Christophe Ouvrard

Footwear Designer

Sportshoe designer always combining function with striking looks !

Resume

Christophe OUVRARD
Geibelstrasse 18
24536 neumünster
Germany

Tel: + (49)-172-68-300-82
E-mail: Christopheouvrard@yahoo.fr


Jack-Wolfskin GmbH, HQ Germany:

2011 to present: Footwear Product Manager for Hiking and Sandals

Isa-Traesko GmbH, HQ Germany:

2006-2011: Footwear Designer for the Sport Collection at Isa-Traesko,
From Market research, design, materials, colours, lasts management to production in various Asian countries.
Sport collection includes: Running, All-terrain, Walking, Trekking shoes and boots, Aquashoes, Thermo-boots, PU Sandals, Leather Sandals, Indoor, Tennis, Multi-court, Training/All-purpose, Kids Indoor, Kids Soccer, Kids Street shoes and Kids sandals.

adidas-Salomon AG, HQ Germany:

2004-2006: Conceived the three models that will celebrate adidas come-back in Gymnastics at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games
Designer Footwear for Olympics, Indoor, Slides and Cricket

2003-2004 Designer Footwear for Olympics, Indoor, Cricket
Created first specific adidas Designs for Cricket
Conceived the adidas cross-country-boots for the Turino Olympic Winter Games in collaboration with Salomon (France).

2000-2003 Designer Footwear for Slides and Olympics
Composed the whole Wrestling range for FW 2004,
Including the top-shoe for Athens 2004 Olympic Games and some boxing shoes.
Designed Top Weightlifting shoe and numerous volume-drivers for Slides

2002-2003: Conceived Brandon Slay´s personal shoe (Olympic Gold Medalist 2000-2004)
Designer Accessories for Glasses-Perfumes-Watches
Lead designers-workshops for these related products.
Resulting into ideas that were used to create the "Clima-Cool Watch" and the adidas "3" perfume bottle.

1998-1999 Designer Footwear for Tennis-Indoor
Conceived Mass-selling models for both categories.


EDUCATION

1997-1998 Military Service Officer School of the French Marine

1994-1997 Creapole-ESDI. Paris.
Product and Transportation Design (Diploma: Transport-Truck for the Australian desert)

1996: Internships: Avant-Premiere (Product Design, Lyon, France)
Grand V-Games (Conception of the Professional Catalogue)


COMPUTER-SKILLS

Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop

LANGUAGES

Fluent in French, English and German

Location

Neumünster, Germany

Specialties

  • Industrial Design

Experience

10+ years