Qualifications: University of Cincinnati, Columbus college of Art and Design.
Shoe Styles: Ladies - Men - Baby - Children - Youth - Sneakers - Sport sandals.
I am an award winning Designer/Art Director with a new line of sport sandals that will be a HUGE hit, as well as several other concepts. I was a former Art Director at Nike's advertising agency and I designed toys for Kenner/Hasbro way back.
Qualifications:
Oct.02 / March 04 „French Institut Colbert „ Cholet (49), France
16-month diploma in shoe design
- Formal courses:
History of fashion, product and collection management, product lifecycle, computer graphics, marketing, brand image, business law, company structures.
- Technical courses:
- Shoe design, pattern and making of several shoes prototypes (handmade and industrial made).
- CTC courses („foot-last-fitting, city shoes and sport shoes, leather goods, children shoes.).
- Development of a small collection in partnership with « Free Lance » lady high fashion shoes. (Rautureau- Apple shoes company) and Cholet city‚s Afpa (technical shoe school).
- Visits and study of several companies‚ way of working (Eram industries, Kickers, TBS).
- Shoe fairs : Midec(Paris), Who‚s Next(Paris), Première classe(Paris), GDS (Dusseldorf), Futurmoda (Spain).
Oct.01 / June 02 ESIM (Ecole supérieure des Industries de la Mode) Toulouse (31), France
One year study in fashion design and product management.
Sept.00 / June.01 Sport University Rodez (12), France
Sept.99 / Oct.00 equivalent to a-levels (French „Baccalauréat, economy and sociology) (12), France
Languages - French (native), English (fluent), Spanish (fluent), Chinese (Mandarin notions, oral language on study).
Shoe types: Ladies - sneakers.
I am a French free lance shoe designer based in Dongguan City in the south of China. I am now working for some chinese companies and I would be interested to work for any more chinese or foreign companies in needs of a footwear designer based in China. I have a relevant experience in the footwear industry and a high knowledge about shoe market, shoe technical, shoe collections and development, shoe costs and business. For more information, please feel free to have a look to my webpage or contact me to for more detais.
I am an experienced shoe designer and product developer. I have a BA degree in Footwear Design and Manufacture. On top of that I have worked as a professional designer and developer for over 20 years. I am looking for new opportunities. Please check out my LinkedIn page
linkedin.com/in/tiina-nikkola or contact me directly for my cv and portfolio.
Footwear design, Hame polytechnic, Arts and Crafts.
City and Guilds, Footwear, Tresham Institute.
Clothes design, Secondary school, Helsinki.
Shoe Styles: men / youth / sneakers / sports / safety footwear.
The structure of a shoe is interesting.
During my school years I achieved 7 GCSE`s and during College at Blackburn College I studied GNVQ Foundation, Intermediate, and Advance Science and then I decided to do a course in HND Footwear Design and Manufacture.
ShoeStyles: ladies / men / children / youth / sneakers.
I am a very keen on learning new skills and can learn things very quickly. I am intersted in designing any kind of shoes, trainers, boots etc.. But I really enjoy designing childrens, men and ladies. During my course I achieved an award for "Student of the Year" which I was really proud off.
