Sam Whitaker: in Birmingham , BIR
Sam Whitaker
Birmingham | GB
Skills
No information
Interests
[ industrial design ]
[ architecture ]
[ art / graphic design ]
[ exploring ]
[ travelling ]
Industries
Lifestyle
Outdoor
Skate
Snow
Work experience
Gymshark
Footwear Designer | 03/2021 - 01/2023
Working on the brands first range of performance driven footwear built for athletes + the conditioning community. Working as a team establishing visual design language for the footwear range. Leading the cardio franchise from brief following research/ insight all the way through to sketch, render and technical development, including colour + materials.
Berghaus
Junior Footwear Designer | 04/2019 - 09/2020
Working on a new range of performance and lifestyle footwear following a change in brand strategy + creative direction. Developing totally new styles, and uppers including sandals, lifestyle trainers + Goretex + Vibram hiking boots. Exploring outside of footwear with packaging, range ID, logo + colour story creation.
*Redundancy following Covid impact*
Pentland Brands
Junior Designer | 06/2018 - 03/2019
[ Lacoste ]
3D Designer, working with footwear designers + developers to create highly detailed uppers in Rhino, rendering + animating in Keyshot + Ae for development, library's + marketing content.
[ Pentland Active ]
Working on backpack concepts from brief, insight based research, to colour + final render, addressing a new consumer + demographic.
[ Berghaus ]
Footwear Designer working on new lifestyle opportunities for the brands new direction + younger consumer base following creative direction + establishing seasonal colour palette + stories.