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Sophia corrao.

Product Design Graduate

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My name is Sophia Corrao, and I am a creative person through-and-through. I am passionate about designing products that are driven by form development and products for everyday life, especially furniture. What compels my enthusiasm for design is people. People are everything to me, and my goal as a Product Designer is to give people authenticity, a means of self-expression, and something that is truly worth giving meaning. Welcome to my portfolio website, and thank you, thank you, thank you for being here.

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Experience

Woodchuck USA (www.woodchuckusa.com), Product Design Intern 09/2022 – 12/2022
◦ Constructed 3 original concept pieces of office desktop furniture using Adobe Illustrator
◦ Executed the manufacturing of wood, veneer, and acrylic products utilizing a Trotec Laser Cutter
◦ Presented conceptual projects and implemented constructive feedback from design team

Education

University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, B.S. Product Design 2019 – 2023
◦ Studying human factors of Industrial Design and UX/UI Product Design
◦ Cumulative GPA 3.279 & Dean’s List Recipient
◦ Student Academic Excellence Award Recipient 05/2023
- Collaborative work on an undergraduate team in Product Design

Eastview High School, Apple Valley, High School Diploma 2015 – 2019
◦ National Art Honor Society member
◦ Member and volunteer in FTC & FRC Robotics

Key Courses

Product Design Studio Courses 1-3 & Capstone Courses
◦ Conducted thorough market research, user research, and product benchmarking.
◦ Rendered compelling ideation sketches and 3D product models using CAD software.
◦ Created low-fidelity and functional, high-fidelity sketch models.
◦ Assembled visually effective and cohesive presentation slides.
◦ Pitched polished product concepts to client sponsors.

Product Innovation Lab Toy Project, Sponsored by PlanToys ™
◦ Gained hands-on experience in integrated product design and development operations.
◦ Executed design processes with classmates on a cross-functional team.
◦ Consistently had the highest-rated concept and prototypes amongst 9 teams.

Product Design Coursework

◦ Concept Visualization and Presentation 1 & 2
◦ Product Form and Model Making
◦ Introduction to Entreprenuership
◦ Digital Concept Visualization
◦ Creative Design Methods
◦ Concept Sketching

◦ Computer-Aided Design Methods 1 & 2
◦ History and Future of Product Design
◦ Designing For Manufacture (DFM)
◦ Product Innovation Lab
◦ Furniture Design
◦ Web Design

Tools

◦ Adobe Photoshop
◦ Adobe Illustrator
◦ Adobe InDesign
◦ JavaScript
◦ Figma

◦ Microsoft Office Suite
◦ HTML and CSS
◦ Autodesk Alias
◦ SolidWorks
◦ Luxion Keyshot

Skills

◦ Creative Problem Solving
◦ Market & User Research
◦ Concept Visualization
◦ Form Development
◦ User Narratives

◦ Design for Manufacturing
◦ Modeling & Simulation
◦ Structural Design
◦ User Empathy
◦ Prototyping

CONTACT

Contact Me

If you have any questions or would like to get in touch with me, feel free to leave your information. I would love to discuss design with you!

scorrao1@gmail.com

Cell: 612-314-0752

I'M Sophia corrao.