Senior Footwear Designer

Justin Heinrichs

Toronto, Canada

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Established in 2015, Freckled Footwear has humbly grown to become the largest independent Sustainable Footwear Design Consultancy in Canada. Having built a passionate in-house team comprised of like-minded individuals, Freckled Footwear provides outdoor, lifestyle and performance design for all. Capable of handling corporate business in addition to independents, our designers have experience with large private brand houses (Canadian Tire, Sportsdirect.com), international brands (Skechers, Helly Hansen) and some of the World’s most sustainably innovative footwear brands (Skye Footwear, Native Shoes).
Education
- Strategic Design Management
  
  Parsons School of Design
  
  2017
- Design + TwoTen Scholarship Winner
  
  Pensole Footwear Design Academy
  
  2013
- Bachelor of Business Administration
  
  British Columbia Institute of Technology
  
  2009
- Diploma Mechanical Engineering
  
  British Columbia Institute of Technology
  
  2006
Experience
- Director/Sr. Footwear Designer
  
  Freckled Footwear Sustainable Design Lab
  
  Aug 2020 - Present (5 years 10 months)
  
  We are a full service Design Consultancy, proficient in agnostic design ideation, product development, art direction, brand development, packaging and graphics.
- Sr. Footwear Designer/Creative Direction
  
  Skye Footwear
  
  Oct 2015 - Present (10 years 8 months)
- Consultant
  
  FREELANCE EXPERIENCE
  
  Kaka'ako Kasuals
- Global Design and Development Manager
  
  Power Footwear
  
  Toronto, ON
  
  Jul 2019 - Aug 2020 (1 year 1 month)
- Footwear Designer/Developer
  
  Canadian Tire Corporation
  
  Dec 2013 - Jul 2019 (5 years 7 months)
- Contract Footwear Designer
  
  Native Shoes
  
  Feb 2013 - Feb 2014 (1 year)
- Contract Footwear Designer
  
  Footjoy
  
  Jan 2013 - May 2013 (4 months)
- 3D Mechanical Designer
  
  Hussmann (JFS Equipment)
  
  Feb 2009 - Sep 2012 (3 years 7 months)
Awards

Two Ten Shoecase Scholarship recipient

Garfield Weston Merit Scholarship

BC Boys Basketball Leadership Scholarship

Vernon Credit Union District Scholarship

U of Alberta President's Entrance Scholarship

UBC President's Entrance Scholarship

BC Heritage Society Artistic Scholarship
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