leather goods product developertoleather 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.
81%
22.9/ 100
1 Share of the leather goods designer role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the leather goods product developer profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A leather goods designer role treats 17 of its required skills as things a leather goods product developer already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- 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 would need to learn
The 10 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held 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
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.