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Life, Job, Career ,6 Opportunities after Footwear Designing Course

A footwear designer is a shoe engineer. He/she studies the feet anatomy, knows about the material properties, designs on CAD software, understands the market trends and predicts the next style statement. In short, the preconceived notion of a footwear designer as a shoe-maker needs to be shredded out.

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Life, Job, Career ,6 Opportunities after Footwear Designing Course

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  1. Life, Job, Career: 6 opportunities after footwear designingcourse: A footwear designer is a shoe engineer. He/she studies the feet anatomy, knows about the material properties, designs on CAD software, understands the market trends and predicts the next style statement. In short, the preconceived notion of a footwear designer as a shoe-maker needs to be shredded out. A career in footwear designing entails working with high-end fashion designers and collaborating on the perfect footwear for the dresses they interpret for catwalks. Fashion is not just clothes but accessories as well, and footwear is the most important aspect of it. Footwear designis the specialized discipline of fashion design. Footwear designers are adept at understanding the needs of feet in differing scenarios and design accordingly. For example, running shoes, trekking shoes, formal shoes, all require different materials, designs and procedures. Footwear designers visualize a design and then sketch these innovative thoughts before starting out on making the shoe or slippers or heels. This visual ideation is then made to life in the production process. Computers now have been playing an important role in the designing process, through software like CAD, Photoshop, Illustrator,Solidworks.

  2. To get started in footwear designing, the first step is to enrol in a good footwear design course and get graduation or post-graduation or even a diploma in footwear designing. These courses would hone your skill and prepare you for market standards. Footwear designis a comparatively closed industry, therefore if you have contacts within the industry, it is easyto land a job. Most of the jobs in the footwear design industry are filled through recommendations. A Footwear design course enables you to create a portfolio for yourself which will help you in landing a job with some high-end shoe manufacturer or in retail at a managerialcapacity. There are many career opportunities in different fields after completing a footwear design course. In the footwear design industry these roles can be lucrative for a professional and one should choose the field which suits their skillset: Retail store managers: If you are the kind of person who accumulates news about the footwear sector and keeps up with the latest developments and recent trends in the footwear industry, this job role would fit you. You will have to manage a footwear store which includes keeping track of employees, sales, new arrivals, deals and discounts,etc. Product Developers: Footwear product developers coordinate with manufacturers, designers and material suppliers to launch a new footwear style. You will have to look at previous sales data, seasonal requirements and availability of raw materials to work on launching a shoe or footwear as per the requirements and taste of the consumer. In short, a footwear product developer has all the knowledge of the creation process, market insights, design and pattern drawing, costing and therefore has the ability tocross-functions. Technician: A footwear technician is like a technical analyst for a shoe. He /she is responsible for checking and ensuring the quality of footwear through various technical methods. They will look for fits, changes in the production process, if any. The returned shoes are also analysed by them for further changes inproduction. Development Manager: A footwear development manager is the one responsible for each and every step of the footwear development process. They convey the specifications and product details to the manufacturer and supplier and monitor the development of the footwear. They also communicate with the footwear designer to finalise the design. A footwear development manager also has to develop products that meet or exceed the conceived grossmargin. Merchandisers: The lifecycle of footwear after development to sale is controlled and monitored by a footwear merchandiser. They work for retail stores as well as online stores. They plan, control and monitor the purchase and intake of the footwear in order to gain maximum profitability. Footwear designer: A footwear designer visualises, sketches and ideates the design for the footwear. He communicates with customers and suppliers. The designer has to have the knowledge of material properties that would best suit the usage and the season footwear has to be worn in. A designer is technically adept at using software such as CAD and photoshop and illustrator.

  3. All of these careers, after a footwear design course from some leading footwear designing institute would be open for you. There is a lucrative lifestyle and high-end creativity and management attached to all these job profiles. If you love the work, each day would be a thrilling adventure and an opportunity to learn somethingnew. In India, there are many governments and private institutions offering UG or PG courses in footwear design. Of these institutions, the Footwear design and development institute, (FDDI) and Central footwear Technical Institute (CFTI) are the institutes that are focused heavily in footwear designing and are equipped with the latest technology andknowledge. Choose the right course for you and have a bright career, that is fresh, off-beat and interesting as anyother.

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