footwear designer
ISCO: 2163. Skills: 34. Essential: 25.
Essential skills
- 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
- 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
- reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing
- use communication techniques
- use IT tools
- work in textile manufacturing teams