Senior M's Footwear Designer

• Apr 2019 - Present

Footwear Designer II

• Jun 2013 - Mar 2019

• Manage innovative footwear design projects, color and materials development from initial concept to production for Performance, Outdoor, City & Coastal Lifestyle products. • Designed, introduced and launched new styles in PFG footwear, which increased market share and bottom line profitability. • Act as a Footwear Design partner to collaborate with apparel on branding strategy, seasonal corporate color, material, and trend direction with a strong eye for detail. • Work closely with PLM’s and Development to provide tech packs, color/material info, updated line art, and graphics/patterns as needed. Show less

Footwear CMS & technical designer

• Jun 2011 - Jun 2013

• Work in a team environment to create shoes for performance and lifestyle categories. • Create SMU's for key accounts both domestic and international. • Responsible for coloring and materializing 100+ shoes per season for Men, Women and Kids. • Technical designer for all metal embellishments, catalog graphics and additional footwear features. • Work directly with professional athletes & artists to ensure all endorsed footwear exceed expectations. • Work in a team environment to create shoes for performance and lifestyle categories. • Create SMU's for key accounts both domestic and international. • Responsible for coloring and materializing 100+ shoes per season for Men, Women and Kids. • Technical designer for all metal embellishments, catalog graphics and additional footwear features. • Work directly with professional athletes & artists to ensure all endorsed footwear exceed expectations.

Footwear Designer (contract)

• Feb 2011 - Apr 2011

• Create footwear designs based on category briefs. • Research color/trends/materials to successfully incorporate into designs. • Worked directly with NBA players to create PE (player edition) colorways. • Design shoebox for all performance categories of footwear incorporating solutions to current problems. • Work is completed in a team environment under strict deadlines. • Create footwear designs based on category briefs. • Research color/trends/materials to successfully incorporate into designs. • Worked directly with NBA players to create PE (player edition) colorways. • Design shoebox for all performance categories of footwear incorporating solutions to current problems. • Work is completed in a team environment under strict deadlines.

Product Designer (contract)

• Sep 2010 - Dec 2010

• Design hard and soft good products including basketball footwear, headphones, cell phone cases, and bags for clients. • Involvement in all aspects of design including brainstorming sessions, ideation sketching, development phase, final renderings, creating tech packs, SMU's, line-sheets, organizing and managing samples. • Research current trends associated with specific projects and design accordingly. • Design hard and soft good products including basketball footwear, headphones, cell phone cases, and bags for clients. • Involvement in all aspects of design including brainstorming sessions, ideation sketching, development phase, final renderings, creating tech packs, SMU's, line-sheets, organizing and managing samples. • Research current trends associated with specific projects and design accordingly.

Tactical Survey Technician III

• Mar 2005 - Jan 2010

• Work extensively on Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to create forward thinking designs for customers. • Generate technical documentation, image processing, graphic editing, on a per project basis. • Travel extensively creating virtual tours, 360-degree aerial animation and HTML pages for clients. • Assist with product inventory and train incoming employees as needed. • Work extensively on Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to create forward thinking designs for customers. • Generate technical documentation, image processing, graphic editing, on a per project basis. • Travel extensively creating virtual tours, 360-degree aerial animation and HTML pages for clients. • Assist with product inventory and train incoming employees as needed.

Footwear Design Intern

• Dec 2002 - Jan 2003

• Worked in the footwear design department assisting with the creation of all footwear and graphic designs. • Created new colorways for existing footwear line. • Assisted in creating graphic logos for professional athletes. • Helped produce the catalog layout for the 2003 Spring/Summer season. • Worked in the footwear design department assisting with the creation of all footwear and graphic designs. • Created new colorways for existing footwear line. • Assisted in creating graphic logos for professional athletes. • Helped produce the catalog layout for the 2003 Spring/Summer season.