footwear product developer
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.
Also called: footwear product engineer, senior product developer footwear, footwear product designer & developer, footwear product designer and developer, footwear product technologist, footwear product development engineer, footwear technologist
- 34
- essential skills
- 4
- optional skills
- 8
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Where you can go from here
8 rolesOccupations sharing the most essential skills with this one. The number is a count, not an opinion.
- footwear designerWhat changes?25 skills in common
- footwear product development managerWhat changes?25 skills in common
- leather goods product developerWhat changes?14 skills in common
- leather goods product development manager14 skills in common
- bespoke footwear technician12 skills in common
- footwear production technician12 skills in common
- leather goods designer12 skills in common
- footwear quality technician11 skills in common
Essential skills
34- analyse types of footwear
- apply development process to footwear design
- apply fashion trends to footwear and leather goods
- CAD for footwear
- communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages
- create mood boards
- create patterns for footwear
- create solutions to problems
- create technical sketches for footwear
- develop footwear and leather goods marketing plans
- develop footwear collection
- distinguish accessories
- distinguish fabrics
- ergonomics in footwear and leather goods design
- footwear and leather goods marketing planning
- footwear components
- footwear creation process
- footwear manufacturing technology
- footwear materials
- footwear quality
- implement footwear marketing plan
- innovate in footwear and leather goods industry
- last types
- make technical drawings of fashion pieces
- perform market research in footwear
- perform pattern grading
- prepare footwear samples
- reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing
- use CAD for heels
- use CAD for lasts
- use CAD for soles
- use communication techniques
- use IT tools
- work in textile manufacturing teams
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