Present
- Hiring and management of up to 8 visual
interns in the creation of all retail store displays and window displays
- Display planning
- Concept sketching
- Colour testing
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- Construction
- Sewing
- Painting
- Budget maintenance and reconciliation
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Freelance Design
Designer | 2009-Present
- Soft product, furniture, exhibit, and logo design for a wide range of clients
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- Client: Rick Hansen Institute
Design and construction of a variety of pieces including custom kitchen counter with wheelchair access solution, ergonomically designed standing work station, custom wall hanging system for frame-less art pieces
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Great Little Box Company
Packaging Designer | 2006-2009
- Design of custom packaging for consumer products, following the process from concept to completion
- Prototype creation
- Providing detailed material and labour quotes on manufactured packaging
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- Supervision of the creation of tooling and dies
- Creation of detailed manufacturing instructions as well as supervision of production team to ensure packaging is made to correct specifications.
- Account management of one larger client
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Aluglass
Industrial Designer | 2006
- New product development in the high end cabinetry market
- Modification and improvement of production tools
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- Design and construction of companies' collapsible trade show exhibit
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Electronic Arts Canada
Software Quality Assurance | 1999-2001
- Testing, reporting and recreation of problems in unreleased video game software
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- Participation in production meetings
- Creation of feedback reports to improve video game software
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Electronic Arts Canada
Technical Service Assistant Manager | 1998-1999
- Management of twelve person team
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- Identification and correction of issues regarding data port locations of 700 workstations in new game studio
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SCHOOL
Emily Carr University of Art and Design
Bachelor of Design, Industrial Design Major | 2003-2006
Design study, including furniture, interiors, soft products, medical assistive devices, ergonomic methodologies, and consumer electronics.
University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus
Fine Arts Diploma Program | 2002-2003
Life drawing, sculpture, colour theory, photography, and art history.
British Columbia Institute of Technology
Mechanical Drafting Certificate| 1997-1998
Study of AutoCAD and manual drafting techniques, focusing on mechanical and architectural drafting.
SKILLS
Software
- Solidworks
- AutoCAD
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
- InDesign
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Construct
- wood working
- metal working
- sewing
- CNC
- manufacturing
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Qualities
- creative
- collaborative
- accurate
- detailed
- ambitious
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AWARDS
- Top 5 Finalist, $1000 prize recipient of the CORE77/Wavesport Kayaks International Graphics Competition
- Silver Medal, PAC 2008 Sustainable Packaging Design Leadership Awards
- Silver Medal, TAPPI 2008 CorrPak Design Awards
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