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Marion Courtillé Heays

Napier City,HKB

Summary

Enthusiastic creative, responsible for conceptualizing and presenting designs to achieve desired effects and goals. Reliable professional with good communication skills and ability to adjust work for various environments. Handles modifications, requests and feedback from colleagues and clients in efficient manner, understanding needs of all parties involved. Flexible in adapting work style to fit different projects and juggling multiple assignments within tight deadlines.

Overview

20
20
years of professional experience

Work History

Senior Lead Designer

David Trubridge Design Studio
08.2010 - Current

Initiated new concepts and ideas.

  • Contribute design ideas in early planning stages with customers and director.
  • Oversee the creative journey of a project from start to completion.
  • Control prototyping phase.
  • Involved from concept to viable product on the market.
  • Meet with customers to present mockups and collect information for adjustments.
  • Collaborate with engineers and architect involved in projects.
  • Put together design tutorial and technical drawings for special commissions.
  • Complete final touches for projects before rollout.
  • Review project requirements to plan workflows and evaluate client time and budget constraints.
  • Create tailored 3D rendering for customers to visualize the product in their spaces.
  • Use Rhinoceros to create designs and layouts.
  • Use Rhino cam for CNC programming.
  • Use Keyshot for 3D rendering.
  • Use Adobe suite for presentation, costumer communication tools and awards applications.

Lead Designer

Ateliers Pictet Paris
01.2005 - 01.2008
  • Initiated new concepts and ideas.
  • Created new technique on material which ended being patented.
  • Contributed design ideas in early planning stages with customers and project managers.
  • Met with customers to present mockups and collect information for adjustments.
  • Involvement from start of the project to its completion.
  • Working for luxurious brands all over the world (Dior, Chanel, Louis Vuitton...)
  • Working with renown architects and designers like Philippe Starck, Patrick Jouin, Peter Marino, Alberto Pinto, etc...

Free-lance Lead Designer

Philippe Briand Yacht Design
01.2004 - 12.2004

Designed the interior of the First 50 sailing boat for BENETEAU, France.

Education

Master of Arts And Design -

Lahti Institute of Design And Fine Arts
Lahti, Finland
09.2004

Bachelor in Product Design -

Ecole Boulle
Paris, France
06.2003

Cabinet Making Diploma -

Ecole Boulle
Paris, France
06.2001

Art Degree - General Art

Lycée De La Communication St Géraud
Aurillac, France
06.1998

Skills

  • Innovative, creative
  • Professional, ambitious, hard worker
  • Team work, open-minded
  • Kind, resilient

Languages

French
Native or Bilingual
English
Native or Bilingual
Spanish
Limited Working

Acknowledgment/Awards

.2023 - TORU light (DT) - Best Awards Finalist / HOROEKA tree pod (DT) - NZ Timber Awards Finalist

.2022 - TUI light (DT) - Best Awards Finalist / HOROEKA tree pod (DT) - Best Awards Finalist

.2020 - Clouds lights (DT) - Best Awards Finalist

.2019 - Steens honey packaging (DT) - Best awards (x2 gold + x1 silver) / Basket of light - Best awards (bronze)

.2018 - Membrane acoustic screen (DT) - Best Awards Finalist

.2017 - Titi tree light (DT) - Best Awards (gold)

.2015 - Belle pendant light (DT) - Best Awards (bronze)

.2014 - HUSH acoustic light (DT) - Best Awards (bronze)

.2010 - "Prix de l'intelligence de la main" (MC) - Finalist

.2006 - Prix jeunes createurs (MC) - Maison & Objet - Paris / Prix "la releve" (MC) - Ateliers d'art de France - Paris

.2004 - Prix de la creation de Paris (MC)

Timeline

Senior Lead Designer

David Trubridge Design Studio
08.2010 - Current

Lead Designer

Ateliers Pictet Paris
01.2005 - 01.2008

Free-lance Lead Designer

Philippe Briand Yacht Design
01.2004 - 12.2004

Master of Arts And Design -

Lahti Institute of Design And Fine Arts

Bachelor in Product Design -

Ecole Boulle

Cabinet Making Diploma -

Ecole Boulle

Art Degree - General Art

Lycée De La Communication St Géraud
Marion Courtillé Heays