James Kershaw

Current

• Freelance Designer at JKERSH.com

Past

• Industrial Design Intern at Irwin Industrial Tools
• Designer at BVD Collective
• Ramp Agent at Delta Global Services

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Education

• Appalachian State University

Recommended

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Connections

47 connections

Industry

Design

Websites

• My Portfolio

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 2005 — Present (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 2009 — July 2009 (3 months)

• Designer

  BVD Collective

  (Design industry)

  2008 — 2008 (less than a year)

• Ramp Agent

  Delta Global Services

  (Airlines/Aviation industry)

  June 2006 — August 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

  2005 — 2010 (expected)

Additional Information

James Kershaw’s Websites:

• My Portfolio

James Kershaw’s Groups:

•    Industrial Design
•    Core77

James Kershaw’s Honors:

2009 IDSA Student Merit Award

James Kershaw’s Contact Settings

Interested In:

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