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Hello! I'm Alex Absalon, a product designer and illustrator with a specialty in western fashion brands and leather goods. I translate concepts into practical, manufacturable designs—from wallets and belts to travel bags and hardware—with attention to fit, color, and fabrication. I enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams, writing clear product specifications, and refining development processes. My experience spans licensed merchandise design at Bioworld Merchandising to shaping style and collections, while keeping a user-centered mindset and a love for hands-on craft.…Hello! I'm Alex Absalon, a product designer and illustrator with a specialty in western fashion brands and leather goods. I translate concepts into practical, manufacturable designs—from wallets and belts to travel bags and hardware—with attention to fit, color, and fabrication. I enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams, writing clear product specifications, and refining development processes. My experience spans licensed merchandise design at Bioworld Merchandising to shaping style and collections, while keeping a user-centered mindset and a love for hands-on craft.

Alex Absalon

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Designer, Illustrator, Graphic Designer, +4

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Hello! I'm Alex Absalon, a product designer and illustrator with a specialty in western fashion brands and leather goods. I translate concepts into practical, manufacturable designs—from wallets and belts to travel bags and hardware—with attention to fit, color, and fabrication. I enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams, writing clear product specifications, and refining development processes. My experience spans licensed merchandise design at Bioworld Merchandising to shaping style and collections, while keeping a user-centered mindset and a love for hands-on craft.…Hello! I'm Alex Absalon, a product designer and illustrator with a specialty in western fashion brands and leather goods. I translate concepts into practical, manufacturable designs—from wallets and belts to travel bags and hardware—with attention to fit, color, and fabrication. I enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams, writing clear product specifications, and refining development processes. My experience spans licensed merchandise design at Bioworld Merchandising to shaping style and collections, while keeping a user-centered mindset and a love for hands-on craft.

Available to hire

Dallas, United States

Hello! I’m Alex Absalon, a product designer and illustrator with a specialty in western fashion brands and leather goods. I translate concepts into practical, manufacturable designs—from wallets and belts to travel bags and hardware—with attention to fit, color, and fabrication.

I enjoy collaborating with cross-functional teams, writing clear product specifications, and refining development processes. My experience spans licensed merchandise design at Bioworld Merchandising to shaping style and collections, while keeping a user-centered mindset and a love for hands-on craft.

Skills

Experience Level

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Expert

Intermediate

Intermediate

Intermediate

Language

English

Fluent

Work Experience

Product Designer at Trenditions LLC.

January 1, 2022 - Present

Employed as a product designer for western fashion brands with a focus on men's leather goods; responsibilities included expanding product design to new material types, creating documents with product specifications (sizing, Pantone color callouts, fabrication, embellishment techniques), and manually managing product development and style creation in Excel.

Product Designer at Bioworld Merchandising

January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2022

Designed wallets, lapel pins, keychains, stationery, lanyards, backpacks, handbags and other accessories for licensed and unlicensed merchandising; collaborated on design collections and used a large-scale PLM system to catalog and maintain product development; wrote technical instructions and presented during in-house meetings.

Assistant Housekeeping Manager at Staybridge Suites

October 15, 2015 - May 20, 2016

Started in housekeeping; promoted to assistant housekeeping manager in ~4 months; led a team and maintained guest satisfaction; ensured attention to detail in cleaning and room inspections; balanced company standards with employee morale.