PORTFOLIO Alicia Gil

Industrial Designer with 12+ years of experience working in cross functional design fields & 5 years experience as Surface designer & Design account lead Core competences in: Account management, Surface design, CMF, trend research, cross-functional team communication, manufacturing processes & proficient in multiple design software’s

PROJECTS HIGHLIGHTS

2021

2020 2021

2020

Cadillac Celestiq

2019

2018

Two global design collections

2022 2021

www.cadillac.com/electric/celestiq www.instagram.com/p/CgUiOaMObts

GMC Canyon AT4x

Development of 3 different seat trimmings. Pattern development on air-flow specs.

www.gmc.com/futurevehicles/2023-canyon-at4x

Nissan Frontier

Concept, design competition (awarded) & development of seat trimming. www.nissanusa.com/vehicles/tru ck/frontier/features/interior-cargo

InterAuto “Immersion” by Eagle Ottawa vimeo.com/690549971

2020 2019 Midori Auto Leather Global Collection

Contributed in: Design themes, color & technologies selection, collection display, samples design, seat design, In-person & virtual shows, and marketing collateral.

ALICIA GIL

CONTACT INFO

(470)237-6533

alicia.alisha@gmail.com

Arlington, 02474, MA US Citizen/Chile

EDUCATION

Bachelor in Design

Majoring in Industrial Design

Universidad de Chile, 2011.

WORK EXPERIENCE

LANGUAGES

English/Spanish

Trainings/Seminars

Color & Technology

Eastern Michigan University EMU. Ypsilanti, MI. September 2021.

Fundamentals of Color & Appearance X-rite-Pantone.

Grand Rapids, MI. May 2018.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

AutoCAD (2D)

Rhinoceros

Microsoft Office

Microsoft Outlook

SharePoint Sites

DESIGN PROGRAM MANAGER | Eagle Ottawa by LEAR | Feb 2020-Nov 2021 | Michigan, US

Managed 15 NA & supported 10 global programs in leather products presented to General Motors design spaning across Design execution, Product Development to Product delivery, responsible for ≈ $116M in sales, representing 24% of Eagle Ottawa total book of business

▪ Design execution. Point of contact for Cadillac, Buick, GMC & Chevrolet studios, handling ≈ 40 concurrent designs, samples and development requests; leading 12 internal cross-functional teams that met Color, Material & Finish (CMF) and technical requirements

▪ Product Development Ran and supported all development activities: creating samples & project requests, samples quoting, kick-off meetings, material reviews, keeping history, tracking and removed slack from design process by up to 5 days introducing CAD ready files to CNC programing

▪ Product delivery Responsible for signing-off design proposals, samples and products to be presented to the GM design

Identified new business opportunities and anticipated customer needs by keeping a pulse on Consumer trends, Design artwork and Manufacturing capabilities

▪ Consumer trends Studied trend forecaster insights (WGSN) and analyzed global automotive trends (LA, Geneva, Tokyo, etc ) and other major design shows Milano Salone, NeoCon and Lineapelle

▪ Design artwork Introduced the use of 2D CAD artwork, 3D models in tooling design (dimensional processes) and parametric algorithms for perforation patterns

▪ Manufacturing capabilities Underwent continuous improvement training in advanced manufacturing, product development and marketing, and folded in new technologies for more sustainable practices and products

AUTOMOTIVE DESIGNER (Color & Trim) | MIDORI Auto Leather NA | Jun 2017-Jan 2020 | Michigan, US

Developed leather seat proposals and interior components for 17+ design competitions & awarded programs while supporting NA Sales seeking new business within the US & Europe.

▪ Surface color (finishing) & pattern development Debriefed 60+ design requests from major global automakers, delivering 3-5 renderings per concept in each iteration Managed physical samples requests creating processing data docs to be executed in Japan & Mexico plants, according to business region

▪ Assisted sales representatives seeking new business Established relations with and showcased advanced leather processes to OEM design teams in NA and EU

▪ Research new process technology alongside Engineering and Color Development Translated customer needs to engineering and identifying suppliers that could meet stakeholder quality standards by providing samples that were vetted by Color Development and complied with pigments, threads, embossing plates, roller printing and seat mock-ups requirements

Interior Designer (Contract) | VPT S.A | Oct 2015-Feb 2016 | Santiago, Chile

Remodeled a historical office building in downtown Santiago providing renderings, layouts and material samples

Industrial Designer, R&D | MPP Nicolas Correa V | Sept 2014-Dec 2014 |UK(London based)-US

Design of a bicycle tire lever set; from concept to cast production mold

Teacher Assistant, Econ.& Mgmt I(Design)|Universidad de Chile|Mar 2014-Jun 2014|Stgo, Chile

Aided in curricular activities for Industrial/Graphic Design undergraduate students lecturing and grading classwork.

Designer | P-PER | Feb 2014-June 2014 | Stgo, Chile

Designer in charge of as-built drawings and verification of standards for stores associated to the multinational optical company Rotter & Krauss

Industrial Designer (Arch) | Walker Design & Asociados, WD| Oct 2012-Sept 2014 | Stgo, Chile

Completed diverse retail architectural projects; designing proposals and planning the logistic of renovations & new stores for the COLGRAM holding account: Colloky, Opaline, Dimensión Azul and CxN

Designer, Internship & Entry level|Punto norte comunicaciones|2010-2012|Stgo, Chile

Participated in various projects in Marketing, Advertising and Communications such as promotional stands, furniture design, set design and signage systems.

DESIGN PRODUCT MANAGER | INDUSTRIAL DESIGNER | CMF

EAGLE OTTAWA | LEAR

Eagle Ottawa is a subsidiary of LEAR Corporation, a fortune 500 company that manufactures automotive seating & E-Systems. Eagle Ottawa delivers high quality leather solutions to a majority OEMs, becoming an automotive leader supplier. To EO, General Motors represents its biggest business account, providing leather solutions to all its design studios: Cadillac, Chevrolet (Corvette), GMC & Buick

Multiple vehicle programs were managed starting at or combining different stages: DESIGN MANAGEMENT ROADMAP

Perforation-Stitching-Quilting

Embossing- HDD

1

Leather color

2

Pattern

3 Mood boards and trend research to to support customer briefing

development (back rest)

Cloud printing iterations

Bolsters Main insert Stitch and seam exploration

DESIGN PROGRAM MANAGER

PANTONE 19-1102 TPG PANTONE 18-3907 TPG PANTONE 18-4006 TPG PANTONE 16-1255 TPG

THE PROGRAMS

Managed 15 NA & supported 10 global programs: Pre-production and production-ready (Cadillac Escalade, GMC Sierra , etc.), pattern development and technical analysis (Buick Avenir) and initial prototypes and show car on GM the new line of EV (Cadillac Lyriq, Celestiq among others.)

Crust, grain, color, gloss and haptics inspection

4

Design sign-off and pre-production readiness

Design proposals - CMF and Consumer trend research - Technical development - Samples quality inspection - Color matching – Samples tracking- CustomerTooling proposals - new development - Specs compliance(ex. airflow calculations) - On-site trend and automotive shows research and presentations.

Tooling analysis and development

THE TASKS

5

MIDORI AUTO LEATHER

Midori is a Japanese automotive leather supplier with presence in the Michigan, US on Design and Sales division, and leading supplier for Japanese automakers such as: Toyota, Nissan, Honda and Mazda, providing leather car components such as: Steering wheels, shift knobs, door panels and car seats.

laser cut and laser etching