Skills

Product Design

Mechanical Aptitude

Technical Documentation

Conceptualisation & Iterative Design

CAD & CAE

Teamwork

Soft Skills

Organisation & Project Management

Stakeholder Advocate

Industry Knowledge

Software

AutoCAD

Solidworks

CATIA

Blender

Adobe Suite

Other Skills

Modelling, Draughting, FEA, Rendering, GD&T, DFM, BOMs, Research, Sketching, Prototyping, 3D Printing

Holistic thinking, Sound boarding, Problem solving, Emotional Intelligence, Adaptable, Photography, Logistics

Other Skills

Revit, Photoview360, Composer, MS Office, CMS, Meta Business Suite

Other Skills

Experience

Product Design Engineer

iamodd.

2024 — Present

My freelance work as a Product Design Engineer, focused predominantly in the camper van industry. I have conducted NPD, reverse engineered products and created documentation for a growing selection of camper van components. This has resulted in cost savings and an extended product range for the client with better margins.

Product Designer

West Country Concrete Products

2025 — 2026

The department had no set standards or practises, so I built templates, a new product catalogue & library of CAD and marketing assets. This helped deliver a consistent format of work for customers.
When asked to create a new product catalogue, I taught myself Blender, saving WCCP £20k in photography & preventing diverted and lost resources.

Bartender

The Falcon Hotel

2024 — 2025

I developed my ability to work under pressure, and to juggle multiple tasks at once. I exercised my communication skills with staff and customers & I am particularly proud of the positive morale I managed to elicit in colleagues.

Marketing Executive

WOLF Eyewear

2023 — 2024

WOLF had stuck with the same low-quality consumer photos as their marketing for years, with almost no effect. I developed a range of marketing and social media assets including stories, creating and editing product photos, short form videos and email marketing assets.
I researched competitors, products, sales and customers to better understand the market.
I fostered relationships with remote teams to improve comms and stakeholders demands.
I created the strategy and digital content that lead to a widespread increase in social metrics and great feedback from clients about the improved quality.

Hiking Instructor

IMHiking

2022 — 2024 (Part time)

I began experimenting with challenge hikes and fastpacking. This led me to set up my own guided hiking business, IM Hiking (imhiking.com). This taught me about small business; Networking, additional qualifications like Outdoor First Aid, basic finances & social content creation

Design Engineer

Zoeftig

2021 — 2023

Zoeftigs old assembly manuals were unclear and lacked formatting continuity so I created a range of technical content that modernised and unified operating & assembly manuals, including Hi-res renders, product photos and diagrams. This was well received internally and externally.
When attempting to close a deal, a sales manager approached me and asked for a sales tender. I collaborated with our graphic designer to develop aesthetic technical project bids, creating renders, the general document layout and information, resulting in the successful tender of over £1.5m of projects.
I took artistic models & ideas, and redesigned them into parts & assemblies for manufacture.

Mechanical Design Engineer & Project Engineer

TAIT

2015 — 2016 & 2017 — 2020

I was requested as the specialist CAD handler for the Project Management department and to act as a liaison between Project, Engineering, Logistics and Workshop departments. I helped ease communications between these teams.
I devised efficient methods of drafting & modelling, in part by programming macros. I was able to model almost twice as fast as more experienced engineers.
I designed a large selection of componentry and products (including NPD, DFM, FEA) One memorable highlight was creating the Over Center Actuator, a mechanism that “caught” a 70 tone bridge in its upright position. I enjoyed the incorporation of mechatronic components like motors and gearboxes into designs.