Bags & Luggage Designer / Product manager

Carlos Foix

Valencia, Spain

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Softgoods designer and product manager with more than 20 years experience, with a focus in luggage, school bags and maternity bags.

-CMF design (colour, material and finish), samples quality control, and suppliers management in Asia, understanding the different production processes and how they influence design and fabrication.

Travelling to Asia 2-3 times per year, attending business fairs, and supervising suppliers.

-Used to work with lifestyle and fashion trends (WGSN), to translate them creating new design concepts.

-Wide experience with licensed brands and style guides , having worked with many top brands: Zara, Iberia Airlines, Fortnite, Minecraft, Disney, Warner, DC comics, Puma, NBA, RealMadrid, FCBarcelona, UEFA Champions League, LaLiga, Naruto, Doraemon, Sonic..etc.
Education
- Graphic design assistant. Graphic design
  
  Forpax Academy
  
  2002 - 2002
- Furniture and Lighting Postgraduate. Product design
  
  ESDI CEU San Pablo - Cardenal Herrera.
  
  2000 - 2001
- Industrial Design Engineering. Design
  
  ESDI CEU San Pablo - Cardenal Herrera
  
  1997 - 2000
Experience
- Freelance Fashion/softgood designer
  
  Toybags/Coimasa/Gabol/Dossae Formentera/Others
  
  Barcelona, Spain
  
  Apr 2013 - Present (13 years 3 months)
  
  Freelance fashion and softgood designer. Focusing on bags and luggage.
  My tasks include design, development, suppliers management and quality control.
  Visiting factories and making pre-production & pre-shipment inspections.
  Attending international fashion fairs. (Guangzhou, Frankfurt, Berlín..etc)
- Travel & School bags designer
  
  Gabol SL
  
  Valencia, Spain
  
  Jan 2010 - Nov 2013 (3 years 10 months)
  
  Design, technical data and samples quality control.
  Attending to Softgoods & Trends fairs (Madrid, Berlin, Offenbach, Frankfurt)
  Licensed brands: FC Barcelona, Valencia CF.
- Softgoods and graphic designer
  
  Freelance
  
  Valencia, Spain
  
  May 2008 - Dec 2009 (1 year 7 months)
  
  School & Sport bags designer for the company Sportandem S.L.
  Branding and Visual identity for several companies.
- Design manager
  
  Sportandem S.L.
  
  Valencia, Spain
  
  Apr 2007 - May 2008 (1 year 1 month)
  
  School, sport and casual lines development, technical data and samples quality control.
  Licensing and marketing management. Magazine Advertising.
  Licensed brands: NBA, RealMadrid, DC Comics, UEFA Champions League, Valencia CF and more.
- School & Travel goods Designer
  
  Grupo Jaslen
  
  Onteniente, Spain
  
  Dec 2003 - Apr 2007 (3 years 4 months)
  
  Design and development, including the samples quality control.
  Licensed brands: Warner, Disney, Puma, Jeep, Adolfo Dominguez, Elle.
  Identity and stationery for Jaslen shops. Catalogues, Advertising and other graphic design works.
  Attending Softgood and Trends fairs. (Madrid, Barcelona, Offenbach, Frankfurt)
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