Christina Droira

Current

• Design Researcher & Strategist at SonicRim

Past

• Insights and Strategy + Industrial Design at Smart Design
• Freelance Designer (Self-employed)
• Human Factors + Industrial Design Intern at IDEO

• Footwear Design Intern at Adidas
• Industrial Design Intern at FITCH
• Industrial Design Intern at K-Swiss
• Industrial Design Intern at General Electric
• Industrial Design Intern at General Electric

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Education

• University of Cincinnati
• University of Cincinnati

Recommended

6 people have recommended Christina

Connections

185 connections

Industry

Design

Websites

• My Portfolio

Christina Droira’s Summary

Contact Info: christinadroira@gmail.com
513-739-0131

Updated Portfolio:
www.coroflot.com/droirasc

My passion is to help create design solutions that are meaningful and relevant to people. I truly feel that a human centered process is the key to coming up with meaningful and successful products or services.

My strong skill set for uncovering people's needs and desires always leads to actionable opportunities for design. I know how to tell compelling stories that profoundly inspire design solutions that entail not only a human perspective but also incorporate broad cultural influences and ever changing market trends.

I am very skilled at visualizing insights from research in the form of sketches/storyboards/scenarios.

Christina Droira’s Specialties:

industrial design, footwear design, observational research, ethnographies, user research, extracting valuable actionable design insights, developing clear design principles, creating frameworks for meaningful concept, in home interviews, qualitative research, concept scenario creation, competitive benchmarking, storyboards, design strategy, storytelling, understanding of macro & micro trends, cultural trends, fashion trends

Christina Droira’s Experience

• Design Researcher & Strategist

  SonicRim

  (Privately Held; Market Research industry)

  October 2008 — Present (10 months)

  San Francisco, CA

• Insights and Strategy + Industrial Design

  Smart Design

  (Privately Held; Design industry)

  February 2008 — September 2008 (8 months)

  San Francisco, CA

• Freelance Designer

  Self-employed

  (Self-Employed; Myself Only; Design industry)

  October 2007 — February 2008 (5 months)

  South Florida
  Product Design, Graphic Design
  http://miami.craigslist.org/crs/521892223.html

• Human Factors + Industrial Design Intern

  IDEO

  (Privately Held; Design industry)

  January 2007 — March 2007 (3 months)

  Chicago, IL

• Footwear Design Intern

  Adidas

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; FRA:ADS; Sporting Goods industry)

  June 2006 — September 2006 (4 months)

  Portland, OR

• Industrial Design Intern

  FITCH

  (Public Company; 51-200 employees; Design industry)

  January 2006 — March 2006 (3 months)

  Columbus, OH

• Industrial Design Intern

  K-Swiss

  (Public Company; 201-500 employees; KSWS; Sporting Goods industry)

  June 2005 — September 2005 (4 months)

  Los Angeles, CA

• Industrial Design Intern

  General Electric

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GE; Financial Services industry)

  January 2005 — March 2005 (3 months)

  Louisville, KY

• Industrial Design Intern

  General Electric

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; GE; Financial Services industry)

  June 2004 — September 2004 (4 months)

  Louisville, KY

Christina Droira’s Education

• University of Cincinnati

  2002 — 2007

• University of Cincinnati

  BS , Industrial Design , 2002 — 2007

Additional Information

Christina Droira’s Websites:

• My Portfolio

Christina Droira’s Interests:

research + strategy portfolio :www.coroflot.com/droirasc

Christina Droira’s Groups:

•    University of Cincinnati Alumni Association
•    IDEO Connections

Christina Droira’s Honors:

1. Selected to Present Student Project (INTOUCH) in Seoul South Korea for Samsung's Global Design Project. Sponsored Project: University of Cincinnati + Samsung Electronics, March 2005

2. Published in the Biodesign Innovation Sourcebook (Stanford Graduate School of Business & Program in Biodesign, October 2008). Sponsored Project: University of Cincinnati + Respironics Design Team.

Christina Droira’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

• career opportunities
• consulting offers
• new ventures
• job inquiries
• expertise requests
• business deals
• reference requests
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