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Professional Summary:* Accomplished Design Professional with both domestic and international experience, encompassing all facets of product development, from initial design to production management.* Innovative creative thinker able to interpret market direction and trends, identify marketing niches, and provide seasonal trend reports and mood boards internally, as well as for all key retailers and accounts.* Proven ability to develop brand identity and understand evolving customer needs.* Strong creative profile with the ability to render illustrator CADS and tech packs from conceptual directives.* Highly knowledgeable in all aspects of design including: market/competitive research, sales analysis, trend shopping & trend reports, mood boards, color/material/print/trim selections, line-planning, hand-sketching, 2D & 3D CADS (Adobe Illustrator & Photoshop), specification sheets, technical packages, lasts/outsole development, original print repeats/graphics, packaging design, styles guides, licensor approvals, style sourcing with factories, lab-dip approvals, prototype sample revisions, overseas travel to China factories, showroom-set, merchandising, footwear collection presentations to buyers and senior management, and final product approvals.Computer Skills:* Adobe Creative Suite: Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat, Bridge, Muse, Edge Animate, & DreamWeaver.* Microsoft Office: Teams, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, and OneNote.* 3D Design software: Rhino.* UX/UI Web Design skills: Prototyping: Figma, Sketch, Invision, Adobe XD, Bootstrap; and Customer Interviews, Competitive Analysis, Empathy Map, Personas, Customer Journey Map, Site Map, User Flows, and Wireframes.* Product Life-cycle Management - (PLM).

Listed skills include Trend Analysis, Trend, Fashion, Creative Direction, and 19 others.