Zack Simmering

Director of Design and Insights at Nottingham Spirk

Greater Cleveland

About

Veteran Industrial Design consultant with 20+ years experience. I have designed products, packaging, and retail fixtures for some the most prominent brands across a wide variety of consumer categories. I love absorbing the essence of brands and their target consumers, becoming an expert in new consumer categories, and discovering the “big idea”. Highly curious, penchant for learning, and a massive intuition for problem solving.

Experience

  • Director of Design and Insights at Nottingham Spirk
    Aug 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 11 mos

  • LAND Energy (Cleveland, Ohio, United States)
    • Chief Product Officer / Advisor / Founding Member
      Aug 2021 - Present · 4 yrs 11 mos

    • Chief Product Officer / Founding Member
      Jan 2020 - Aug 2021 · 1 yr 8 mos

  • Co-Founder; President at M80 inc.
    Feb 2009 - Aug 2021 · 12 yrs 7 mos

    M80 Is Focused on Delivering Results: Positive Business Outcomes. With a strong foundation in Industrial Design, our studio was created to solve business problems through the use of Design, in all its forms. Our team includes experts in Product Design & Development, Structural Packaging, Package Graphics, Strategic Branding, Retail Merchandising, and AMPLIFIER® Market Research. M80 has a broad range of experience built on a wide array of business categories, from the smallest niche products to the largest CPG’s packaging. We design and develop new, innovative, and protectable ideas which we confirm as ‘successful’ with a range of targeted consumers before your organization chooses to invest in them. Our Results Are Measured by Your Brands Growth.

  • Automotive Design Instructor at Cleveland Institute of Art
    Sep 2006 - Jan 2019 · 12 yrs 5 mos

    Part-time automotive design instructor for CIA and Chrysler. Responsibilities include the teaching of various levels of sketching and rendering techniques, realistic automotive design details, rules, and sensibilities, translation of design into clay models/modeling techniques, 3D Alias modeling fundamentals, and presentation prep. Work with a variety of student levels from beginner to fully advanced.

  • Founder/Creative Director at Lime Studio Inc.
    Feb 2008 - Jan 2009 · 1 yr

    Founder and Industrial Designer of design consultancy. Clients included Safety 1st, Nestle Foods (Purina NA, Purina Canada, Purina Europe, Juicy Juice), Duracell, Walgreen’s, Gilmour-Nelson, Clopay, Sheba Cat Food (Mars Inc.), Generosity Water, Midmark, Timbertech Decking, and more.