Virginie GARCIA

En résumé

Entreprises

• Nestlé - Research & Development Designer

  Marne La Vallée Cedex 2 2015 - maintenant I am Research & Development Designer part of Corporate Technical Packaging department in Nestlé's head quarters in Vevey, Switzerland. My job is to support all Nestlé businesses designing break through innovations through cross-functional ideation sessions.
  
  Job routine is:
  - Ideation / Creative sessions: aligning with the business and core team, preparing session; defining objectives and expected outputs. Facilitating, sketching, prototyping, recording session, video making and producing report. Ideation concerns food / packaging / machines / service and digital design. Also experienced on designing new business model / value propositions and consumer journeys.
  - Consumer testing: experienced in building consumer tests and building stimulis for testing. Experienced in co-creation sessions with consumers.
  - Design support to businesses without design team: by following project development, refining designs and providing design consultancy when in development phase with technical teams.
  - Design thinking process: developing and refining ideation methodologies
  - Developing and supporting internal design network community
  
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  • Support design dédié aux business et centres de recherche pour Nestlé Global
  • Création de guidelines stratégiques, méthodologies de travail et plateformes digitales
  pour le développement du réseau interne de designers
  • Soutien de l’innovation dans les business en participant à 40+ workshops d’ideation.
  Objectif des sessions: répondre aux besoins consommateurs émergents via de nouveaux
  formats produits, packaging, machines, services et digital
  • Conception de 25+ workshops d’innovation réunissant des équipes muldisciplinaires
  autour de problématiques précises. Mon rôle: facilitation, sketching, réalisation
  de prototypes, enregistrement et production de vidéos, rédaction du rapport de session
  • Suivi de projet packaging: de la conceptualisation au développement technique
  avec l’équipe d’ingénieurs
  • Design de nouveaux business modèles et de scénarios d’utilisation
  • Participation à plusieurs sessions de co-creation avec des consommateurs et tests
  consommateurs. Développement de stimuli en fonction des besoins de l’étude

• Nendo - Product Designer

  2014 - 2014 Part of Nendo as industrial designer.
  
  Main activities:
  - Ideation & Conceptualisation
  - 3D modelling
  - Prototyping
  
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  Chargée de la réalisation de projets de food design, d’horlogerie et de design d’intérieur

• ResoDesignBand by Philippe Di Méo - Product Designer

  2011 - 2011 Part of ResoDesignBand as Industrial Designer working on projects such as champagne bottle covers, magazine booth, luxury sport gloves and dumbbells.
  Main activities:
  - Ideation and conceptualisation
  - 3D modelling
  - Product development
  - Presentation to client

• Michael Sodeau Partnership - Product Designer

  2010 - 2010 Part of Michael Sodeau Partnership as Industrial Designer working on projects such as Made in Camben bar refurbishment and London design week furnitures dedicated for the MSP product design exhibition.
  
  Main activities:
  - Ideation and conceptualisation
  - 3D modelling
  - Product development
  - Management of suppliers
  
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  Designer pour le projet de réaménagement du bar-restaurant «Made in Camden»
  Designer modilier pour le stand de MSodeau à la London Design Week 2010

Formations

• Ecal (Lausanne)

  Lausanne 2012 - 2013 MAS LUXE (Master in Advanced Studies in Luxury Design)
  
  Participant of MAS Luxe, discovering the world of luxury partnering with brands such as Hermès, Christofle, Special-T, Baccarat and Charles Schambourg.
  
  Main activities:
  - Ideation & conceptualisation
  - 3D modelling
  - Concept boards
  - Prototyping
  - Presentation to client
  
  Spine project has been selected to be prototyped by Charles Schambourg and exhibited during the Design September Brussels 2013

• ESDRA École La Martinière Diderot

  Lyon 2012 - 2012 TOEIC
  
  Obtention du TOEIC 970 / 990
  
  TOEIC grade 970 / 990

• ESDRA École La Martinière Diderot

  Lyon 2010 - 2012 DSAA (Diplôme Supérieur d'Arts Appliqués)
  
  Two years degree deepening my vision on industrial design. Food design became my thesis topic and I oriented most of project towards food design.
  
  Main activities:
  - Ideating and conceptualisation
  - 3D modelling
  - Technical drawings
  - Thesis on the relation between food and time
  - Consumer interaction
  - Working with cross-functional teams
  
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  Développement d’un projet food design en collaborat

• ENSBA

  Lyon 2009 - 2010 DNAT (Diplôme National Supérieur des Arts Techniques)
  
  One year degree exploring industrial design through fine art vision. Developing personal projects and collaborating with external partners on different topics.
  Workshop with Sébastien Bouillet pastry chef in Lyon developping innovative pastries.
  
  Formation d'un an explorant le design industriel avec la vision des beaux arts. Développement d'un projet personnel questionnant la place du design dans

• Harvard University Extension School (Cambridge)

  Cambridge 2009 - 2009 TOEFL
  
  TOEFL grade : 102 / 120
  
  Obtention du TOEFL 102 / 120

• Harvard University Extension School (Boston)

  Boston 2008 - 2008 3 months training to master essay writing and article analysis
  
  Formation de 3 mois à la rédaction d'essais et l'analyse de textes en anglais
  

• ESDRA École La Martinière Diderot

  Lyon 2005 - 2007 BTS

Réseau

• Jeanne BLANQUART

• Sophie LAGARDERE