Hi, I’m Anthony Camilo, a footwear designer with over a decade of experience creating men’s, women’s, and kids’ shoes from concept to production. I excel at turning trend research into manufacturable designs, producing technical drawings for overseas factories, and coordinating cross‑cultural teamwork with factories in China and domestic partners to bring ideas to life. My background also covers apparel graphics and tee design, CAD‑based workflows, and PLM processes. I enjoy building trend and presentation boards that clearly communicate concepts to stakeholders, balancing aesthetics with feasibility, and collaborating across teams to deliver product lines that people love to wear.

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Hi, I’m Anthony Camilo, a footwear designer with over a decade of experience creating men’s, women’s, and kids’ shoes from concept to production. I excel at turning trend research into manufacturable designs, producing technical drawings for overseas factories, and coordinating cross‑cultural teamwork with factories in China and domestic partners to bring ideas to life. My background also covers apparel graphics and tee design, CAD‑based workflows, and PLM processes. I enjoy building trend and presentation boards that clearly communicate concepts to stakeholders, balancing aesthetics with feasibility, and collaborating across teams to deliver product lines that people love to wear.

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Hi, I’m Anthony Camilo, a footwear designer with over a decade of experience creating men’s, women’s, and kids’ shoes from concept to production. I excel at turning trend research into manufacturable designs, producing technical drawings for overseas factories, and coordinating cross‑cultural teamwork with factories in China and domestic partners to bring ideas to life.

My background also covers apparel graphics and tee design, CAD‑based workflows, and PLM processes. I enjoy building trend and presentation boards that clearly communicate concepts to stakeholders, balancing aesthetics with feasibility, and collaborating across teams to deliver product lines that people love to wear.

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Work Experience

Footwear Designer at E.S. Originals
December 1, 2006 - July 1, 2015
Responsible for designing men’s and kids casual footwear from concept stage to manufacturing. Produced technical drawings for overseas factories production. Made seasonal trips to China to oversee pattern design for production and prototypes. Participated in domestic and international travel to follow trends and make presentation boards.
T Shirt Designer at FREEZE
November 1, 2004 - December 1, 2006
Worked closely with the art director in researching, creating and developing new graphics for tees. Drew original clipart for graphics. Created technical packages for production and sampling, and call outs for graphic techniques and color ways. Excellent drawing/Sketching skills, strong graphics, page layout, tech packs, comps, product renderings, technical drawings, and photography.
Footwear Designer at Apex International
August 1, 2015 - October 1, 2017
Designed mens, womens and kids private label athletic footwear from concept stage to manufacturing. Communicated daily with China to make pattern adjustments for production and prototypes. Stayed current with trends for presentation boards and for new innovative design by shopping the market domestically and internationally.
Freelance Footwear Designer at Global Brands Group
October 1, 2017 - January 1, 2018
Designed mens, womens footwear from concept stage to manufacturing. Created tech packs and communicated daily with China to correct pullovers for production and prototypes. Worked with brands such as Vionic and Copperfit.
Footwear Designer at Cole Haan
April 1, 2018 - July 1, 2020
Designed styles and created CADs for women's dress shoes. Managed, maintained and updated CAD and trend boards for meetings. Assisted the design director in executing designs. Updated CAD folders by season with up-to-date information for PLM web system. Created tech packs for uppers and outsoles.
Footwear Designer at Orly-Corp
February 1, 2021 - November 1, 2021
Designed and tech packed lines for multiple brands such as French Connection, Halston women’s dress shoes, Lucky Brand, boys, girls and men’s casual shoes. Conducted trend research and communicated daily with China offices for pattern correction and on-time deliveries.
Footwear Designer at Children's Place
December 1, 2021 - August 1, 2022
Worked on three genders (boys, girls and infants) shoes, started the new adult PJ Place slippers line, and regularly updated PLM with new design sketches and CADs.
Footwear Designer at AHQ
November 1, 2024 - January 1, 2026
Responsible for designing flip flops, adding graphics along with licensed art under Universal Studios. Managing new created brands such as 'flips sandal' and communicating with factory on a daily basis.

Education

B.F.A. in Communication Design, Illustration major at Pratt Institute
September 1, 1999 - June 1, 2003
B.F.A. in Communication Design, Illustration major at Pratt Institute
September 1, 1999 - June 1, 2003

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Industry Experience

Manufacturing, Retail, Consumer Goods, Professional Services, Other