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Senior Footwear and Accessories Designer
PETER WERTH
Dec 2010 - Present (15 years 7 months)
Brand, brand, brand....
Managing all stages of product development. From design, development, production and quality control.
Deliver the best product for a price point to a target consumer.
Working to very tight schedules over footwear and accessories.
Working very closely with creative director, sales team, national and international wholesale buyer and retail team.
National and international trips for research, sourcing, development and production.
Collaborations in footwear and accessories.
Merchandising from web (mailers) to in store POS's.
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Footwear Designer
New Balance
Jun 2008 - Sep 2010 (2 years 3 months)
Researching trends and competitors
Moodboards
Color boards and material boards
Sketches, cads and specs
Direct contact with the far east on a daily basis
Checking samples
Working on lyfestyle casual and performance
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Designer
cocob-designs
Apr 2006 - Jun 2008 (2 years 2 months)
• Researching trends and styles for market consumption
• Produce ideas alongside the specific branding of the client including All saints, Komodo, CBGB, Punkyfish, Demigods and Delilah.
KOMODO
A very hearty label, heapy and hearty orientated
• Worked with Komodo to produce a shoe for the Dutch Olympic team for the games in 2008. Part of the Brand for Aid for Africa
• Developed sketches using this data for the different brands of footwear
• Produced spec sheets for manufacturers
• Oversaw the development of our designs
• Flew to china to oversee samples production and produce amendments where applicable
PUNKYFISH
A fashionable teen punk label
• Research trends
• with Punkyfish street wear clothing label
• Sketches, cads and specs
• Design the Punkyfish footwear stand for bread and butter. Flew to China to oversee samples production and produce amendments where applicable
DEMIGODS AND DELILHA
A trendy male brand producing shoes and hybrids
• Research trends
• Sketches, cads and specs
• Deal with the far east on a day-to-day basis
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junior designer
acupuncture footwear
Jan 2004 - Nov 2004 (10 months)
Worked as an intern in the design department, performing general duties, helping collate material for mood boards, working on the completion of spec sheets for designs and being involved in design development
