Isaac Alves

• Children's footwear product development for multiple footwear brands across global markets.
• Upper and Outsole design and development from initial concept sketch to final production.
• Communication between development teams in Asia including travel overseas.
• Frequent use of Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop to develop line art for sample and final product development.
• Seasonal market research (product, color, material).
• Occasional product photography and photo editing.

• Footwear Design apprentice on cleated footwear and price-point teams learning development of footwear for MLB and NFL athletes and Reebok's bulk consumer at point of purchase.
• Assisted design team with concept development, color + trend research, and generating line art for sample development.
• Refined skills in Adobe Illustrator/Photoshop/InDesign/Sketchbook Pro.
• Worked on a team with other apprentices to shoot and edit a recruitment video for future apprentice/intern classes.

• Design Intern on Playskool design and development team.
• Assisted and shadowed team with all phases of product development on Play-Doh, Lite Brite, and Fantastic Flowers product lines.
• Assisted team with presentation development for product line presentations to executive board.
• Continued to learn about the product design process and refine sketching and presentation skills.

• Design Intern on product development team at GTECH.
• Assisted design team and engineering team with development of instant ticket printers and kiosks.
• Produced concept sketches and constructed 3D models.
• Conducted market research.

Design Intern on design teams working with multiple clients (CVS, Staples, Kimberly Clark).
• Assisted teams with concept generation, model and prototype-making.
• Shadowed designers to gain experience working with the industrial design process.