Francesca Capellini Email & Phone Number

Design Director with over 15 years of experience in conceiving, designing, and delivering footwear and accessories for woman’s, and footwear for men’s in mass market, designer, casual lifestyle and luxury segments. Highly versatile, with a proven record of balancing creative vision with business demands. Skills: • Effective creation of story boards and structure of collection, line building • Keen sense of fashion, trend awareness and ability to translate it into commercially viable designs • Strong hand sketching abilities (also experienced in designing on last/shell, technical flat, creation of tech packs) • Solid technical knowledge and design development abilities, knowledge of manufacturing process and construction methods • Attention to details, strong color sensibility • Experienced in leathers, exotics, vegan leathers, hardware and components • Strong organizational skills • Design team management (hire, supervise, mentor staff) • Ability to work on tight deadlines with internal and external suppliers • Solid experience of working with world-wide suppliers (US, Asia, Italy, Spain, Portugal, India, South America) • Fluent in Italian, English and Spanish

Listed skills include Shoes, Trend Analysis, Fashion Design, Trend, and 39 others.