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footwear designer

Description

Footwear designers perform fashion trends analysis, forecasting and market research, create footwear concepts and build collection lines by operating mood or concept boards, colour palettes, materials, drawings and sketches etc. They conduct the sampling process, make footwear prototypes and samples for presentations aimed to promoting the footwear concepts and collections. They identify the range of materials and components, define the design specifications by collaborating with the technical team and review the footwear samples, prototypes, and collections.

Theoretical Knowledge

ESSENTIALTheoretical knowledge required

footwear components footwear manufacturing technology last types footwear materials ergonomics in footwear and leather goods design footwear quality footwear creation process footwear and leather goods marketing planning

OPTIONALAdjacent knowledge that strengthens fit

CAD for footwear

Practical Skills

ESSENTIALApplied skills & competences

perform pattern grading perform market research in footwear analyse types of footwear develop footwear collection develop footwear and leather goods marketing plans implement footwear marketing plan create technical sketches for footwear apply fashion trends to footwear and leather goods use IT tools work in textile manufacturing teams communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages create mood boards reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing create patterns for footwear innovate in footwear and leather goods industry use communication techniques make technical drawings of fashion pieces

OPTIONALOptional competences

use CAD for lasts operate 2D CAD for footwear prepare footwear samples use CAD for heels create 3D CAD footwear prototypes use CAD for soles create solutions to problems design 2D pattern for footwear 3D visualisation