Footwear Product Developer
Footwear Product Developer
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Job 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..
Top 27 specific things you need to know
As a Footwear Product Developer, you will need to master following:
- CAD for footwear
- analyse types of footwear
- apply development process to footwear design
- apply fashion trends to footwear and leather goods
- create mood boards
- create patterns for footwear
- 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
- last types
- pattern grading
- prepare footwear samples
- reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing
- use CAD for heels
- use CAD for lasts
- use CAD for soles
- work in textile manufacturing teams
Top 7 general things you need to know
More generally, a footwear product developer is also versed in:
Other things it helps to know to be an excellent footwear product developer
It also helps to know the following:
Top employers for this job
Footwear Product Developer (0-2 Yrs Exp.)
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Prereqs Technology Pvt.Ltd
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California
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$250 - $800 / month
- Keywords :
- Ui designer,
- developer
