Travis Tom Product Designer
Travis Tom Product Designer
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

EXPERTISE

Product Design

Mobile Electronics

Consumer Electronics

Aviation Interiors

Rapid Prototype

 

TECHNICAL

Catia

3DS Max

Alias

Photoshop

Illustrator

Keyshot

PowerPoint

Resume

 
 

Travis Tom is a Senior Industrial Designer with twenty-two years of multi-faceted experience in product design; ranging from mobile phones, consumer electronics, aircraft architecture, and baby products. He is driven in pursuit of pushing design further, tempered by real world tactical business goals. After ArtCenter College of Design with a degree in Industrial Design he began his professional career at Nokia, where he developed Vertu and Nokia smart devices. Navigating the complexities of global corporations including co-developing with multi-disciplinary teams to consistently maintain a strategic creative vision, he was elevated to a senior design lead for flagship smart phones. He designed a product using intelligent application of consumer insight, budget and design strategy that ultimately surpassed quadruple sales expectations. He was the lead designer for numerous projects, most recently the Nokia Lumia Icon, a flagship smartphone for Verizon. At Teague, he was expanding his knowledge in the aviation industry, where he was a design lead for aviation architecture programs.

 
 
 
 

EDUCATION

ArtCenter College of Design

B.S. Industrial Design

August 1994 - April 1998 ׀ Pasadena, Ca

 

Experience

TEAGUE

Senior Industrial Designer

October 2015 - June 2019 ׀ Seattle, Wa

  • Design lead for interior aviation design programs, serving as the design expert by guiding clients with design direction.

  • Developed long term client relationships through continual engagement and discussion, ultimately becoming a trusted partner.

  • Became a subject matter expert for interior aviation development.

  • Responsible for industrial design of interior architecture based on client needs, including safety compliance, marketing needs and engineering requirements

  • Created and presented client facing presentations, assuring customer satisfaction and initiating future work.

  • Created prototype documentation and worked with model shops in making small products to aircraft interior sized components.

  • Synthesized highly technical aviation interior engineering and usability requirements into interior architecture concepts.

Munchkin Inc.

September 2014 – July 2015 ׀ Van Nuys, CA

  • Project management of multiple concurrent programs by ensuring a schedule is kept for engineering, packaging, safety testing, and prototype creation.

  • Developed successful baby products by finding the right balance between cost, design, product functionality, and engineering requirements.

  • Directly engaged in concept generation, CAD development, CMF, and the creation of presentation material.

  • Managed internal design team, leveraging the talent pool to ensure all projects received a focused design effort.

  • Worked closely with Marketing teams to ensure that products are appealing to customers like Target, Wall Mart, Babys R Us, etc, and that brand values are also upheld in Munchkin products.

  • Worked in close collaboration with the Design director to develop and execute product development.

Nokia/Microsoft

July 2007 – July 2014 ׀ Calabasas, CA

  • Applied global design language towards creating products. Developed smart devices with multidisciplinary groups and created internal and external sales presentations. Managed external agencies’ work.

  • Range Lead, Smart devices: Co-creator of 2015 global design language and unified design across global teams. Ensured design language is communicated to relevant designers.

  • Designed Nokia Lumia Icon for Verizon, Nokia Lumia 930, and Nokia 6350, both sold globally

  • Product development decision making between design, engineering, and marketing for successful consumer benefit, brand representation and gross margin.

  • Clear communication of design vision through verbal skills to internal and external audiences.

  • Created design material for decision making and for external customers such as AT&T & Verizon.

  • Finalist for 2014 IDSA – Lumia Icon

Disney Consumer Electronics

September 2005 – July 2007 ׀ Burbank, CA

  • Design and development of children’s consumer electronics. Created relevant products to engage children based on Disney’s styling and core values.

  • Managed external resources to facilitate product development.

  • Contributed to cross line of business concept workshops

  • Created children’s electronics for Disney Princess, Hannah Montana, Pirates of the Caribbean, Disney Faeries, and Disney Mix line of consumer electronics

  • List of products designed: Disney Princess televisions, Boom Box, Alarm Clock Radio, Pirates of the Caribbean televisions,  Hannah Montana televisions, karaoke machines, Disney Fairies television, Boom box, Alarm Clock Radio,  Disney Mix stick 2, Mix Max

Nokia

December 1998 – September 2005 ׀ Calabasas, CA

  • Product Design, mobile phones: Development of Nokia and Vertu mobile phones, accessories and retail stores

  • Product design support for Graphics: Product rendering, packaging design, tradeshow booth design

  • Co-creation of operator specific design variants while maintaining a cohesive global design language

  • Designed Nokia 6275, Nokia 6175, Nokia 1225, Vertu Prestige, Nokia universal handset packaging,  N-Gage packaging, N-Gage Tradeshow booth