Kyle Shields
Soft Goods Designer at PING Golf
Phoenix, AZ
In My Own Words
passionate about connecting the dots between design, manufacturing, and end consumer.
love to chat about soft goods design, the outdoors, and the stuff about design they don't tell you in school.
assume positive intent + do good work.
Work Experience
Soft Goods Designer
RANGE2024 – Present
RANGE creates goods that meet at the intersection of quality, aesthetic design, and wholehearted adventure.
Product Developer
Pioneer Square Brands2022 – 2024
Turning panic into relief. Leading design and development for protective technology cases and accessories for OEMs such as Dell, HP, Lenovo, and Apple under the Gumdrop brand for use in K-12, healthcare, and enterprise environments. Project load of 8-10 at a given time.
Industrial Design Intern
DICK'S Sporting Goods2021 – 2021
Never leave your "furriend" behind. - Gathered user research and developed product line for dog specific product category. Research, concept creation, tech pack development, BOM creation. - Product design and development with the outdoor recreation equipment team. - Assisted other designers in generating sketches and product visualizations through the use of CAD, Photoshop, and sketch mockups. - LEARNED: how to develop a financially viable product line with internal product managers, cultivating a feedback loop with design team, and communicating with overseas manufacturers.
Product Design Intern
SELECT Hinges2020 – 2020
- Developed a design process roadmap to establish consistent, efficient and robust new product development projects at SELECT. - LEARNED: how to optimize communication with engineering team, LEAN manufacturing, and growing in parametric design.
Sales Staff
Pedal2019 – 2019
- Guiding customers toward their goals in cycling and beyond. - Trek Guide (formerly Ninja) status - Maintained knowledge of Trek and Specialized road, hybrid and mountain product categories. - Worked with tech service to schedule service requests and bike builds as well as offering mechanical service as needed.
Sales/Purchasing
The Outpost of Holland2016 – 2018
- Managed purchasing and inventory for backpacks, tents, and outdoor accessory products categories. - Taught and guided customers in details of technical outdoor clothing, backpacking, and water sports equipment. - Brought storewide inventory management to a fully digital, cloud-based system. - Responsible for company social media presence and creating marketing content for web and advertisement. Organically grew company Instagram account to +500 users at the time.
Craftsman
New Holland Brewing Company2014 – 2015
- Craftsman at New Holland Brewing Co.'s Barrel Works Project. - Designed and created art with spent bourbon barrels. - Extensive woodworking techniques, wood/metal finishes and paint, custom signage, metal fabrication, electrical processes, screen printing. - Operated venture social media and created content including various shoots of products, production processes, and features. Included photo/video assigned to me by NHB marketing team.
Team Member
The Worden Company2013 – 2014
Ensured efficient production of veneer wrapped aluminum or steel. This included gluing, wrapping, trimming, and sanding for premium office furniture brands such as Steelcase, Knoll, and Allsteel.
Team Manager/Truck Driver
Life Action Ministries2012 – 2013
Class A Commercial Driver Michigan - Responsible for the safe transport of gear and materials required for ministry events across the United States and Canada. - Responsible for keeping daily drivers logs, truck and equipment inspection and load securing.
Team Manager
Life Action Ministries2011 – 2013
Oversaw 20 person traveling ministry team and organized daily tasks. - Organized itineraries for travel across United States and Canada for up to 9 months at a time. - Worked with college students to create a quality work environment. - Reported to Team Director.
Drummer
Life Action Ministries2009 – 2013
Drummer for traveling ministry road team. - Required to learn and practice new songs and drumming methods. - Proficient in live audio rigging, audio mixing and front-of-house tech. - Required to raise support for living expenses while on mission.
Education
High School Diploma
St. Johnsbury AcademyGrand Rapids Community College
2013 – 2016
Projects
Atwood 40
https://carryrange.com/atwood-40The Atwood 40 honors a classic simplicity tradition in film photography. Rangefinder cameras are straightforward and easy film cameras. They should require a strap as easy as their function while keeping the aesthetic focus on the camera.
The Atwood 40 easily disconnects via micro-buckles while Kevlar cords connect the strap without marring the camera body.
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Wil Waldon Senior Full-Stack Web Developer/Designer | HTML, CSS, JS, React, Typescript, Figma | Creative Code Strategist
The project from a few posts ago explaining the new business venture that can change the face of skateboarding is ramping. Partner talks are over, tech stack is being built out. We pivoted a little on the idea, but the core concept is still in tact. More info to come.
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Jake Samuelson Senior Graphic Designer
New Personal Work. Drop a like =D
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