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Senior Designer III  - Titanium

Multi award winning design leader, that thrives on inspirational projects for exceptional brands.
15+ years apparel design experience in outdoor apparel and sportswear. A results oriented designer, disruptive thinker and innovator, product design rooted in consumer insights, innovation, strategic foresight, design strategies, brand voice and aesthetics, brand growth through product design.
Recognized for collaborative leadership style, proactive approach, and keen ability to effectively translate complex design and innovation concepts into tangible action plans.

•Leading design for Columbia Sportswear's premium Titanium collection all for Outerwear and Sportswear.


•Leading design for Outerwear and Sportswear for Mens/Women's and Youth for the European Market
•Increased adoption rate for new designs accelerated growth rates for EMEA 10%+

Senior Designer III  - Europe

•Award winning designer with strategic vision. Influencing those needed to create and deliver a co-ordinated on brand range and assets with a strong and consistent brand identity, capable of turning a target consumer into a brand advocate. Playing my part in the delivering the brand vision through the creation of the long term creative strategy and seasonal product focus whilst meeting financial targets.
•Ability to lead long term creative strategy and seasonal product line whilst increasing sales targets.
•Managing innovation platforms and
prototyping across all product range categories.
•Inspire other team members by managing best practices, positive attitude and sound judgment
•Initiating global consumer insights and market research to drive product focus.
•Presentations to global sales teams, distributors and external audiences.

Senior Global Product Designer

• Directed four reports, contract designers for the season, both locally and internationally.
• Spearheaded design work to meet merchandising and design briefs
• Oversaw that the Icebreaker brand aesthetic was coherent across all ranges.
• Designed both high performance and lifestyle merino wool product, trend research, color palette, trim design

Global Product Design Director ( maternity leave cover)

•Drove design and passion for both high performance and lifestyle merino wool product, trend research, ideation, consumer insights, fabrication, color palette and trim design.
•Increased unit baselayer sales over to 120k
•Proficient in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop.
•International travel

Product Designer

•Introduced RF welded seams, bonded seams and thermal molding to apparel while driving long term innovation platforms
•Launched athlete focused designs for climbing apparel for global expeditions to Patagonia and the Himalayas
•Design, color theory, branding design, trim design, fabric development and construction.
•Presentation to global sales teams, distributors
and external audiences.
www.berghaus.com

Special Projects Designer

•Launched an innovative, highly technical conceptual range for alpine climbing
•Product development , creative design, pattern cutting, prototype, color theory, sourcing of fabric and trims.

Freelance Designer

•Designed an innovative, highly technical range for alpine climbing, shell and down insulation products
•Brand expression, color palette selection,
sourcing of fabric and trims.
•Provide guidance and knowledge to product development team including process
improvements

Selling technical clothing and climbing equipment to consumers that best suit their needs. Obtaining feedback from customers on products, utilising this to enhance my design work and develop future ideas and innovation.

Technical Clothing/ Equipment Sales Adviser

Designed an innovative, technical alpine climbing clothing range for both the UK and Australasian markets for Winter 2003. This includes the conceptualisation of a highly competitive, ergonomic clothing range. Decisions regarding development of product and price point, fabric/ colour/ componentry selection, field testing of prototype products. Product development through consultation with sports practitioners; use of appropriate technologies and working with pattern cutters to bring products from conceptual prototypes through to samples. Range presentation given to marketing, production and end user groups.

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Gerard Smith: Senior Designer III - Titanium in portland, OR

Gerard Smith

Columbia Sportswear Company

Columbia Sportswear Company

Icebreaker

Icebreaker

Icebreaker

Berghaus USA

Crux

Macpac (Mouton Noir Ltd)

The Climbers Shop

Macpac (Mouton Noir Ltd)

Maharishi

Middlesex University

University of Derby