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About
Elie Man currently serves as product manager at Brain Lab, a footwear design consulting agency with offices in South Florida and China. Elie is responsible for footwear and brand development, marketing, customer service, and presentations for fashion brands such as Kenneth Cole, True Religion, Guess, Tommy Hilfiger, Pajar, Ben Sherman, Firetrap, Steve Madden, Creative Recreation, Armani, Sean John, Roberto Vasi, Vince Camuto, and French Connection. His footwear designs are distributed at retailers including Saks 5th Ave, Neiman Marcus, Macys, Nordstrom, Ross, DSW, Burlington, and many others.
In addition to working as product manager at Brain Lab, Elie founded SoleWood, a lifestyle industrial design brand of accessories designed in Miami. The collection includes wood wallets, wood frames, handcrafted leather footwear, wood headphones, and accessories for Apple products. -
Education
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Bachelor of Fine Arts Industrial DesignCarnegie Mellon University College of Fine Arts2005
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Atenea Art School, Drawing Studies inSaint Andrews High School Preparatory School2001
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Experience
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Design & Product ManagerBrain LabMar 2009 - Present (12 years 9 months)Footwear and brand development, marketing, customer service, and presentations for fashion brands Kenneth Cole, True Religion, Guess, Tommy Hilfiger, Pajar, Ben Sherman, Firetrap, Steve Madden, Creative Recreation, Armani, Sean John, Roberto Vasi, Vince Camuto, French Connection. Production and shipment of roughly 3 million pairs annually to retailers including Saks 5th Ave, Neiman Marcus, Macys, Nordstrom, DSW, Ross, etc.
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FounderSoleWoodBrand creation & management, product and website design, quality control, sales, operations.
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Industrial Designer, Sales ManagerGroup III InternationalManage product development in the US and overseas. Prepare client presentations for Target, Walmart, & many other national chains and office superstores. Product ideation, tooling, & packaging of soft & hard goods. Manage sales accounts including PD, pricing, and placement. Daedalus Excel Product Development
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Industrial DesignerReflex DesignSolidworks concepts foam modeling model fabrication
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Industrial Design InternshipBrain LabConcept sketching modeling & tooling parts ergonomic human patent drawings
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Graphic Design InternshipCave Imagescore principles of footwear design elements materials sketching and product rendering
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Product & Brand Manager, Senior Design ManagerBrain Lab
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Awards
2008 - 2009 South Florida Chapter Chair IDSA
ALCOA Provisional Patent Award -
Affiliations
IDSA
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Skills
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@ElieMan, member since 2005
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Following 150
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Followers 62
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