Leather goods product developers perform and interface between design and actual production. they analyse and study designer’s specifications and transform them into technical requirements, updating concepts to manufacturing lines, selecting or even designing components and selecting materials. Leather goods product developers also perform the pattern engineering, namely they make patterns manually and produce technical drawings for various range of tools, especially cutting. They evaluate prototypes, performing required tests for samples and confirming the customer’s quality requirements and pricing constrains.

Tasks

Tasks include -
(a) Determining the objectives and constraints of the design brief by consulting with clients and stakeholders;
(b) Formulating design concepts for clothing, textiles, industrial, commercial and consumer products, and jewellery;
(c) Harmonizing aesthetic considerations with technical, functional, ecological and production requirements;
(d) Preparing sketches, diagrams, illustrations, plans, samples and models to communicate design concepts;
(e) Negotiating design solutions with clients, management, and sales and manufacturing staff;
(f) Selecting, specifying and recommending functional and aesthetic materials, production methods and finishes for manufacture;
(g) Detailing and documenting the selected design for production;
(h) Preparing and commissioning prototypes and samples;
(i) Supervising the preparation of patterns, programmes and tooling, and of the manufacturing process.