John Joseph

Clients include: Black Diamond, Canada Goose, Hoka, Keen, Vimazi, Sorel, Mizuno, Bogs, Columbia Sportswear.

• Primary responsibilities included footwear design, direction, along with mentoring new designers.
• Top selling shoes in Trail, Hiking, Cold Weather, Sandals and Lifestyle.
• Saw over 1300% growth in footwear revenue.
• One of 25 employees chosen for Columbia’s first Leadership Engagement and Potential program.

• Athletic footwear design and development with a focus on cross training and basketball.
• Top selling shoes include: I-Formation, the top selling cross trainer in 1997; Spitfire basketball shoe, which comprised 20% of all bookings for Holiday 1997; the Motor-XT cross trainer, the top booking shoe for Summer 1998.
• Shoes worn by professional athletes, including: Jayson Williams, New Jersey Nets, and Derek Jeter, New York Yankees.

• Athletic footwear; advanced concepts and in-line product.
• Exposure to all aspects of the footwear industry from sales to material sourcing.

• Responsible for the full-design spectrum: concept to finished design.
• Extensive array of materials used in final design: molded plastic/composites, cast metal, pressed glass
and wood.
• Products on the market include: candle holders, magazine racks, calculators and picture frames.