Jonathan Bankowski

• Designing footwear, logos, and graphics

• Designed for Lugz, Emeril Lagasse, Guy Harvey, Andrew Marc and Marc New York, and British Knights
• Assisted in designing, developing, and launching footwear brands for Emeril Lagasse and Guy Harvey
• Designed category/market specific products based on trends and research for each brand
• Responsible for designing and developing new POP displays, packaging, and logos/graphics
• Developed and organized seasonal color boards and brand color boards
• Worked with influencers and collaborators to design and develop special small-run limited edition collections

• Designed casual footwear for: Infant, Children, Men, Women, Elderly
• Responsible for market/trend research, sketching and rendering, presentations, developing spec packs and outsole technical drawings, pullover revisions, material and color selection, and fit tests
• Worked alongside designers and developers in China and Korea; Visited factories in China and Korea
• Developed a strong understanding of the design, development, and production processes
• Developed a strong understanding of international consumers, their needs, and their cultures
• Designed logos, graphics, and packaging to complement the footwear
• Researched current and future consumer trends and tendencies and applied them to the design process

• Designed exclusively with New Balance and PF Flyers
• Designed seasonal lifestyle footwear for Tier 0 to lower tier accounts
• Redeveloped vintage styles with classic and modern colors and materials
• Applied modern technology and construction processes to classic heritage styles; Designed performance concepts
• Learned how to build complete tech packs and outsole technical drawings
• Learned how to select color and materials for specific seasons, trends, and styles and how to display them as guides
• Assisted in the development of new collections inspired by a theme or technology
• Colored footwear for special/themed collections and seasonal collections See less