Ariana Tae Koblitz

OBJECTIVE: I am nearing the end of my program in product design, and am searching to step into industry in design implementation and management of design implementation.

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EDUCATION Stanford University CA, USA B.S. in Product Design June 2012 RELEVANT COURSES Design and Manufacturing Design implementation: CNC, lathe, mill, casting, woodworking spr 2010 Design Method/Implementation Core in product design program; design process fall 2010 Cultural Maps Ethnographic insight as it relates to design; course at design institute fall 2009 International School of Beijing Beijing, PR China Urawa Lutheran School Saitama, Japan John-F-Kennedy School Berlin Berlin, Germany SKILLS Languages Computer: International Baccalaureate Certicate Exchange Student Deutsche Mittlere Reife 2009 2005 2006 2005

German (native), Chinese (procient, 2 yrs intensive while in China), Japanese (procient; JLPT Level 2 certied), French (4 yrs high school prociency) CAD: CATIA, Solid Works; Rendering: Adobe Suite (esp. Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign); Windows & Mac OS BEIJING, P.R. CHINA June2011-Aug2011

DESIGN EXPERIENCE INTERN, LITE ON MOBILE

Design & manufacturing partner for telecommunications & electronics industry www.liteonmobile.com/eng Joined a team working on cell phone manufacturing (spec. CAD-modeling injection molded parts) Aided the communication with their clients American counterparts
INTERN, WUENSCH DIR WAS

Self-made toy designer http://www.wuensch-design.de/ Developed strategies for client-development for sale of hand-made wooden toys
PROJECT LEAD STANFORD & BERLIN

BERLIN, GERMANY

June2010-Aug2010

Qualitative research project on designer & user relationship analyzing decisions and workows Designed & implemented research project, included independent study coursework Received ME Summer Undergraduate Research Institute grant to pursue project
INTERN, CAMPFIRE LABS 50

Sept2009-Aug2010

Local start-up in social networking Assisted in developing user-case interaction design concept Developed a focus-group for user testing at Stanford University

SAN FRANCISCO

Aug2009-Sept2010

MANAGEMENT EXPERIENCE VICE PRESIDENT, STANFORD PRODUCT DESIGN STUDENT ASSOCIATION (PDSA)

Management position which oversees all internal development of PDSA programs Oversee directorship training (collaboration methods, event organization, management skills training) Collaborate with design-related organizations (run by academic departments, student groups & off-campus corporations)
RESIDENT ASSISTANT, ROBINSON DORM

May2011-present

Staff position within Stanfords Residential Education program, main contact concerning residents Develop dorm programming to introduce residents to my academic pursuits as well as interests
HOST, STANFORD CAMPUS CAMP WELLSTONE STANFORD

STANFORD

June2010-present

Aug2009-Nov2009; June2010-Nov2010

2-day community organizing workshop, led by an established training program (Wellstone Action) Coordinated participant recruitment and retention, event logistics, incoming trainers main contact