Resumé / C. V.
Stephanie Vacher
San Francisco, CA
hello@stephanievacher.com | 415.488.3223
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Professional Experience:
Apple – Cupertino, CA
UI Engineer | Nov 2010 – Present
- UI/UX Engineer for the iTunes Store
Freelance Product Design and Photography | Dec 2002 – Nov 2010
Philadelphia, PA – Vancouver, BC – San Francisco, CA
Select Clients:
Target, Bloomingdales, Macy’s, Saks Fifth Avenue, Safeway, Bed Bath and Beyond, Costco, Wegmans, Stein Mart, Dillards, Tommy Bahama, Reader’s Digest, Ion Magazine, Arson and Orb Clothing, Lily & Jae
Product Development, Design and Photography:
- Surface design, new product research and development
- Illustration and graphic design (technical and creative), body shapes, packaging
- Product and fashion photography, lighting, retouching and workflow management
- Creation of spec packages and communication with factories in China, USA
Ambiance Collections – New York, NY
Surface & Tabletop Product Designer | Oct 2003 – Jan 2009
- Reported directly to the VP of Design
- Created body shapes and surface designs for hand-paint, etching and decal application on ceramics, wood, resin and metal products
- Communicated with factories in China and USA
- Attended trade shows in Atlanta (AIGM) and New York (NYIGF and Surtex)
- Budgeted collections to meet the customer’s price-point
- Created visual design briefs and trend/mood boards for collections, including trending and thematic development
- Visual merchandising for showroom and trade show booths
Co-Op and Internship Experience:
Canadian National Research Council – Institute for Fuel Cell Innovation
Research Assistant & Co-Op | Vancouver, BC | May 2009 – April 2010
- Lead industrial designer for a hydrogen-powered kiosk
- UI and Graphic design for the kiosk’s touch-screen interface
- Conducted ethnographic and user surveys for the re-design of the lobby
- Sourced local metal manufacturers and created design spec packages for production of the kiosk
- Developed and integrated LCA/life-cycle assessment
John Fluevog Shoes
Product Design Co-Op/Internship | Vancouver, BC | Jan 2009 – Apr 2009
- New product development of shoes and bags for Fall 2009 and Spring 2010
- Communicated directly with factories in Peru, Portugal and China
- Sourced leather from distributors in Italy
- Created product drawings and spec sheets for fabrication
- Conducted user testing and ‘unfocus’ groups for Spring 2010
- Created visual design briefs and trend/mood boards
Skillset:
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Flash, Lightroom, Keynote, MS Office, Quark, AutoCAD, Rhino, Solidworks, SketchUp, HTML/CSS, Arduino
Project Management, Teamwork Strategies, User Research & A/B Testing, Ethnographic Research, Usability & UI, Agile Development, Trend Forecasting, Rapid Ideation & Wireframing, Life Cycle Assessment, Photography (Digital & Analog), Photo Retouching & Workflow
Education:
Emily Carr University of Art + Design – Vancouver, BC
Bachelor of Design (BDES) in Industrial Design – GPA 3.6
Recipient of the ECU Achievement Scholarship
Speaking Engagements:
In 2008, I was invited to speak at Northern Voice, in Vancouver, BC. My presentation, “Apparatus for the Future” is a primer about design theory and practice. Slides.
In 2009, I conducted a design charrette at BarCamp Vancouver, bringing 40+ people together to design safer methods to cross the street at dangerous intersections. Slides.