Richard J Ward
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About
Graduating with a BA Hon's degree in Vehicle Design and achieving professional enhancement. I have acquired 13 months experience in the automotive design industry where I worked predominantly as an interior designer, producing interior components from a development to production stage. I have a further 3 years experience in the sports-lifestyle industry working for sports brands Puma and Le Coq Sportif International. I am now working for Adidas in Germany.
Having worked in both the automotive and footwear design industries I have gained valuable knowledge of design from a commercial aspect, applying important elements such as team work, an eye for detail and persistence to advance a product from concept to production.
Specialties:
• Research
• Last Development
• Sketch Development
• Blueprint Creation and Alteration
• Advanced material and construction knowledge
• Concept Presentations
• Scale Model Creation
• Dead Line Management
• Internal and External Communication
• Development travel (Asia and Europe) -
Education
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BA (Hons) transport designThe University of Huddersfield2003 - 2007
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Experience
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Footwear Design Performance FootballAug 2014 - Present (10 years 4 months)Footwear designer for Adidas football.
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Footwear Designer Mens OriginalsadidasApr 2011 - Jul 2014 (3 years 3 months)Mid level footwear designer working on cross category lifestyle product specializing in basketball, court and running.
Skills
• Advanced material and construction work (HF welding, HM welding and aqua tech printing)
• Seasonal Creative Direction input
• Assisting in seasonal material stories and selection
• Development of full EVA toolings
• Creation and development of advanced concepts
• Cross category collaborations
• Seasonal development travel (Vietnam) -
Junior Footwear DesignerLe Coq SportifJun 2009 - Aug 2010 (1 year 2 months)Designing lifestyle and performance footwear for Le Coq Sportif International in Paris. Working on briefed and non briefed projects from research phase to production.
• Market and trend research
• Ideation and sketch development
• Material and Colour direction
• Prototype development (Internally, Asia and Europe)
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Freelance Sneaker Trend ContributorWGSNJan 2009 - Jun 2009 (5 months)Compiled a bi-monthly report for the sneaker market, highlighting key trends in the sport and lifestyle sneakers market.
• Attending launches
• Realising new trends
• Colour and Material vision
• Editorial skills -
Footwear Design and DevelopmentPumaJan 2008 - Jun 2009 (1 year 5 months)Product development and design for the Black Station footwear division responsible for the delivery of high end Puma footwear including Rudolf Dassler Schuhfabrik, Mihara Yasuhiro for Puma, The Black Label and Alexander McQueen for Puma.
• Market and trend research for the senior design team
• Assisting in the design of inline product
• Material and Colour direction assistance
• Advanced development
• Special projects and special make up assignments -
Footwear Product Development InternPuma AGAug 2007 - Jan 2008 (5 months)
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Design InternTVR Sports CarsAug 2005 - Sep 2006 (1 year 1 month)Junior interior car designer for Blackpool based TVR sports cars. I was responsible for the design and development of the New Tuscan GT sports car interior prototype to be shown at the 2006 British International Motor Show.
• Research
• Ideation Development
• Concept Proposals
• Scale Model Creation
• Scale 1:1 Concept Creation
• Departmental Presentations
• Client and Manufacturer Meetings
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Awards
Winner of the systems and engineering prize for best design concept for A-Level major design project @ Loughborough University
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@richardjward, member since 2007
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