Highly Educated Footwear DesignerStarted in a Family Owned Business of 3 Shoe Factories in South Africa, and Importers. - Skills - ▪ 25+ Years Of International Design Experience in Branded and MTO Business.▪ Working to Tight Deadlines▪ Implementation of Design Strategies▪ Extensive Travel for Consumer & Product Research Plus On-Site in Asia, EU▪ Partner & Trading Office Liaison▪ Ambassador for Brands and Company Brand Liaison with Licence Offices▪ Able to Engineer Brand Strategy, Product & Collections to a Stringent Brand Identity▪ Trade Fairs, Store Checks, Market Research, Collection of Trends▪ Interaction at all Brand Management Levels, Through to C.E.O's▪ Design to Meet Account Volumes, Quality & Final Working Margins▪ Communicator with Knowledge of the Diversity of Different Cultures and Traditions▪ Exceptional Solo and/or Team-Worker and Networker▪ In-Depth Knowledge of the Whole Design and Production Process▪ Expert Fast & Strong Rendering and Initial Concept Design▪ Solid Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator User▪ Total Control From Design to Final Confirmation Sample▪ 1st Class Pattern Engineer, Last Maker & Component Engineer▪ Extremely Accurate in Sketching, Prototyping for Conveying Visualisation▪ 1st Class Pattern Engineer▪ Full Prototype Control, Including Proportions & Fitting▪ Excellent Design Handwriting, As Seen In High Premium Brands▪ Need More? Just ask :) - Qualification Achievements -Ars Sutoria Design - Milan - Italy - "Distinction"Leicester University - Footwear Design & Manufacture - Leicester (Uk) - "Distinction" - Main Client List - "BUFFALO" - DEICHMANN - KOLN - GERMANYGöertz - Germany. Tamaris - Wortmann A.G. - Germany S'oliver - Wortmann Ag - Germany Rohde Gmbh - Germany Daniel Hechter - ParisNovi Footwear & Wortmann A.G. - Germany - Asia - GlobalStylmex B.V. - HollandBresley Shoe Company B.V. - HollandEegim Shoes - B.V. - HollandCrown Footwear Pty Ltd - South AfricaLotus Shoes - United KingdomMansfield Shoe Co. - United Kingdom