About me

Senior footwear and accessories designer with 20 years commercial design experience. Presenting a diversified portfolio in a selection of multi global companies. Experience within commercial, high street, and luxury sectors. Specialist in range building, design development, trend sourcing and global brand growth. Proven skills in brand identification and trend tranlsation for target customer Professional experience has covered a variety of footwear and accessory design categories. I have gained valuable experience designing high volume with Far East factories and suppliers, as well as mid level luxury, European production.

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Work history

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Senior Footwear DesignerMassimo Dutti
Apr 2012Alicante, SpainFull Time
Men's and Children's footwear designer. Working on all product areas from trends to fitting and presentations to stores. • Trend translation, key item focus and designing strategic footwear collections for men and children. • Sourcing and developing lasts, outsoles and materials within product price points. • Regular, strategic updates with directors and factories to maintain critical path and quality control. • Prototype and fit feedback remote and in country. • Continuous communication with head office, design team and product managers.
Frrelance Footwear DesingerThe Walt Disney Company
Nov 2019 - Dec 2019Alicante, SpainFreelance
Freelance contract for kids slippers and trainers design featuring Marvel and Disney characters. The Brief was to use selected art works within required prodcuts ie trainers and slippers. This was so much fun!

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Skills

• Footwear Design
• Fashion Accessories
• Sourcing Materials
• Pattern Making
• Factory Liaison
• Technical Specification
• Sustainability
• Finishing Techniques
• Presentations
• Client Liaison

Education

BA(Hons) Footwear and Accessories Design De Montfort University
Sep 2001 - Jun 2003Leicester, United Kingdom
Footwear and Accessories Design course covering all the basics required of a designer in the industry.

Awards

RSA footwear design awardRSA Design
A competiton to develop Sports footwear for the olympic games. The award was a placement at Pentalnd leathers.
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Speedo PlacementSpeedo (University Set Brief
An oportunity to work within the design offices in Nottingham during summer 2002. I was also asked to return the year after as a freelance designer.

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