footwear designer

Footwear designers perform fashion trends analysis, forecasting and market research, create footwear concepts and build collection lines by operating mood or concept boards, colour palettes, materials, drawings and sketches etc. They conduct the sampling process, make footwear prototypes and samples for presentations aimed to promoting the footwear concepts and collections. They identify the range of materials and components, define the design specifications by collaborating with the technical team and review the footwear samples, prototypes, and collections.

ESCO Code

2163.1.3.2

NACE Code

73.2 - Market research and public opinion polling

15.2 - Manufacture of footwear

74.11 - Industrial product and fashion design activities

Alternative Labels

men's footwear designer

footwear designer and developer

footwear stylist

women's footwear designer

footwear CAD technical designer

shoe stylist

footwear technologist

sports footwear designer

fashion footwear designer

footwear designer & developer

children's footwear designer

shoe designer

footwear CAD designer

footwear fashion designer

Regulatory Aspect

To see if and how this occupation is regulated in EU Member States, EEA countries or Switzerland please consult the Regulated Professions Database of the Commission. Regulated Professions Database:

http://ec.europa.eu/growth/single-market/services/free-movement-professionals/qualifications-recognition_en

Skills & Competences

Essential Skills and Competences

analyse types of footwear apply fashion trends to footwear and leather goods communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages create mood boards create patterns for footwear create technical sketches for footwear develop footwear and leather goods marketing plans develop footwear collection implement footwear marketing plan innovate in footwear and leather goods industry make technical drawings of fashion pieces perform market research in footwear perform pattern grading reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing use IT tools use communication techniques work in textile manufacturing teams

Essential Knowledge

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 last types

Optional Skills and Competences

create 3D CAD footwear prototypes create solutions to problems design 2D pattern for footwear 3D visualisation operate 2D CAD for footwear prepare footwear samples use CAD for heels use CAD for lasts use CAD for soles

Optional Knowledge

CAD for footwear

Skills Group Share

Concept status

Concept Uri

http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/06f89f2c-c6e9-40c5-a4a5-0e34d5fbc184

Status

released

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