footwear product developer

Description

Footwear product developers provide interface between design and production. They engineer the footwear prototypes previously created by designers. They select, design or re-design lasts and footwear components, make patterns for uppers, linings and bottom components, and produce technical drawings for a various range of tools, e.g. cutting dies, mould, etc. They also produce and evaluate footwear prototypes, grade and produce sizing samples, perform required tests for samples and confirm the customer’s qualitative and pricing constraints.

EssentialOptional

Theoretical Knowledge

CAD for footwear footwear and leather goods marketing planning footwear components footwear manufacturing technology last types footwear quality ergonomics in footwear and leather goods design footwear materials footwear creation process manual cutting processes for leather

Practical Skills

develop footwear collection use communication techniques make technical drawings of fashion pieces use IT tools communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages distinguish fabrics implement footwear marketing plan perform market research in footwear develop footwear and leather goods marketing plans use CAD for soles create mood boards use CAD for lasts use CAD for heels reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing prepare footwear samples apply development process to footwear design apply fashion trends to footwear and leather goods create patterns for footwear distinguish accessories analyse types of footwear work in textile manufacturing teams create technical sketches for footwear innovate in footwear and leather goods industry perform pattern grading create solutions to problems design 2D pattern for footwear 3D visualisation operate 2D CAD for footwear create 3D CAD footwear prototypes