Experience

Elan-Polo

• United States
• Retail Apparel and Fashion
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Mens Footwear Designer

  • Oct 2011 - Present

  Key Responsibilities and Skills: • Currently in charge of all men’s designs • Liaise with our men’s footwear account manager • Propose up and coming designs for our own range • Attend customer meetings with the account managers to listen to customer feedback and help further to build the range • Perform market research by investigating current trends and using trend databases • Presentation of ideas at meetings • Produce CAD’s and trend boards using Photoshop and Illustrator • Liaising with factories in the Far East about materials and general problems with either shoe patterns, material problems, treatments and sizing problems



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• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Assistant Boys Footwear Designer

  • Feb 2011 - Aug 2011

  Key Resposibilities and Skills: • To Assist the head designer with the Development of the latest collection from inception to conclusion • Development of specification sheets along with any amendment spreadsheets • Production of mood boards and sketches for new designs • Attend selection meetings with senior directors to present the proposed designs and colours • Help to build the collection by establishing any missing elements and remove unsuccessful products Key Resposibilities and Skills: • To Assist the head designer with the Development of the latest collection from inception to conclusion • Development of specification sheets along with any amendment spreadsheets • Production of mood boards and sketches for new designs • Attend selection meetings with senior directors to present the proposed designs and colours • Help to build the collection by establishing any missing elements and remove unsuccessful products



JD Sports Fashion

• United Kingdom
• Retail
• 700 & Above Employee

• Freelance Footware Designer

  • Aug 2010 - Feb 2011

  I have been working as a freelance designer for JD Sports on the brand Nannystate. The brand was behind schedule with getting the range designed and samples made. I was sent to Japan to do market research and then went on to the factories in Tai Wan, where I worked to complete the range and finished off over 80 specification sheets. On my return I was made responsible for all liaisons between the factories abroad in order to solve any problems, or answer any questions they needed to ask. My contract came to an end in the first week of December.