Alison Linney Campion
Mt Kisco, NY 10549
******.*.*******@*****.***
http://www.alisoncampion.com
WORK EXPERIENCE
Dory Designs/Maclaren Baby (October 2007 – Present) – Norwalk CT
Product Design/Development
Senior designer and developer for entire Maclaren collection. Including yearly stroller collection, non wheeled goods, accessories, stroller seat liners and toys.
Creating a large collection of original textile prints for buggy liner, accessories, and toy collections.
Designing and producing all product exclusives for retailers both domestically and abroad. Including Babies R Us, Buy Buy Baby, Target, Mothercare (UK), and Familiar (Japan).
Researching upcoming trends in fashion, textiles, and juvenile goods.
Trend, color and pattern presentations, accompanied by mood boards to company owners.
Daily contact with Hong Kong office and external vendors, developing new products whilst keeping costs down and production time to a minimum.
Computer rendering of all new products, product range overview sheets, and visual specifications for company wide use.
Creating and maintaining Excel based technical specifications of products for factory reference.
Two’s Company (May 2005- October 2007) - Elmsford, NY
Package Design/Product Development
Designed and developed a wide range of consumer products and packaging, from concept to market.
Created product branding through group brainstorming, product research and computer rendering of ideas.
Originate layouts and artwork as well as creating all illustrations, drawn by hand, and on the computer.
Created structural package design and product assembly through mechanicals and three-dimensional renderings.
Dealt directly with vendors in Asia to get products and packaging made to exact specifications, within tight deadlines and tight budgets.
Construction of numerous intricate mock ups for both photo shoots and trade shows.
Amscan, Inc. (March 2004 – May 2005) - Elmsford, NY
Graphic Designer
Designed tableware and gift wrap ensembles for this large party supply company under tight deadlines.
Prepared highly detailed mock ups of products for catalog photo shoots.
Closely followed current trends and styles in order to translate them into innovative designs for clients.
Leapfrog Advertising, (March 2003 – July 2005) New York, NY
Freelance Designer
Designed company logo for use on all corporate collateral. Designed and executed company website.
Worked on client accounts, including both print and television advertising.
Raft International (March 2001 – December 2002) London, UK
Art Director/Web Designer
Responsibilities included development and supervision of all company graphic materials. Position required a great deal of client contact and frequent international travel for trade shows.
Designed and maintained company website, designed corporate collateral, print advertising, interim and annual reports. Developed multimedia software demonstrations for clients and prospects.
COMPUTER SKILLS
Adobe Photoshop
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe Acrobat Professional
Adobe InDesign
Adobe Bridge
Adobe Flash
Adobe Dreamweaver
Adobe Fireworks
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Sharepoint
Workamajig
Strata 3DX
HTML
EDUCATION
Bachelor of Arts - graphic design (December 2000) - Keene State College, Keene, NH