James Kershaw

Strategic Designer

Hickory/Lenoir, North Carolina Area

Current
  • Freelance Designer at JKERSH.com
Past
  • Industrial Design Intern at Irwin Industrial Tools
  • Designer at BVD Collective
  • Ramp Agent at Delta Global Services
Education
  • Appalachian State University
Connections
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Industry
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Websites

James Kershaw’s Summary

Design Experience:


Industrial Design Co-op
IRWIN Industrial Tools- a division of Newell Rubbermaid
Huntersville, North Carolina USA
May 2009- Current

Assist Senior Designer with end user research, conceptualization, product development, rendering, and 3D modeling on select projects for both IRWIN Industrial Tools and BULLDOG Hardware.


Freelance Web Designer
Beaming Sun Web Development
New Market, Maryland USA
September 2008 - May 2009

Create brand identity as well as websites for a variety of companies.

Clients Include: Beaming Sun (www.beamingsun.com), Fair Chance DC (www.fairchancedc.org) Estate Planning Associates LLC (www.trustepa.com), CreditCardStore.com


Freelance Product Designer
(Black Valley Design Collective)
MTV Real World 21: Brooklyn
Brooklyn, New York USA
May 2008 - August 2008

Design and create sustainable lighting fixtures as well as an office curtain for the production set of the reality television
series MTV’s Real World.

Freelance Designer
JKERSH.com
Charlotte, North Carolina USA
May 2005 - Present

Freelance Design for various international clientèle utilizing Industrial, Graphic, and Web Design skills creating
products, brand identity, websites, logos, and other multimedia.

Clients Include but are not limited to:

M8Denim / Melbourne VIC, Australia
Imflashy.com / Miami, Florida
Tapd’NY / New York, New York
Fa.Plantatech / Trier, Germany
Merge Weddings / Boston, Massachusetts USA
Latham Entertainment / Greensboro, North Carolina USA
Capital First Home Loans. INC. / Parma Heights, Ohio USA
OEM Parts / Old Trafford, United Kingdom
VW Speed / Old Trafford, United Kingdom

James Kershaw’s Specialties:

Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop CS3, Adobe Illustrator CS3, Adobe Flash CS3, Adobe Dreamweaver CS3, Rhinoceros
4.0 + Vray, AutoCAD 2007, Bunkspeed Hypershot, Graphic / Web Design (HTML, CSS) , Model Making, Sketching, Wood
Working, Metal Working, Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Routing, Thermoforming, G-Code, MillWizard, Shopbot


James Kershaw’s Experience

  • Freelance Designer

    JKERSH.com

    (Design industry)

    April 2005Present (4 years 8 months)

    Freelance Design for various international clientèle utilizing Industrial, Graphic, and Web Design skills creating
    products, brand identity, websites, logos, and other multimedia.

    Clients Include but are not limited to:

    M8Denim / Melbourne VIC, Australia
    Imflashy.com / Miami, Florida
    Tapd’NY / New York, New York
    Fa.Plantatech / Trier, Germany
    Merge Weddings / Boston, Massachusetts USA
    Latham Entertainment / Greensboro, North Carolina USA
    Capital First Home Loans. INC. / Parma Heights, Ohio USA
    OEM Parts / Old Trafford, United Kingdom
    VW Speed / Old Trafford, United Kingdom

  • Industrial Design Intern

    Irwin Industrial Tools

    (Public Company; Consumer Goods industry)

    May 2009July 2009 (3 months)

  • Designer

    BVD Collective

    (Design industry)

    20082008 (less than a year)

  • Ramp Agent

    Delta Global Services

    (Airlines/Aviation industry)

    June 2006August 2007 (1 year 3 months)

    Supervising the loading and unloading cargo and luggage into aircraft,
    calculating proper weight and balances, guiding aircraft and having select Security clearance.


James Kershaw’s Education

  • Appalachian State University

    20052010 (expected)


Additional Information

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James Kershaw’s Groups:

  •    Industrial Design
  •    Core77

James Kershaw’s Honors:

2009 IDSA Student Merit Award


James Kershaw’s Contact Settings

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