Alex Dann
Senior Footwear Designer
Portland | US
Interests
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Industries
Skate
Snow
Surf
Summary
Activity
Projects
Ugg Boots
Osiris Skate Shoes
Nike sb
Work experience
Footwear Design
Freelance Footwear Designer | 11/2023 - Current
*Execute design work for M’s & W’s footwear according to the visual language of clients as well as Corporate Identity guidelines
*Design and create illustrations and technical drawings for new design concepts finding creative solutions to individual products
*Provide Tech Packs consisting of tooling cross sections, upper specs, last info and materials to overseas development teams
UGG official
Senior Footwear Designer | 04/2019 - 11/2023
•Design Men’s + Women’s footwear for inline, SMU categories and high profile Collabs (Palace, atmos, Gallery Dept.)
•Work on colors & materials for all projects using foundational & seasonal palettes.
•Apply seasonal brand direction, market research, trend insight, and consumer knowledge to design against briefs from product team.
•Manage and drive multiple design projects, tooling & upper tech packs, shell pattern revisions while adhering to strict pricing and calendar deadlines.
Columbia Sportswear
Footwear Designer II (Men’s, Women’s, Kids) | 06/2013 - 03/2019
• Manage innovative footwear design projects, color and materials development from initial concept to production for Performance, Outdoor, City & Coastal Lifestyle products.
• Designed, introduced and launched new styles in PFG footwear, which increased market share and bottom line profitability.
• Act as a Footwear Design partner to collaborate with apparel on branding strategy, seasonal corporate color, material, and trend direction with a strong eye for detail.
• Work closely with PLM’s and Development to provide tech packs, color/material info, updated line art, and graphics/patterns as needed.
Osiris Shoes
Footwear CMS & technical designer | 06/2011 - 06/2013
• Work in a team environment to create shoes for performance and lifestyle categories.
• Create SMU's for key accounts both domestic and international.
• Responsible for coloring and materializing 100+ shoes per season for Men, Women and Kids.
• Technical designer for all metal embellishments, catalog graphics and additional footwear features.
• Work directly with professional athletes & artists to ensure all endorsed footwear exceed expectations.
Peak Sport
Footwear Designer (contract) | 02/2011 - 04/2011
• Create footwear designs based on category briefs.
• Research color/trends/materials to successfully incorporate into designs.
• Worked directly with NBA players to create PE (player edition) colorways.
• Design shoebox for all performance categories of footwear incorporating solutions to current problems.
• Work is completed in a team environment under strict deadlines.
Up Over Studio
Product Designer (contract) | 09/2010 - 12/2010
• Design hard and soft good products including basketball footwear, headphones, cell phone cases, and bags for clients.
• Involvement in all aspects of design including brainstorming sessions, ideation sketching, development phase, final renderings, creating tech packs, SMU's, line-sheets, organizing and managing samples.
• Research current trends associated with specific projects and design accordingly.
T.S.G.
Tactical Survey Technician III | 03/2005 - 01/2010
• Work extensively on Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop to create forward thinking designs for customers.
• Generate technical documentation, image processing, graphic editing, on a per project basis.
• Travel extensively creating virtual tours, 360-degree aerial animation and HTML pages for clients.
• Assist with product inventory and train incoming employees as needed.
Adio Shoes
Footwear Design Intern | 12/2002 - 01/2003
• Worked in the footwear design department assisting with the creation of all footwear and graphic designs.
• Created new colorways for existing footwear line.
• Assisted in creating graphic logos for professional athletes.
• Helped produce the catalog layout for the 2003 Spring/Summer season.
Education history
Academy of Art University
Masters | 2008 - 2012
Eckerd College
BA | 1999 - 2003
Northfield Mount Hermon
| 1996 - 1999
