Kevin Chapanian

Wide-range hardgood industry design including tactical, sporting goods, tools, housewares, travel goods, medical, automotive, beauty, & learning development. Ideate, design, develop and produce highly refined, manufacturable artifacts. Responsible for providing creative ideation throughout the design and prototyping process of conception, development and production. Define and compose project scope of work briefs. Procure and cultivate vendor and contractor relationships. Communicate with foreign and domestic manufacturers to ensure precise quality control within production. Examine product feasibility, viability, and desirability. Align manufacturing and target market cost. Analyze and synthesize design research, user research, ethnographic research, use case scenarios, human factors, ergonomics, market trends, and forecasting. Refine design for manufacturing for materials and users. Working knowledge of various materials and manufacturing methods such as polymers/plastics, metals, wood, and textiles. Prototype through 3-D printing, physical modeling, casting, and CNC. Compose deliverables such as presentations, files, prototypes, manufacturer specifications, and end product in some cases. Provide visual communication via sketching, 2-D orthographic renderings, rough CAD conceptualization, rough models. Conceptualize graphics, produce preproduction proofs, and ensure brand adherence and consistency.

Support an array of businesses needs through design consultation and navigation throughout the ideation process, thus, streamlining productivity. A few clients include MK Hairdressing Studio, Cheer-mo LA Choppers and BizVizable of HB. Product design consultation. Provide creative ideation throughout the design and prototyping process: product conception, development and production. Conceive and produce company logos, marketing collateral, owner’s manuals. Developed marketing strategies for brand awareness. Boost sales through user interface website overhaul. Responsible for all graphic design, layouts, pre-press, and communications. Submit product-pricing proposals. Conceptualize graphics, produce preproduction proofs, and ensure brand adherence. Deliberate with manufacturer to ensure precise quality control within production. Produce printed advertising collateral to client requirements. Finalize merchandise to include artwork and typography. Orchestrate fresh and profitable client relations. Branding, advertising, and schematic layout consultation.

Freelance Graphic Designer producing industry relevant imagery to exceed client requirements and increase sales to include print and web design.

Successful in reassignment/promotion: stabilize and eliminate financial instability, audit, assess, and eliminate compliance discrepancies, align staff conduct, morale, and performance with organizational standard. Inducted as a top performer into an exclusive accelerated leadership program. Managed branch within budget - team exceed annual individual & branch goals includeing sales and profits. Provide ongoing consultation for procedural conception, implementation, and modification. Present organizational achievements and directional changes to audience of 300. Developed comprehensive product comparison guide for corporate merger. Appointed as a trusted member of the credit union’s internal service council, responsible for identifying organizational challenges, client needs and viable solutions organization-wide. Assisted the VP of Retail Sales in composing and presenting up-selling strategies training programs for all frontline staff. Composed annual branch budgets comprising income, expenses, assets, and liabilities. Designated as the organization’s new hire frontline-trainer covering technology, culture, and values. Complete and administer new hire assessment to determine continued employment. Conduct and administer annual staff assessments. Spearhead branch training programs to introduce new and relevant topics previously not included. Contributed testing and critical analysis of various core systems for platform upgrade. Managed, supported, and supervised operations team. Designed new branch floor plan layouts. Coordinated with branch/district manager on new layout requirements. Reviewed marketing materials to ensure branding guideline compliance and accurate product representation. Authored press releases and articles for various credit union events. Spearheaded brand awareness through various grass-roots marketing events and promotions. Designed multiple flyer concepts for various marketing campaigns.

Supervised operations team. Lead daily strategic team huddles. Coached underperforming staff to a productive state, exceeding corporate goals. Trained 32 new frontline employees, from tellers to managers, in company culture, technology, and sales strategies. Completed daily, weekly, and monthly audits. Completed American Management Association curriculums, appropriated by the Board of Regents of the University of New York, to include: -Leadership, Supervising in the New Organization -How to Manage Conflict in the Organization -Fundamentals of Marketing -How to Write a Marketing Plan Completed MERIT (Management Enrichment Training Program), models to include: -Managing Advertising Guidelines -IRA's