TRANSFORM THE WORLD WITH CCS PRODUCT DESIGN
Product designers use their skills as artists and problem solvers to make objects beautiful, meaningful and functional.
William Fairnington
Alexis Dimaguila, Jason Wang
Careers
Trained to push conceptual boundaries while keeping in mind people and the environment, students graduate as highly sought-after design leaders in various industries.
Students intern and are employed with industry leaders like Nike, Ford, Henry Ford Hospital, Ralph Lauren, Otterbox, Target, LEGO, Black & Decker, Pininfarina, NVIDIA, Whirlpool, Shinola, Apple, Hasbro, and Adidas. Designers and representatives from these companies regularly visit campus, work with students in the classroom and recruit for potential career opportunities.
CAREER CHOICES
Appliance Designer
Color & Materials Designer
Consumer Electronics Designer
Exhibit Designer
Footwear Designer
Furniture Designer
Independent Design Consultant
Industrial Designer
Product Designer
Toy Designer
User Experience Designer
User Interface Designer
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Design Engineer
Exhibit Designer
Footwear Designer
Furniture Designer
Independent Design Consultant
Industrial Designer
Influencer
Market Researcher
Medical Equipment Designer
Motorcycle Designer
Product Designer
Recreation Equipment Designer
Recreational Vehicle Designer
Research
Shoe Designer
Sneaker Designer
Toy Designer
Trend Forecaster
User Experience Designer
User Interface Designer
Virtual Reality Designer
Watercraft Designer
Real-world challenges strengthen critical-thinking and problem-solving skills, so product designs focus on consumer needs, reflecting multicultural and global perspectives.
Featured Alumni
Brian Jablonski
Senior Director/Director NERF
Hasbro
Linda Jiang
Senior Industrial Designer
Google
Scott Mallwitz
Executive Creative Director
Walt Disney Imagineering
Jon Russell
Senior Industrial Designer
Trek Bicycle Corporation
Alexandra Sakalian
Product Planning Manager
Samsung Electronics America
Cheresse Thornhill
Design Director
Adidas School for Experiential Education in Design
Greg Verras
Design Director - Watches
Shinola
Christopher Torres
VP Footwear Design
Ralph Lauren
Previous Internships
4sight
Adidas
Altair
Astro
Atom Design
B/A Aerospace
Beyond Design
Bissel
Black & Decker
Bose Corporation
Bould Design
Chamberlain
Cinco Design
Continuum
Converse
Czarnowski
Deckers Corporation Teva
Dell
Denso
Design Central
Detny Shoes
Dow
Dow Corning Corporation
Ecco Design
Elberg Linden
Electrolux
Endo Ethicon Surgery
Essential
Faurecia Westworks
Ford
Frog Design
Fuseproject
Garmin
General Electric
General Motors
George P. Johnson
Grohe
Hasbro
Haworth
Henry Ford Hospital
Husqvarna Consumer Outdoor Products
Illuminating Concepts
Imagination
Intel
Kohler
Lands End
Little Tikes
Lunar
LPK
Mattel Inc./Hot Wheels
Merrel
Michelin North America
Mixer
Motorola
MRA
Multiject
New Balance
Nike
Origins Concrete Design
P’kolino LLC
Pewabic Pottery
PocketSquare
Procter & Gamble
Product Development Technologies
Propane Design
Radio Flyer
Ram
Reebok
Shinola
Sinister Bikes
SolidThinking
Solomon Sports
Steelcase
Streng Design
Sundberg Ferar
Tangent Design
Teams Design
Tennant Co.
Thinklabs
Tomy
Trek
TRW Automotive
Twisthink
Under Armour
Visteon Design Office
Warriors
Whirlpool
Wolverine Chaco Footwear
Worrel