Footwear designer, who is an energetic and motivated individual who can work in a busy environment and produce high standards of work. Highly creative and adaptable with excellent hand-drawing skills with a passion for fresh and original designs. Has the aptitude to design across the spectrum including Ladies, Men’s, Children’s and Sports as confirmed in the portfolio. An avid observer of footwear trends for various seasons. A good commercial awareness with the ability to learn and understand the new technologies to improve CAD skills and employ new techniques in rendering.
Projects
Work history
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Junior Footwear DesignerBacup Shoe
Rossendale, United KingdomInternship
1. Researching competitors
2. Creating mood boards, trend boards and inspiration boards
3. Updating spec sheets & uploading to an internal cloud system
4. Using Adobe Illustrator to CAD up designs
5. Hand drawing footwear designs
6. Adhering to the brand factor and heritage designs
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Junior Footwear DesignerPortwest
Salford M50 3UB, UKFull Time
1. Hand drawing design of footwear for men and women
2. Drawing up designs in Adobe illustrator and rendering in Photoshop
3. Researching trends, themes, competitor shopping and market research
4. Sending of specs sheets and requesting samples for designs
5. Specification sheet updates
6. Communicating with China factories
7. Quality Checking on post production footwear arriving in the UK
8. Analysing direct competitors to Portwest via website and brochures
9. Satra training courses learning about safety footwear
10. Proofreading and editing US, AUS and Euro Brochure and amending tongue labels and barcode labels with correct data
Skills
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Indesign
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Hand Sketching
- Mood Boards
- Colour Analysis
- Materials
- Teamworking
Education
BA (Hons) Footwear DesginDe Montfort University
- Leicester, United Kingdom
1. Advance Footwear Studies & Major Project: Application of design concepts inspired by participating in international design competitions. Experimentation and development of original constructions and design techniques. Self-Negotiated Brief. Research into theme and market place. Idea generation and design/development application. Prototype production. Major Portfolio. Personal profile development. CAD skills. Presentation & 3,500-4,000 word dissertation.
2, Progressive Footwear Studies & Technical Footwear Studies: Research and Market Analysis, Trend and Colour Forecasting, Customer Profiles, Range Building, Idea Generation, Material and Component Investigation, Presentation and Communication, Illustration, CAD,3D Design, Self-Management, External Briefs, Prototype Production, Pattern Drafting, foot analysis.
3. Complete Footwear & Integrated Footwear Studies: Illustration, Mood Board Creation, Presentation techniques, Design Development, Market analysis, CAD, Group working skills, Pattern Cutting, 2-D & 3D translation techniques, Technical file development for the processes and methods necessary for footwear prototype production.
Awards
The Beeby Award - Sherida Stewart Studentship AwardDe Montfort University
In my 3rd and final year, I was awarded the Beeby Award for the most improved student of the year.