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Developer 1
OluKai
Portland, OR
Jan 2018 - Present (6 years 10 months)
-SMU/DTC/Kids and advance concept project developer
-Coordinate all phases of development utilizing the available resources of product line
management, design, costing, duty, compliance, product testing, and fit & wear testing.
-Be proactive to generate new ideas, materials and components for enhanced product creation and innovation.
-Generate development packages to communicate intended construction and aesthetic details for each project to overseas development partners and partnering factories (construction, color, materials, form, style, detail, cost/value requirements).
-Examine all prototypes to assure all product is correct to spec and within product compliance, duty and cost targets.
-Fit and wear testing from early prototypes to final confirmed wear testing, implement product revisions as appropriate to meet fit goals.
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Designer 1 Men's
OluKai
Portland, OR
Jan 2017 - Jan 2018 (1 year)
Trend spotting
Gathering knowledge of current market
Sketching
Blue Printing outsoles and molded parts
Illustrator line art
Pattern Corrections
Colorways
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Assistant Footwear Designer+ Apparel Designer for Hunt/Fish
L.L. Bean
Freeport, ME
Sep 2013 - Dec 2016 (3 years 3 months)
Responsible helping on Hunting and Fishing Apparel
Responsible for all Hunting and Fishing Footwear
Sketching
Trend Spotting
Market Research
Organizing colors and materials
Line art and colorways
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Freelance designer and researcher
Jason Burnell Design
Dec 2011 - Jan 2014 (2 years 1 month)
Freelance designing and research. Sketching,rendering ideation, and brainstorming
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Product Development Coordinator
Eastland Shoe
Mar 2013 - Sep 2013 (6 months)
Designing
Brainstorming
Traveling to China to over see new concepts
Developing
Creating lineart and colorways
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Women's Design Intern
Timberland
Jun 2012 - Mar 2013 (9 months)
• Producing Colorways
• Aiding in material standards & color standards
• Creating new linework / updating styles by sketching and developing computer generated line art / color CADs.
• Brainstorming
• Following trends
• Creating new prints to be used in the line
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Footwear Designer
Jimlar
Jan 2011 - Dec 2011 (11 months)
Designing new athletic and outdoor wear for men, women and kids, designing men's dress and casual shoes, pattern correction and helping with production issues, traveling to China to work with overseas development team and factory owners first hand, hand sketching new ideas for uppers, midsole and soleplates,designing color ways, following trends in the market and applying them to designs, digital and hand sketching to help create rapid ideation, working with the development team to help innovate and explore new manufacturing techniques, organizing and finding material samples for trends to show client, creating new line work for new shoes.
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2nd Design internship SMU
Puma
Aug 2009 - Dec 2009 (4 months)
designing color ways, exploring the current market and documenting findings on group market outings, following trends in the market and applying them to designs, giving presentations on new ideas and trends, digital and hand sketching to help create rapid ideation, working with the development team to help innovate and explore new manufacturing techniques, organizing and finding material samples for trends and clients, designing new uppers, midsoles and outsoles ,creating new line work for newly designed shoes.
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1st Design internship SMU
Puma
Jan 2009 - May 2009 (4 months)
designing color ways, exploring the current market and documenting findings on group market outings, following trends in the market and applying them to designs, giving presentations on new ideas and trends, digital and hand sketching to help create rapid ideation, working with the development team to help innovate and explore new manufacturing techniques, organizing and finding material samples for trends and clients, designing new uppers, midsoles and outsoles ,creating new line work for newly designed shoes.