Adrian Ward

Adrian Ward has a diverse work experience spanning various roles and companies. Adrian is currently working as a Senior Hardlines Designer and Lead Toy Designer for the Mojang Minecraft Consumer Product Creative Team at Mojang Studios. In this role, they manage the licensed product and packaging development relationship between Mojang Minecraft and various partners. Prior to this, Adrian worked as the Owner/Designer at Adrian Ward Design LLC, where they provided digital CAD sculpting, graphic design, and packaging design services for licensed consumer product companies. Adrian has also worked at The Bradford Exchange as a Conceptual Product Designer, at Creative Brands LLC as the Lead Industrial Designer, at FAB Starpoint as an Industrial Designer, at Summer Infant as an Industrial Designer, at Hasbro as an Industrial Designer in the Kreo Division, at M.Z. Berger & Company as an Industrial Designer in the Licensed Clock Division, and at Izquierdo Studio as a Costume Design Intern. Throughout their career, Adrian has worked with various licensors and intellectual properties, including Disney, Warner Bros, Nasa, and more.

Adrian Ward received a Bachelors of Industrial Design with Highest Honors from Pratt Institute, specializing in Industrial and Product Design, from 2006 to 2010. In addition, Adrian has obtained several certifications including Digital Inking and Refinement for Comic Books from LinkedIn, DevOps Foundations: Lean and Agile from LinkedIn, HTML Essential Training from LinkedIn, CAD320 SolidWorks Surface Modeling from Fisher Unitech LLC, and AD110 SolidWorks Essentials from Fisher Unitech LLC. The years these certifications were obtained are not specified.