josh wesley

- Footwear Ideation, Footwear Design, Tech-packing, Color & Material Inspiration, Color Cads, TN & NU style revisions (shell patterns, BP's, 3D files). - Partner with Merchandising on all milestone check-points, collectively review design briefs, discuss design opportunities, processes, and challenges. - Work close with the Development team to dial in products and trial new processes. - Communicate with Materials team to ensure quality and deadlines are met. - Provide creative solutions for price point challenges. - Collaborate with design team and assist in any needed areas. - Provide a consistent voice of reason, logic, and support.

• I work with a select list of clients throughout the lifestyle, and action sports industries. • My primary focus is managing & creating footwear, apparel, and accessory product lines. • My management style is to observe, listen, and build trust. I create excitement by empowering teams through pride of ownership and self-accountability. This process is overseen by creating a fully transparent framework with milestones. • I identify opportunities in the market for expansion while re-energizing established styles and silhouettes. • I communicate closely with clients to limit confusion and unnecessary rounds of development. • Design work would include ideation, tech packing, seasonal color & material concepts, development-pre-production comments. • Proficient in refining paper patterns, molds, dies, blue prints, extensive knowledge in most construction types. • Travel to factories to speed up development times and trouble shoot technical concerns.

• Worked with team to trouble shoot client needs & challenges. • Cross functional design lead: apparel and footwear categories. • Trend and color: provided direction briefs, color palettes , and technical breakdowns. • Worked closely with the team to maintain client relations and brand partnerships. • Worked with upper management to streamline internal processes. • Numerous collaborative projects with Contour&Co, aligning agency.

• Assisted in the rebuilding of the brands past product line as well as created future concepts. • Design Ideation, Tech-pack, Color Concepts, Pattern and BP revisions. • Created business opportunities for Owner, business relationships, potential partnerships, etc.

• In addition to my work with the footwear department I was given the opportunity to oversee the accessory team and product line. • Created product growth and profits, engaged overseas manufacturers to increase production capacity for both accessories and footwear products. • Help support cross functional department challenges and aided department managers when needed.

• Directed all aspects of the product design & development process. Built two separate categories during my 4 years with the company. Created growth strategies, established and managed factory relations and partnered with outside agencies and in-house sales teams. • Responsible for all footwear milestones and presentations on behalf of the design department. • Approved sign off on all patterns, revisions, and blueprints. • Provided creative assets for the design team to include design briefs & line plans. • Provided guidance and support to footwear design team.

• Primary responsibility being the Direction of the Original Intent product line. This product line was the driving force behind the brands overall relevance and energy. • Interactive Design Director, Created all TN & NU Pro Athlete Footwear Models. Responsible for sign off on all shell pattern revisions and BP confirmations. • Consistently exceeded sell-through rates of 90%, while managing design product lines spanning up to 200 SKUs. • Worked closely with senior management, product development and merchandising teams to dial in seasonal product and timelines. • Oversaw 25 collaborative partnerships with leading brands in the skateboard and streetwear space. This maintained relevance, interest, and energy.

• As a Senior Designer, I was responsible for a sizable portion of the design workload. I worked closely with the Design Director to ensure the collective team was on track and able to meet deadlines. Acted as a mentor to assistant and mid-level designers. • Work Included: design ideation, renderings, tech-packs, color, material, story-telling, collaborations.

• Rendered and tech-packed the Creative Director’s concepts. • The last two years in my position as Footwear Designer I was given the freedom to create my own design concepts. • Worked closely with high profile talent including Tony Hawk, Shawn White and Kenny Anderson, traveled with athletes on tours and to contests to gain an understanding of their technical needs.

• As an Accessories Designer I sketched, rendered, tech-packed, colorized, materialized, and problem solved roughly 80 new skus a season. Product to Include: bags, hats, beanies, wallets, belts, keychains, gloves, scarfs, ect. • I worked close with the product manager and development team to trouble shoot any challenges.