Nadine K. Osman

• Led product innovation across 20+ SKUs, launching functional apparel systems, seasonal collections, and user-specific variants, contributing to 70% expansion of the product portfolio.
• Conducted research and identified market trends to inform creative direction. Markets including Egypt, Kuwait, and UK.
• Drove material research and testing, translating insights into 5+ new constructions that improved comfort, fit, and wearability for the products while enabling entry into new product categories.
• Owned concept-to-market design execution, aligning product, packaging, and retail booth designs, resulting in faster development cycles and consistent brand delivery across channels.
• Led packaging and sustainability initiatives, developing 3+ packaging formats (seasonal, bundle, improved current packaging), reducing material redundancy and improving retail readiness.
• Fostered cross-functional collaboration between the design team and other departments such as production teams to ensure seamless integration of design elements into final products. And marketing teams to ensure strong brand identity across multiple platforms.
• Mentored junior designers, providing guidance on best practices and fostering a positive work environment conducive to creativity and innovation.

• Designed and taught undergraduate (900+ students) courses in Product Design, Materials, Form Generation, Design Semantics, Presentation, and Bachelor Project supervision.
• Co-developed an international pre-master design program with Osnabrück University (Germany), integrating global design standards and industry practices.
• Led government-commissioned product design projects for Alexandria Governorate, in collaboration with the Engineering Authority of Egypt, now implemented across the city.
• Led the 1st-year Product Design program, managing Egyptian–German teaching team, while driving curriculum alignment and improved student performance.

Developed research and development work for Crafting Futures on development projects for Marsa Allam's craft community.

• Conducted applied research and served as project facilitator for university initiatives in collaboration with Kingston Town.
• Managed multidisciplinary design teams within the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) initiative.
• Led sustainability audits to integrate responsible design and sustainability practices across multi-faculty curricula.
• Co-designed “Professionals of the Future” program in collaboration with three UK universities design teams.

• Prepared course content and evaluated assignments in collaboration with lead instructors.
• Supported delivery of courses including Form & Material, Form Generation, Design Semantics, Public Design, and CAD I.
• Supported classroom activities, tutoring, and reviewing work.
• Participated in professional development opportunities to stay current on the latest teaching trends and methodologies, enhancing overall effectiveness as an educator.

• Designed lighting units for kids bedrooms using rotor-molding and traditional sculpting techniques
• Designed kids bedrooms, lighting units and rugs. Illustrating designs for ready made furniture
• Enhanced furniture designs by incorporating ergonomic principles and innovative materials.