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Solomon Renfro

Manchester,NH

Summary

Results-oriented Footwear Designer with expertise in trend analysis, consumer experience, and cross-functional collaboration. Known for high productivity and efficient task completion. Skilled in bringing inventive designs from concept to market successfully.

Overview

5
5
years of professional experience

Work History

Footwear Designer 1

New Balance
Brighton, MA
03.2023 - Current
  • Assisted with sportswear concept creation, including sandals, trainers, and repurposed brand tech for future applications.
  • Designed Baseball, Football, and Basketball products.
  • Created inline and collaboration color stories for basketball and lacrosse product lines.
  • Assisted in creative vision concept creation for the running team.

Associate Footwear Designer

New Balance
Brighton, MA
04.2021 - 03.2023
  • Designed legacy tennis product, as well as injected recovery slides.
  • Helped launch New Balance's reentry into American Football. I assisted with the full product line design direction, as well as designed the Fortress v1 cleat.
  • Lead design for Lacrosse, including developing two new plates and a new turf tooling.

Footwear Design Intern

New Balance
Brighton, MA
09.2020 - 04.2021
  • Created player-inspired basketball color stories for PEs.
  • Designed kids' takedowns for trail running product.
  • Assisted with preseason creative vision concepts for performance running.

Women's Basketball Manager

Kansas State University Athletics
Manhattan, Kansas
05.2019 - 08.2019
  • Experienced athlete culture and needs firsthand.
  • Learned the ins and outs of women's basketball equipment management.
  • Helped develop an organizational system to reduce waste.

Education

Master of Arts - Interior Architecture

Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS
08-2020

Footwear Design Competition - Future Basketball Design Project

Pensole X New Balance
Lawrence, MA
02-2020

3 Month Design Intensive - Nike Footwear Design Project

Pensole Design Academy X PNCA
Portland, OR
03-2019

Skills

  • Active Communication
  • Cross Team Collaboration
  • 2D and 3D Visual Communication
  • Professional Design Presentation
  • Giving and Receiving Critical Feedback
  • Product Line Planning

Comfortable in Illustrator, Photoshop, Rhino, Keyshot, Blender, and Vizcom

Accomplishments

  • Allan Hastings Outstanding Product Design Award
  • New Balance x Pensole Footwear design competition Winner
  • University Scholar Award

Timeline

Footwear Designer 1

New Balance
03.2023 - Current

Associate Footwear Designer

New Balance
04.2021 - 03.2023

Footwear Design Intern

New Balance
09.2020 - 04.2021

Women's Basketball Manager

Kansas State University Athletics
05.2019 - 08.2019

Master of Arts - Interior Architecture

Kansas State University

Footwear Design Competition - Future Basketball Design Project

Pensole X New Balance

3 Month Design Intensive - Nike Footwear Design Project

Pensole Design Academy X PNCA

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