Product Designer, Packaging Designer, Graphic Designer

Rebecca Brand 716.400.3747 http://www.coroflot.com/rebeccabrand http://www.linkedin.com/pub/rebecca-brand/25/818/179 Objective: To develop and aid in the prosperity of your company using my unique set of skills. Education: Rochester Institute of Technology (R.I.T.), Rochester, NY Major: Bachelor of Fine Arts in Industrial Design, Associates in Graphic Design Minors: Italian Language, Packaging Science Skills: Solidworks, Strata 3D CX 5.6, Impact, Score!, Cape, Adobe Photoshop, Ill ustrator, InDesign and Flash, welding and metal forming, ISTA 1A Testing Machinery: Woodshop Tools, Vibration Simulation Table, Drop Tester, Data Technol ogy Plotter, Zund Plotter, Kongsberg XL 44 and XL 22 Employment: Packaging Corporation of America (CO-OP) June 2010 - Present Creative Center South Gate, CA August 2008 - February 2009 Creative Center South Brunswick, NJ Structurally and graphically designing customers' displays, primary and secondar y packaging in corrugated board. Aiding in the development and research of multi ple projects, each with specific guidelines. Train new co-ops in the design proc ess. School of Design Office September 2007- February 2010 Rochester Institute of Technology Answered phone calls and e-mail related to the majors within the college. Worked open houses and gave tours of the design building to prospective students . Via Garibaldi 12 (CO-OP) May 2008 - July 2008 Genova, Italy www.viagaribaldi12.com Store sells high-end, renowned home furnishings designed by modern-day European designers. Wrote biographies about designers who had products selling in the sto re, in both Italian and English, for the "designer of the month" page on the sto re's website. Organizations: Member of the R.I.T. Student Chapter of IDSA 2007, 2008, 2010 Italian Club, 2006-2010 Dean's List, Fall '07, Summer '07, Fall '09, Winter '10