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Footwear Designer / Consultant
Sergio Toro
New York, NY
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About
Experienced and creative designer with wide knowledge in trend research, materials, design and development in all women's, men's and kids footwear categories. Comfortably handle tight deadlines and at the same time offer innovative designs and successful marketable solutions. Always hard working, reliable and trustworthy with an approachable friendly attitude.
Specialties: Casual / Athletic / Fashion / Avant-garde / Dress Footwear, Market Research, Line Building, Concept Development, Sketching, Illustrator/Photoshop, Technical Drawing, Factory Spec, Product Development, Consulting. -
Education
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BA in Transport and Product Design with Professional Enhancement, First Class Honors DesignCoventry University2004 - 2007Coventry, United Kingdom
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Transport DesignCollege for Creative Studies2003 - 2004Detroit, USA
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Experience
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Owner / Creative DirectorNew York, NYJul 2012 - Present (12 years 5 months)Design and develop exclusive avant-garde footwear.
- brand & line building / marketing
- sketching / CAD / sample development
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Head DesignerSudini (2013-2019) / Von Dutch (2013-2015)New York, NYMay 2013 - Sep 2019 (6 years 4 months)Von Dutch (May, 2013 - October, 2015)
Design and develop footwear collection for Sudini.
- market & trend research / line building / presentation
- sketching / CAD / tech packs / product development
- packaging / collateral design
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Freelance Footwear DesignerNew York, NYApr 2013 - Aug 2016 (3 years 4 months)Design footwear collection
- sourcing / design / tech packs
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Footwear DesignerOceanside, NYFeb 2011 - Jul 2012 (1 year 5 months)Build a lifestyle brand, comfortable and fashionable footwear design, product development, packaging design.
- market / trend research
- design / CAD / tech packs / product development
- line building / presentation
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Footwear DesignerNew York, NYAug 2009 - Feb 2011 (1 year 6 months)Design and develop footwear at different price points while maintaining product integrity and identity.
(W's / M's / K's)
- market / trend research
- design / CAD / tech packs / product development
- line presentation
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Junior Footwear DesignerOdesa, UkraineNov 2007 - Jul 2009 (1 year 8 months)Design and Develop shoes for domestic market. (W's / M's / K's)
- market research
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Footwear DesignerCoventry, United KingdomFeb 2005 - May 2005 (3 months)Collaborative footwear design project with Reebok design team.
- market research
- sketching / design / computer rendering
- development / hand made sample
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