15 weeks · co-op no. 2 · Fall 2024

Nova Design LLC

Industrial Design/UX Intern

Fall 2024, I worked at Nova, a design and engineering partner as an Industrial Design/UX Intern.

Some of my responsibilities included:

  • Sketch-jam style ideation at the start of the product development process

  • Conduct and participate in user-experience and product validation research

  • Presenting qualitative research to clients

  • Product and environmental rendering and animation

  • Documenting internal best-practices for hardware and software

Additionally, I worked on an internal Blender initiative, where I:

  • Used Blender for product stills and video production

  • Researched and documented Blender workflows for product design, and presented findings to the team

  • Created a library of 50+ from-scratch assets to accelerate product rendering

  • Lead an introductory Blender workshop

Tools used include Adobe Creative Cloud Suite (Substance Painter, Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere Pro), Blender, Rhino, and Figma.

To learn more about my experience, please contact me. Thanks!

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