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PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior Designer Color & Material Originals Footwear
adidas, Herzogenaurach, Germany

May 2021 -Present
​• Leading and managing women's color and material team
• Creating seasonal creative concepts
• Developing seasonal women's footwear
• Researching the market insights
• Creating colorways and materials
• Analyzing trends and conducting market research.
• Presenting season concepts
• Leading conversations on 3D and sustainability matters for the Originals team
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Senior Designer Sportstyle Footwear
PUMA, Herzogenaurach, Germany

June 2017 -April 2021
• Design and develop seasonal lifestyle footwear
• Design and develop lifestyle and performance footwear for EMEA, US, Asian, South African, and Indian markets.
• Create colorways and materials.
• Analyze trends and conducting market research.
• Present season concepts.
• Communicate and present concepts and designs to key accounts, JD Group(JD, Size, End, etc), AW LAB, Amazon, ASOS, South Africa, India, etc
• Work with co-creative companies for special projects
• Create new concepts for collaboration products 

• January-December 2019, Senior Color & Material Designer Sportstyle Footwear,  *Selected Employee, Reward in 2019*​
• July-December 2018, Color & Material Designer Sportstyle Footwear
• June 2017-June 2018,Junior Color & Material Designer Sportstyle Footwear

Product Design - Footwear ( Part-time )
The North Face, Alameda, CA, U.S.A

March 2017 -April 2017​
• Designed additional F/W18 lifestyle categories
• Created colorways and tech packs for assigned Global SKU’s based on F/W 18
• Selected new materials and colors for carry-over designs for F/W 18

July 2016-December 2016 ( MFA Program )
• Designed new concept designs for lifestyle and performance categories
• Assisted the footwear design team for S/S18 and F/W 18
• Created colorways for assigned Global SKU’s based on F/W 17 and S/S 18
• Analyzed trends and conducted market research
• Assisted tech packs for F/W 18

Freelance Footwear Designer
Skechers Korea, Seoul, South Korea

May 2014 - April 2015
• Worked with the company’s fashion trend directive
• Designed a men’s and women’s capsule collection for the South Korean market
• Created season colors and colorways for the collection

Freelance Footwear Designer
Lecaf at Hwaseung Group, Seoul, South Korea

September 2012 - Febrary 2015
• Designed four seasonal collections a year: Lifestyle, Performance, and Kids
• Visited the company’s design office in Busan to review prototypes
• Analyzed seasonal footwear trends and conducted market research
• Proposed seasonal new concept designs

Footwear Designer
Fila Korea, Ltd., Seoul, South Korea

November 2009 - April 2012
• Designed and developed lifestyle footwear collections
• Created colorways every season
• Analyzed trends and assisted seasonal presentations
• Multiple domestic trips for prototype development
• Traveled to trade fairs and conducted market research

Footwear Design Manager
FOS International, Busan, South Korea

May 2009 - November 2009
• Managed the whole designs and samples of Ellese brand
• Designed and developed across multiple categories: Lifestyle, Performance, and Kids
• Analyzed trends

Footwear Designer
FOS International, Busan, South Korea

September 2005 - September 2008
• Yearly visited our company’s best U.K. customer, Sports Direct, to discuss how to fine-tune our collections for the British market
: January – May 2007 and February –May 2008 in Nottingham
• Designed and developed across multiple categories: Lifestyle, Performance, and Kids
• Analyzed trends
• Traveled overseas to attend trade fairs and conduct market research

EDUCATION

Master of Fine Arts in Fashion Merchandising, GPA 3.4 /4.0
MFA Thesis “Ko”: Specialization for Footwear, December 2016
Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A
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Bachelor of Fine Arts in Industrial Design, GPA 4.04 / 4.50, May 2005
Dong-A University, Busan, South Korea

ACTIVITIES

Children’s Shoe Design for Nation Uplifted, August 2016
Pensole Footwear Design Academy, Portland, Oregon

Spring Show 2016, Footwear Design, May 2016
Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A

Team Manager, Amateur Baseball Team ' Bears '
East Bay, California, February 2013 - February 2015

Logo, Poster, Packaging, Book and Character, Graphic Designer, December 2004
24th Dong-a University Graduate Exhibition, Busan, South Korea

New Corporate Logo Design Project Team Member, March 2004 -November 2004
Saeyang Microtech, Dae-gu, South Korea

Student Leader for the Applied Art department, March 2001-February 2002
Busan Women’s College, Busan, South Kore

HONORS and AWARDS

Dean's List, Fall Semester 2015
Academy of Art University, San Francisco, CA, U.S.A

Finalist, Package Design, 2004
13th Korea Package Design Award, Seoul, South Korea

Finalist and Cash Prize $100, Graphic Design, 2004
Dunkin’ Donuts Design Contest, Seoul, South Korea

Special Selection Prize, Footwear Package Design, 2003
5th Korea Shoes Design Competition, Busan, South Korea

Advertising Design Finalist, 2002
1st Asian Design Festival Exhibition, Busan, South Korea

Honor Roll inclusion for high grades, 2002
Busan Women’s College, Busan, South Korea

Finalist, Textile Design, 2001
Busan International Textile Design Fair, Busan, South Korea

Multiple Scholarships, 2001
Busan Women’s College, Busan, South Korea

SKILLS

• Technical: Collection Shoe Design and Development, Hand and Digital Drawing,
                     Graphic Design, Production, Seasonal Trend Analysis and Market Research, Project Management,
                     Concept and Product Development

• Computer: Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and InDesign, Sketch Pro, Painter, Apple Keynote and
                      Microsoft Office: PowerPoint, Excel, Word
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• Languages: Korean- Native Speaker, English- Advanced

• Interests: Pattern and Layout, Cut and Glue, Travel and Discover, Fashion and Styling, Tennis and Yoga,
​                    Nature and Camping, Art and Movie, Drawing and Sawing