From June 2019 to December 2019, I had the opportunity to work as a packaging engineering intern for Crayola. My daily tasks included small structural design works and submitting information into a specs system.

Most of my assignments consisted of tweaking small aspects of pre-existing designs for the packaging team. However, I was constantly working on my own projects or learning new programs that were available to me. Whenever I had down time I would assess current packaging solutions that Crayola was using or creating structural designs for possible product bundles I found interesting.

I had several large projects working with the packaging engineers on the team as well as an independent project where I critically assessed one of their current packaging designs. During my time there, I also learned and utilized two new software programs; TOPS and SolidWorks. TOPS is a unit load program similar to CAPE which meant it was relatively easy to learn. SolidWorks proved to be more of a challenge as I had never used a 3D modeling software outside of ArtiosCAD. I used SolidWorks to create blister molds for packaging concepts. The molds were created using a 3D printer and then a thermo form to create the blister.

This was a great experience that allowed me to challenge myself critically and creatively. I learned the process for designing and implementing packaging solutions. I was also able to see a project be completed from start to finish. This project was a variation of my classpack design that I created and will be part of Crayola's Back to School 2020 campaign.