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Sam Holzman

 

Ottawa, ON

E-mail: sam-holzman@hotmail.com

Phone: 514-233-9322

 

Work experience

 

Fleurco Products Inc.

Industrial Designer- 2018-Present

  • Designing shower door hardware, shower bases, LED mirrors, and bathroom storage solutions.

  • Lead custom shower designer

  • Designing and building product displays for showrooms and trade shows

  • 2D, 3D, technical drawings, and product renderings

  • Producing and testing rapid prototyped mock-ups

  • Performing tests, and quality control inspections

  • Communicating with overseas vendors; quality control reports, communicating design requirements and specifications

  • Creating installation and specification manuals

Impekk

Industrial Designer- Winter 2015-2018

  • Designed mechanisms and frames for adjustable office and bedroom furniture

  • 3D, technical drawings, and product renderings

  • Created bilingual assembly and use instruction booklets 

  • Performed quality control inspections

  • Communicated with Chinese vendors; created quality control reports, communicated client requirements and specifications

  • Traveled to China to meet with vendors and factories

  • Built product displays

Nuvo Displays

Designer- Summer 2015

  • Designed product displays           

  • Created product drawings using Solidworks and Illustrator

Hayes Nulman Design

Design Intern- Summer 2014

  • Designed small wooden products                                            

  • Followed drawn plans to build and finish wooden furniture 

 
ICSID International Design

Design intern- Summer 2014

  • Worked with Masters students from IFEEL and WeSchool (in India) on a conceptual design product          

  • Organized and led a camping trip, as well as social activities to integrate the students into life in Canada

 

Colonel By Childcare Center

Supply staff- 2011-2015

  • Caretaker for children aged 6 months to 4 years  

 

YMCA Kamp Kanawana 

Section Director- Summer 2013

  • Oversaw and managed up to 16 counselors                                      

  • Organized and led staff training and activities                

  • Communicated with parents

Summers of 2008-2013

  • Camp Counselor for Junior Boys ages 7-12                                

  • Initiated and organized camp activities                                          

  • Archery instructor                        

  • Assisted leading canoe trips

 

Centre De Jardin Brossard

Summers of 2012-2013

  • General labor including organizing and designing store displays             

Education

 

Carleton University

2011 - 2015

Bachelor of Industrial Design

 
Dawson College

2008 - 2011

DEC- Diploma of Collegial Studies in Industrial Design

 

 

Languages

 

English- Native fluency

French- Fluent

Skills

 

Functional knowledge of -Solidworks

Keyshot

Autocad

Adobe Indesign

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop 

Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Word

 

Graphic communication skills in - 

Hand and computer rendering

Sketching

 

Familiar with equipment -

3D printer

Bandsaw

Belt sander 

Vacuum forming machine 

Sandblaster 

Milling machine

Lathe

 

Technological familiarities - Vacuum forming

Injection molding

Blow molding 

Rotational molding 

Casting

Sheet metal work

2010 - present

2010 - present

LED Framed Mirror

LED Framed Mirror

Lightbox

Lightbox

Art Deco Shower

Art Deco Shower

Motherhood

Motherhood

OMNRF Pump Toolkit

OMNRF Pump Toolkit

Internalizing Nature

Internalizing Nature

The Ice Project

The Ice Project

Canneau

Canneau

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