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Athletic Footwear Designer at LJO Inc.

James Kim

Fairfield, NJ
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    A Footwear Desinger/Industrial Designer...

    I have a Bachelor of Science degree in Transportation Design from Art Center College of Design and have over 20 years of experience in footwear design.

    I have designed and developed men's, women's and kids' atheletic footwear.

  • Education
    • BS Transportation Design
      Art Center College of Design
      1997 - 1999
  • Experience
    • Director of Design
      LJO Inc.
      Dec 2024 - Present (1 year 7 months)
    • Senior Designer
      LJO Inc
      Jun 2017 - Dec 2024 (7 years 6 months)
      Footwear Design & Line Building; SKECHERS Men's, Boy's and Girl's Fashion/Athletic Sports, and Lifestyle and SHAQ basketball footwear.
    • Athletic Footwear Designer
      ES Originals
      New York, NY
      Jul 2011 - Jun 2017 (5 years 11 months)
      Footwear Design & Line Building; Specialized in Men's and Boy's Athletic Sports, and Lifestyle.
      And1, Avia, Starter, TredSafe, Naturino
    • Creative Director
      HK Soft Inc.
      May 2010 - Jul 2011 (1 year 2 months)
      In charge of character creation and developing flash based interactive games including educational, strategy, action flash games
    • Footwear Designer
      HKST
      Apr 2011 - Jun 2011 (2 months)
      Footwear Designer for private labels
    • Footwear Designer
      ACI International
      Los Angeles, CA
      Jan 2004 - Nov 2008 (4 years 10 months)
      LA Gear Kids Athletic Footwear Designer
      C9 by Champion Athletic Footwear Designer
      Children’s License Footwear Designer
    • Footwear Designer
      Skechers USA
      Manhattan Beach, CA
      Feb 2001 - Apr 2003 (2 years 2 months)
      Athletic Footwear Designer
  • Industries
    • Footwear
  • Skills
    • Footwear
    • Graphic Design
    • Industrial Design
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