Contact

310-***-**** (Mobile)

ad4kqj@r.postjobfree.com

www.linkedin.com/in/jean-

yang-5b48b614 (LinkedIn)

www.coroflot.com/jeanyang/

portfolio (Portfolio)

Top Skills

Adobe Photoshop

Research and Development (R&D)

Adobe InDesign

Jean Yang

Consumer Product, Footwear design & development, Accessory design expert.

Redondo Beach, California, United States

Summary

RECOGNITION & AWARD:

Jan. 2024, I've been selected as a Featured Member at Coroflot! My work is some of the best on the site, and I'm proud to see it showcase my talent. My Portfolio and work are displayed on the Coroflot Homepage, and they even share my work on their social media channels.

Featured Designer Showcase; Each week they choose a small selection of the best and brightest creative professionals they find. It's been searched and browsed through thousands of works from designers around the world.

OBJECTIVE:

To bring the most innovative and marketable designs to the company. To be a team player and to bring a creative problem- solving attitude with an eye for detail, while preserving the quality and integrity of the company’s brand identity. Dedicated from concept to execution and a priority to meet all deadlines. Specialties--- Innovative & Advanced Women’s & kid's sports, & Fashion Lifestyle footwear; design & development, line building, trend forecast, design direction, and marketing. Toy design and development. Trend forecast, market research, and sourcing. Experience

Jean Yang Design Studio

Footwear, Fashion & Home Consumer Product Design & Development Expert; Independent Contractor

June 2017 - Present (6 years 8 months)

Redondo Beach, CA USA

FOOTWEAR, FASHION CONSUMER PRODUCT & HomeGood DESIGN

& DEVELOPMENT; Specialized in INNOVATIVE & ADVANCED men's & Page 1 of 4

women's fashion sports footwear & Bag design, women’s Fashion Lifestyle category, and Home Good Design.

Services including trend forecast, line building, Packaging, and branding.

*Current CLIENTS CALSON/Avia Athletic Footwear, INDOCHINE/ Marices Home Good, Reebok Bag/PaperCut C, ExtraOne/AUSTRALIA Kid's Shoes, ACI/Disney Kid's.

WOLF; advanced sr. designer & developer

SAND CLOUD; Director/ Sr. Designer of product design Eco-friendly Product Design & Development (socks, sportswear, bags, accessories, etc.)

Sourcing, Trend Forecasting, Packaging designs, etc.. KEEN/Fuerst Group; Design and Development for KEEN's UNEEK collection, Vulc., Outdoor Lifestyle, & Active line for men's & women's category. Traveled to Thailand, and China to dev. samples and sourcing. DYNASTY; Lead Designer (2010-2014)

XEHAR; Lead Designer for e-commerce fashion (footwear, accessory, apparel, intimate wear),

VULLSPORT; Crossfit Footwear & Gym Bag Designs.

THERAFIT(Florida; women’s sports), CAPE ROBBIN (Fast Fashion), PONY Women's sports, Dynasty, PVD(LA; women’s & kid’s), SKECHERS(LA; women’s active), TRAVAT Footwear(New York; men’s lifestyle), ACI(kid’s), Gracie(LA; men’s lifestyle footwear), Shoe Mart(Dubai). GRAPHIC DESIGN; Branding, Shoebox, Company logos & letterheads, Banner & Poster designs for Trade shows.

*CLIENT--- K.Bell (socks), Prestige medical(Graphic & Textile), Dylan Kendall(Home Deco), B&B Footwear(Branding & Shoebox). WATCH DESIGN; High-end & Jr. watches.

*CLIENTS--- Luxx Timepiece.

WOLF

Advanced Sr. Product Designer & Developer

January 2021 - December 2021 (1 year)

London, United Kingdom / LA, USA

WOLF is a 187 year old, five generation family owned luxury brand from UK. Skillfully hand crafted world's finest watch and jewelry related products. As a sr. designer & developer, I bring the cutting edge ideas, timeless and innovative designs to life.

http://www.wolf1834.com

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Naughty Monkey; BH

R & D Manager / Design consultant

October 2011 - February 2017 (5 years 5 months)

San Diego, CA

After working with BHQ as a design consultant, traveling to Dubai and China for 5 years, I had helped them restructuring R&D dept.

*Managing & Mentoring R&D team members.

*Managing projects & Design direction.

*Setting Design Direction & helping line building seasonally.

*Traveling to Europe for trend forecasting & Oversea for developments.

*Contributing to Business development.

*Overseeing daily operation.

Jambu

Director of Design & Development

May 2014 - September 2015 (1 year 5 months)

29 W.56th St. New York, NY 10019

*Trend forecasting; traveling to Europe, Asia, and trade shows.

*Seasonal line building; S/S, & F/W collections. Also SMUs.

*Innovative designs; sports, fashion, casual & lifestyle for women's & men's.

*Going oversea to work on developments & sourcing.

*Overseeing & mentoring junior designers

*Meeting with key accounts.

Skechers

Director of Design Education, & Sr. Designer.

February 1998 - April 2009 (11 years 3 months)

228 Manhattan Beach Blvd. Manhattan Beach, CA 90266 Director of design education;

Training and mentoring jr. Designers. Managing projects and Leading the design team.

Designing major projects from technical drawings to sampling. Senior Designer;

Participating in overall product strategy, research and development, and analysis of market

research.

Traveling to Europe for shows and trend forecasting, and Asia for material Sourcing and working with manufactures.

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Education

California State University, Long Beach

BFA, Graphic Design major

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