Tanner Savidge                                                   tannerbsavidge@gmail.com | 610-349-7719 |

Objective

• I am a Structural Designer at Pratt Industries in Emmaus, PA. I am interested in full time employment as a packaging professional in the Lehigh Valley, and I am available to start immediately. I strive to create packaging solutions that satisfy the customer, production and pack-out teams, and the end user.

Education

Bachelor of Science | May 2018 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

• Major: Packaging Systems and Design 

• Minor: Wood Science and Forest Products

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Experience                                                                                                   

Structural Packaging Designer | Pratt Industries| June 2018 - Present

• Create innovative packaging solutions for a wide array of industries including food, stationary, heavy manufacturing, and cosmetics

• Develop wide-ranging corrugated products from POP displays to protective “brown box” packaging

• Interface directly with customers and sales team while focusing on adding value to the customer’s packaging

• Responsible for project development record keeping, file naming/part numbering, and creating specifications

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Sample and Structural Packaging Intern | Mattel/Fisher-Price | May 2017- August 2017

• Supported 8 brands (totaling 100 SKUS) through converting of samples, costing efforts, and correspondence between structural and graphic designers

• Designed and presented  original package designs for new products, some of which will be used in the 2018 business cycle

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Skills & Abilities

Program skills

• Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop

• Agile from Oracle (PLM)

• Artios CAD

• Solidworks 3D Design

• CAPE/TOPS Pallet Creation Programs

• Pallet Design System

• Microsoft Office Suite

• Kongsberg Cutting Table

 

Certification

• International Safe Transit Association (ISTA) Certified Packaging Laboratory Professional (CPLP)

• Level I Technician

• Certified in basic laboratory operations, procedures & protocols, and conduct of the essential ISTA shock/drop/impact, vibration, compression, and atmospheric tests

 

Leadership

• Operations Officer, The Marching Virginians

  • Organized and directed the distribution and collection of 350 uniforms

• Vice President of Membership, Kappa Kappa Psi

  • Planned, developed, and implemented an education plan for 35 members

• Alumni Outreach Officer, IOPP Packaging Club

  • Corresponded with program graduates to promote a stronger connection between graduates and students