Amy Roper Email & Phone Number

- Research and forecast market trends, materials, colours and kits by attending trade shows, comp shops and supplier showrooms.- Strong understanding of leathers and materials and their application to footwear and accessories.Main focous of dress and novelty styles designing commercial yet fun and interesting shoes in keeping with the brand.- Developing technical blueprints for branded hardware each season for multiple purpouses accross the range .- Responsability of Kurt Geiger… Show more - Research and forecast market trends, materials, colours and kits by attending trade shows, comp shops and supplier showrooms.- Strong understanding of leathers and materials and their application to footwear and accessories.Main focous of dress and novelty styles designing commercial yet fun and interesting shoes in keeping with the brand.- Developing technical blueprints for branded hardware each season for multiple purpouses accross the range .- Responsability of Kurt Geiger London Kids collection, working with wholesale and licencing team to develop a seasonal collection.- Providing clear communications to vendors and factories throughout all phases of the product development.- Coordinating the management and maintenance of seasonal materials, colour standards and development samples.- Making clear aesthetic comments as soon as photos/development samples are seen to ensure timings are met. Show less

- Creating accurate technical packages with awareness of hardware, lasts, outsoles, blue prints and moulds.- Amending samples in office and at the European warehouse to ensure quality for wholesale market showroom.- Organising of samples in head office and managing their movements.- Executing quality designs and colour ups seasonally.- Assisting in aesthetic meetings making comments on development and protos where necessary.

- Contributing to relevant ideas and designing into the collection in keeping with the brands DNA.- Working on the annual Chinese New Year products creating fun commercial characters for prints and novelty gifts- Liasing and maintaining good relationships with suppliers

- Research and design development into new collection for upcoming sustainable brand.- Helping lead the CEO to correct understanding from design to the manufacturing process following the given brief.

London, England Metropolitan Area

Running my own small handmade jewellery company

London, England, United Kingdom

- Designing of wholesale collections for high street brands based on briefs given by buyers.- Assisting in the design of Naked Wolfe collection for high-end based on trend and market research

London, United Kingdom

- Research of catwalks and trends, visiting shows whilst presenting my research back to the team.- Creating high quality CAD outlines for the website.

London, United Kingdom

- Assisted in designing summer collection, visiting factories overseeing samples in Portugal and Italy, making pattern amendments in person with the factory staff.- Attending trade shows in Milan on behalf of the brands to gather seasons trend materials .

Bachelor Of Arts - Ba Hons, Footwear Design

Learning about the making process of a shoe, developing a design style and making own collections. Looking at bespoke, biomechanics.

Short Course, Fashion Buying And Merchandising Footwear

A short course at LCF learning about buying and merchandising within footwear

Fashion Styling And Image Making

The Art And Science Of Buying And Merchandising

Study To Become Acp (Adobe Certified Professional), Adobe

Activities and Societies: PhotoshopCC InDesignCC IllustratorCC Completed course to be able to gain ACP certification - not able.