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Athletic Footwear Designer at Gola
Josh Waite
Manchester, United Kingdom
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About
I am a creatively driven footwear designer in the UK.
I am now over the 2 year mark within the industry starting in highstreet and lisenced then moving onto sports performance and lifestyle .
During this short time i have begun to create a diverse range of portfolio across different areas , includingslippers, back to school, childrens, lifestyle, sportswear, hikingand sandals.
Ultimately I am a fan of design be it footwear, product or fasion and i believe they all lend themselves to each other in many ways. -
Education
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MA Consumer Product DesignUCLAN2011 - 2013Within my masters degree i took a direct focus on footwear design over all modules.
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BA Product DesignUCLAN2008 - 2011
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BTEC National Diploma Art & DesignMID Kent College2006 - 2008
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Experience
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Athletic Footwear DesignerManchester, United KingdomFeb 2014 - Present (10 years 10 months)Within my job role at gola i have been lucky enough to take over in areas of Atletics, Hiking and Lifestyle this has given me a massive sence of acheivement and tought me so much. I work within a small team so we realy have to knuckle down and get to work but at the same time keeping the design process fun and creative.
Within my role I perform
• Trend, Colour and Material Research
• Idea Generation
• Sketchwork
• Illustrator CADs
• CAD colour ups
• Material Selection
• Outsole Design
• Product Specification
• Prototyping
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Junior Footwear DesignerThe Bacup Shoe CoBacup, United KingdomJun 2013 - Present (11 years 6 months)Developing skills in a fast paced environment to a high standard, while working with numerous high street and household names to produce high quality footwear of all kinds.
• Market Research
• Trend Analysis
• CAD Colour ups
• Illustrator Rendering
• Colour & Material Sourcing
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Footwear Designer (Work Experience)Ellan PoloLeicester, United KingdomJun 2013 - Jul 2013 (1 month)Great experience in a fast paced, up and coming footwear design company with high standards, and big plans. This helped me further hone my skills and understand how a design environment works. I worked to improve my photoshop and illustrator work to create more realistic cad and learnt various other aspects as to how they work.
• Market Research
• Trend Analysis
• CAD Colour ups
• Illustrator Rendering
• Colour & Material Sourcing
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ManagerBeachcomber PrestonPreston, United KingdomApr 2013 - 2013 (8 months)
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Awards
BA Product Design
MA Consumer Product Design (specializing in footwear) -
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@jpwaite, member since 2011
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