Email: yazhao20@gmail.com Tel: 9123329242 Web: tinyurl.com/yanzhao EDUCATION
•Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD), Savannah, GA Master of Art, Furniture Design, Expected May 2013 •North University of China, Taiyuan, China Bachelor of Engineering, Industrial Design, 2008
DESIGN EXPERIENCE
•Intern, Tuoyi Furniture Company, Zhongshan, China, Nov. 2012-Feb. 2013 Assist Designers with research, technical drawings, quality control and communications with manufacturing department
•Intern, Working Class Studio, Savannah, GA, 2012, Sept.-Nov. 2012 Marketing research and product developing; two independent products are waiting to be launched
OTHER WORK EXPERIENCE
•Technical Assistant, SCAD, Jen Library, Savannah, GA, 2011-2012 Assisted students, staff and faculty in solving technical problems with computers, scanners and printers •Monitor, SCAD Exhibitions, Savannah, GA, 2010, Sept.-Nov. Providing information about gallery exhibitions, artworks and artists to visitors •Book buddy, East Broad Elementary School, Savannah, GA, 2009-2010 Mentored students in mathematics and reading
FABRICATION SKILLS
DESIGN
COMPUTER SKILLS
LANGUAGES
•Laser-cut, CNC machine and 3D printing •Ceramic wheel throwing, glazing •Wood bending, sawing •Plastic casting, vacuuming, rotational molding •Mock-up making •Screen printing
•2D: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign and AutoCAD •3D: SolidWorks, Rhino •Rendering: Keyshot
•Research •Ideation •Sketching •Rendering
•Chinese •English