E: [email protected]: (410) 877-4231W: herbsfurnishings.com
C H R I S H E R B E R TFurniture Designer with 3 years of experience building a brand from scratch; developing
innovative products and analyzing product cost to create a more competitive product.
E X P E R I E N C EC O N T A C T
S K I L L S
E D U C A T I O N
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION
Towson University (Towson, MD)
2009 – 2013
Finance Concentration
DESIGN Woodworking, Metalworking, CAD
Modeling, Sketching, Prototyping
PROFESSIONALProduct Cost Analysis, Brand
Development, Demand Forecasting,
Customer Relations, Budgeting &
Allocation
SOFTWAREMicrosoft Excel, Sketchup, Illustrator,
Photoshop, Solidworks
OWNER & DESIGNERHerb’s furniture Co., July 2013 - Present
With the idea of “Handmade Ikea” I started this company in 2013 and grew
it from a small section of my parents garage to a 2400 square foot studio in
Baltimore, MD. I design and build modern furniture with innovative wood and
metal joints that allow for the dissasembly of the end product which flat packs
for shipping directly to the consumer. To date I have sold over 475 orders
totalling over $150,000 of revenue with a 4.9/5 customer rating.
DESIGN CONSULTANTStanley Black & Decker, July 2016 - Present
I design DIY projects that are filmed and turned into high quality step-by-step
How-To video content for Stanley Black and Decker’s Mobile Application DIYZ.
I research current market trends to create a unique DIY tutorial and project
instructions to outline the steps for the film crew and content managers. While
filming I either build the projects on camera or act as a professional advisor to
the on screen talent.
WOODWORKING INSTRUCTORThe Foundery, May 2016 - Present
I teach woodworking at The Foundery, a makerspace located next to Under
Armour’s HQ which is also funded by Kevin Plank. I created a class on one of
my DIY projects featured on website Lifehacker.com and also work with other
instructors to develop new classes to draw more makers into the community.
MARKETING INTERNTours De Sport, Jan 2013 - Feb 2014
Here I created a new excel based automated marketing tracking system that
sumarizes and infers decisions based on the raw marketing data exported from
the companies database. This new system saved on average 30 hours of work
per week.