# Allie Hackett > Brand Manager and Senior Product Developer at Petmate Location: Oakland, California, United States Profile: https://flows.cv/alliehackett - 14+ years of professional product development experience, specializing in cut and sew soft goods, cat products, and dog toys. - Cat expert! 10 years experience as a Director of a non profit cat rescue, cat fosterer, TNR work, adoption work, and behavior trouble shooting. (Plus a life long cat parent of course). - Extensive product design experience working with a variety of materials and product lines. Creating product spec sheets, over-seeing product development, managing internal and external developers and design teams, collaborating with manufacturing team and overseas vendors, providing redirect and feedback on product from start to finish for soft and hard goods in the pet category. - Brand building and management from the ground up for cat brands at Cosmic Pet and Petmate. - Experience in branding and print design, packaging design, catalog design and layout, and other promotional materials. - Hand illustration/drawing - Ideation and mood board building - Trade show booth layout design, signage design, and merchandising experience. - Managing and overseeing product photo shoots and photo editing - Software skills: Adobe Illustrator CC, Adobe Photoshop CC, and Adobe Indesign CC. Microsoft Word, and Excel ## Work Experience ### Brand Manager @ Petmate Jan 2024 – Present ### Brand Manager @ Petmate Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 Brand Manager for cat toys, Mad Cat and Quirky Kitty ### Product Designer @ Petmate Jan 2022 – Jan 2024 ### Director of Cat Product Development @ Cosmic Pet Jan 2020 – Jan 2022 | Emeryville, CA ### Creative Manager and Product Developer @ R2P Group Inc Jan 2010 – Jan 2020 I am the in-office cat expert at R2P Group, Inc. I am a senior level product developer overseeing all cat product development. For over nine years I have designed unique, playful, and fun pet products including dog and cat toys, bedding, and accessories. For the last two years my focus has been on developing one of a kind, on trend cat toys and products. As a designer and product developer I oversee product design from start to finish, sketching designs, creating digital spec sheets, sending designs to our production team and answering any questions, visiting factories overseas, reviewing product, and giving product redirect. In addition I create custom branding for our individual product lines, including developing logos, unique packaging, and other collateral. I have extensive experience designing presentations and sale sheets for our products, catalog layout and design, creating digital POG layouts, and design displays and signage for trade shows and retailers. I also manage and oversee product photo shoots, edit product photos, and make final image selections. ### Graphic Designer/Photo Editor @ Susan Cooper Photography Jan 2009 – Jan 2009 Primarily worked on photo retouching and corrections. Assisted with photo shoot set up and break down. I also worked designing awards and memorabilia for sporting events using photographs. ## Education ### Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Graphic Design San Diego State University ## Contact & Social - LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/alliehackett --- Source: https://flows.cv/alliehackett JSON Resume: https://flows.cv/alliehackett/resume.json Last updated: 2026-04-13