Leather goods product developer to leather goods designer
A leather goods product developer already meets 81% of what the leather goods designer role asks for. The move turns on 1 required skill not yet in the profile.
22.9/ 100
1 How much of what a leather goods designer is expected to do is already part of a leather goods product developer’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the leather goods designer role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.
Why this move works
A leather goods designer role treats 17 of its required skills as things a leather goods product developer already does. You would walk in with these on day one.
- apply development process to footwear design
- apply fashion trends to footwear and leather goods
- communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages
- develop footwear and leather goods marketing plans
- develop leather goods collection
- ergonomics in footwear and leather goods design
What stands in the way is 1 required skill the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 18 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A leather goods designer role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a leather goods product developer background worth leading with.
- already held develop leather goods collection communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held sketch leather goods communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held footwear and leather goods marketing planning business, administration and law
- already held develop footwear and leather goods marketing plans management skills
- already held implement footwear marketing plan communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held apply development process to footwear design information skills
All 18 carried skills, including the 17 the leather goods designer role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you may need to learn
The 10 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.
- still to learn create mood boards required
- optional, not held perform ideation activities optional
- optional, not held make technical drawings of fashion pieces optional
- optional, not held create 3D CAD footwear prototypes optional
- optional, not held use CAD for soles optional
- optional, not held use CAD software optional
- optional, not held CAD for footwear optional
- optional, not held manual cutting processes for leather optional
- optional, not held design management optional
- optional, not held CAD software optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 1 entries a leather goods designer role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 18 skills that carry over
- already held apply development process to footwear design skill
- already held apply fashion trends to footwear and leather goods skill
- already held communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages skill
- already held develop footwear and leather goods marketing plans skill
- already held develop leather goods collection skill
- already held ergonomics in footwear and leather goods design knowledge
- already held footwear and leather goods marketing planning knowledge
- already held footwear creation process knowledge
- already held implement footwear marketing plan skill
- already held innovate in footwear and leather goods industry skill
- already held leather goods components knowledge
- already held leather goods manufacturing processes knowledge
- already held leather goods materials knowledge
- already held leather goods quality knowledge
- already held sketch leather goods skill
- already held use IT tools skill
- already held use communication techniques skill
- already held reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing skill
9 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held perform ideation activities optional
- optional, not held CAD for footwear optional
- optional, not held create 3D CAD footwear prototypes optional
- optional, not held design management optional
- optional, not held manual cutting processes for leather optional
- optional, not held use CAD for soles optional
- optional, not held CAD software optional
- optional, not held make technical drawings of fashion pieces optional
- optional, not held use CAD software optional
3 held skills the leather goods designer role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role distinguish accessories skill
- not needed by the target role distinguish fabrics skill
- not needed by the target role prepare leather goods samples skill
4 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held CAD for footwear optional
- optional, not held design management optional
- optional, not held manual cutting processes for leather optional
- optional, not held CAD software optional
Other moves recorded from leather goods product developer
Common questions about this move
Can a leather goods product developer become a leather goods designer?
Yes, and it is an adjacent move. A leather goods product developer already covers 81% of what a leather goods designer is expected to do: 18 skills carry over, 17 of which the leather goods designer role treats as required.
What skills does a leather goods product developer need to become a leather goods designer?
1 required skills are missing, plus 9 optional ones. They fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is create mood boards.
How hard is the move from leather goods product developer to leather goods designer?
Its learning distance is 22.9 out of 100, which is the adjacent band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.