Design Designer,Industrial Designer, Artist

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Matthew A. Smith

ARTIST/Industrial Designer

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Summary

Creative Hands-On Industrial Designer and Fine Artist with over 13 years Design experience in the Consumer Product, Toy, Automotive, and Entertainment Industries respectively. Specialties: Ability to generate new and interesting Designs that emotionally impact the end user in a positive way. Experience

Artist Designer at Artist/Freelance

March 2012 - Present (3 years 4 months)

Artist Oil Painter,Sculptor, and Industrial Design Consultant Creature SF/X Artist at CSI:MIAMI

July 2005 - February 2012 (6 years 8 months)

Involved in creating and orchestrating Special F/X makeup models for special CSI shots and Design of Special F/X makeup prosthetics for television. Featured on the Season 5 DVD Special Features. 1 recommendation available upon request

Freelance Product Concept Illustrator at The Upper Deck Company, LLC July 2007 - July 2007 (1 month)

Product concept illustrations for Daisuke Matsuzaka All Star Vinyl figure. Toy Designer at Jada Toys

October 2004 - May 2005 (8 months)

Toy Designer of playsets,vehicles,accessories,collector cases,remote controls,packaging, and graphics for Chub City,Dub City,Big Time Muscle, and Import Racer brands. 1 recommendation available upon request

Industrial Designer at Nottingham-Spirk Design Associates October 2003 - February 2004 (5 months)

Industrial Designer for Product Design Firm. Concept design for numerous clients including Binney Smith, Emerald Innovations, G&S Metals, K&S Furniture, Kimberly Clark, Innodesk, Royal, Shaveman, Diapedia, and Huffy.

Industrial Designer at Panoz Automotive Development April 2003 - May 2003 (2 months)

Freelance Industrial Designer for GTLM Esperante road car bumper and spoiler concept design. Page2

Industrial Designer at Slingshot Product Development Group February 2002 - April 2003 (1 year 3 months)

Industrial Designer for Product Development Group. Clients include Char Broil, Panoz Automotive, Shaw Salons, Rock Tenn, and Four Access. Panoz Esperante Coupe featured in IDSA News Report,Robb Report, Car&Driver, and Motor Trend periodicals.

1 recommendation available upon request

Industrial Designer at The Step2 Company

February 2002 - February 2002 (1 month)

Freelance Industrial Designer for childrens swingset Concept Design. Jan 1998- March 1998 Internship Graphic Designer at The Project Group (US)

November 2001 - January 2002 (3 months)

Freelance Designer for a marketing brochure.

Industrial Designer at Thomson Multimedia

January 2001 - March 2001 (3 months)

Student Internship Multi Media Product's Team. Concept Design for Remote Controls, DVD Players,DCS 302 SmartCard Cable Box, and Advanced Concepts. Supported Brands RCA and Scenium. 1 recommendation available upon request

Industrial Designer at Fisher-Price

June 2000 - September 2000 (4 months)

Student Internship Boys 3-5 Toys Team. Design developement for Great Adventures Egypt Camel and Ferrari Brand Identity Statement Toys also assisted Rescue Heroes Brand. January 2000- March 2000 Student Internship Childrens Product Team Concept Developement for children's infant swing, and Concept Design for other children's product.

Industrial Designer at Compression Inc.

July 1999 - September 1999 (3 months)

Student Internship for a Product Developement Consultancy. Concept Design for Kimberly Clark soap dispensers,Maybeline Point of Purchase Displays,and Point of Purchase Tool Kits for Ovation. Industrial Designer at InterMetro Industries Corporation (an Emerson Storage Solutions company) January 1999 - March 1999 (3 months)

Student Internship Concept Designer for Office Accessories and Food service carrying carts. Associate Model Maker at Kenneth M. Champlin & Associates January 1997 - June 1997 (6 months)

Associate Model Maker for Architectural and Industrial Design Models. Clients included Cesar Pelli, Pei Partnership,Pei Cobb Freed, Walt Disney World, and Symbol Technologies. 1 recommendation available upon request

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Skills & Expertise

Industrial Design

Concept Design

Model Making

Sculpture

Drawing

Photoshop

Adobe Illustrator

Research

Program Management

Visualization

Art

Painting

Sketching

Special F/X MakeUp

Product Design

Ideation

3D visualization

Illustrator

Creative Direction

Concept Development

Graphics

Rendering

Toys

Design Thinking

Illustration

Education

University of Cincinnati

Bachelors of Science in Design DAAP, Industrial Design, 1998 - 2001 Activities and Societies: Participated in the Student Proffessional Practice Program. Golden Key National Honour Society

The Rochester Institute of Technology

Industrial Design Major, 1997 - 1997

The Art Institute of Pittsburgh

Associate in Specialized Technology, Industrial Design Technology, 1994 - 1996 Activities and Societies: Participated in the Pittsburgh City Planning-Urban Highway Model. Fall of 1994 Participated in the Donora Downtown Committee Pine Oaks Golf Course Community Model Participated in the Center For Astrological Research Program Project with Carnegie Mellon University Kent State University

Graphic Design Major, 1993 - 1994

Cleveland Heights High School

1993

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Activities and Societies: Congressional Louis Stokes Art Award Hudson High School

1993

Activities and Societies: Scholastic's Gold Key Award Interests

Art,Painting, Sculpture, Science, Design, Environmental awareness, Nature, Photography, Artist opportunities, Architecture

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Matthew A. Smith

ARTIST/Industrial Designer

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5 people have recommended Matthew A.

"Matthew is a very talented artist and I was very happy to have him work for me on Csi Miami.. He's very inventive and any project I gave him was done on time and with perfection. I like having Matt on my team because like me he thinks out of the box and because he is such a multifaceted artist he was able to learn and use all kinds of different products to get the job done in a very timely manner and with great skill. I look forward to working with him again in the future. Cheri Montesanto"

Cheri Montesanto, Department Head of Makeup and Special makeup Fx, Csi Miami, managed Matthew A. at CSI MIAMI

"Matt is a great worker. He took direction well and brought his own expertise to the various projects we worked on, making the results that much better. He is a dedicated designer who can flex between both the big picture and the details of a project delivering good results on time, every time. I'd recommend Matt for any design position as he is highly flexible and a great asset to a creative team."

Eric Tscherne, was Matthew A.'s client

"I worked with Matt early in Slingshot's existence - we were a very small company at the time, and we all wore many hats. Matt was intensely creative, and a fierce advocate for design. He put in long hours and poured a great deal of passion into his work."

Noah McNeely, Vice President of Design and Innovation, Slingshot Product Development Group, worked directly with Matthew A. at Slingshot Product Development Group

"Matthew is a very creative talent who would be a valuable asset to anyone he worked with."

Richard Bourgerie, Design Manager, Thomson, managed Matthew A. at Thomson Multimedia

"Matt and I worked together at the start of our careers. If there's anyone who can vouch for his commitment and professionalism under stress, it's me. I would have no reservations about handing any project to Matt and I absolutely recommend him to anyone who asks."

Brian Manzolli, Painter / Model Maker, KMCA, worked directly with Matthew A. at Kenneth M. Champlin & Associates

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