I'm a Senior Product Manager and Creative Designer with over 15 years of experience in designing, marketing, and developing eyewear and accessories. I specialize in planning and managing customer collections and assortments that align with brand aesthetics, design intent, and merchant plans. I excel at cross-functional collaboration, balancing pricing constraints for materials and components with target costs of finished styles. Proficient with Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, CAD tools (SolidWorks, Vectorworks), and drafting and sketching, I translate market insights into compelling products that meet brand pricing structures and consumer expectations.

Gilberto Gomez

I'm a Senior Product Manager and Creative Designer with over 15 years of experience in designing, marketing, and developing eyewear and accessories. I specialize in planning and managing customer collections and assortments that align with brand aesthetics, design intent, and merchant plans. I excel at cross-functional collaboration, balancing pricing constraints for materials and components with target costs of finished styles. Proficient with Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, CAD tools (SolidWorks, Vectorworks), and drafting and sketching, I translate market insights into compelling products that meet brand pricing structures and consumer expectations.

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I’m a Senior Product Manager and Creative Designer with over 15 years of experience in designing, marketing, and developing eyewear and accessories. I specialize in planning and managing customer collections and assortments that align with brand aesthetics, design intent, and merchant plans.

I excel at cross-functional collaboration, balancing pricing constraints for materials and components with target costs of finished styles. Proficient with Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, CAD tools (SolidWorks, Vectorworks), and drafting and sketching, I translate market insights into compelling products that meet brand pricing structures and consumer expectations.

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Language

English
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Fluent
German
Intermediate

Work Experience

Senior Creative Designer at GLANCE EYEWEAR INC
August 1, 2022 - Present
Providing design direction and solutions for eyewear, sun, packaging and POP across licensed and in-house brands and private labels.
Senior Product Manager (Optical Eyewear Ladies, Mens, Juniors) at TURA INC
August 1, 2022 - September 10, 2025
Design and product manage licensed brands for independent eyecare and wholesale accounts, including TitanFlex, Buffalo David Bitton Mens, Gx by Gwen Stefani, Free Country Mens and Zuma Rock.
Senior Eyewear Designer at GLANCE EYEWEAR INC
December 1, 2021 - September 10, 2025
SUN & Reader design and development for licensed brands such as Jones New York, XOXO, Kay Unger, Bob Mackie, CB Sports and a host of private labels for off-price and mid-tier department stores.
Design Consultant at Allure Eyewear, LLC
March 1, 2020 - September 10, 2025
Trend forecasting analysis and design/development of bi-annual sun collections for licensed brands; launched premium and mid-tier sunglass collections; launched a lower price point collection; collaborated with Swarovski; featured MAX AZRIA styles in fashion publications.
Product Manager at FGX International
July 1, 2017 - September 10, 2025
Plan, develop and manage customer collections and assortments that support the client’s aesthetic, design intent and merchant assortment plans. Analyze sell-through, identify best-selling profiles, research trends, and contribute to senior management. Led Latin American team to reduce SKU counts and create cost-saving promotional programs; secured business awards and post-acquisition resourcing; delivered on-time, on-budget 2017 rollout with improved quality and styling.
Senior Designer at Fantas-Eyes Inc
May 1, 2011 - September 10, 2025
Design sunglasses, belts, packaging and graphics; coordinate with overseas suppliers to ensure precise specs and timely development; worked on Victoria’s Secret, USPA, XOXO, Airwalk and Rampage brands.
Junior Designer at Clinique (Estée Lauder)
November 1, 2003 - September 10, 2025
Ideation, material research, model making and spec sheet creation for manufacturing and marketing deliverables for Visual Merchandising & Advanced Selling Systems Worldwide.

Education

Certificate of Project Management at Baruch College Zicklin School of Business
March 1, 2014 - December 1, 2014
Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design at Pratt Institute
September 1, 1999 - May 1, 2003

Qualifications

Certificate of Project Management
March 1, 2014 - December 1, 2014

Industry Experience

Retail, Consumer Goods, Manufacturing, Media & Entertainment, Professional Services