Laurie Aube: Footwear Designer in Montreal, QC

- Designing ladies and kids footwear collections for private labels and licenses - Trend research & analysis (shopping trips) - Working ahead to define trend direction for future seasons - Color selection & material sourcing (material trade-shows) - Sketching and creating detailed tech packs for sample making - Visiting factories and correcting samples in China - Elaboration of trend books and presentation tools for client meetings (trend boards, multimedia presentation, videos, etc.) - Managing the design team and working closely with product and account managers to ensure deadlines are met

Ladies footwear - Trend research - Assisting designers and product developers into building collections - Creating technical draws for sample making - Working closely with designers and product developers correcting samples from prototypes to production