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Competences — leather goods designer

Source: ESCO v1.2.1 occupation-skill relations (http://data.europa.eu/esco/occupation/a142a645-6e9e-4d86-accd-9816df857c90).

Essential

  • apply development process to footwear design (skill/competence)
  • apply fashion trends to footwear and leather goods (skill/competence)
  • communicate commercial and technical issues in foreign languages (skill/competence)
  • create mood boards (skill/competence)
  • develop footwear and leather goods marketing plans (skill/competence)
  • develop leather goods collection (skill/competence)
  • ergonomics in footwear and leather goods design (knowledge)
  • footwear and leather goods marketing planning (knowledge)
  • footwear creation process (knowledge)
  • implement footwear marketing plan (skill/competence)
  • innovate in footwear and leather goods industry (skill/competence)
  • leather goods components (knowledge)
  • leather goods manufacturing processes (knowledge)
  • leather goods materials (knowledge)
  • leather goods quality (knowledge)
  • sketch leather goods (skill/competence)
  • use communication techniques (skill/competence)
  • use IT tools (skill/competence)

Optional

  • CAD for footwear (knowledge)
  • CAD software (knowledge)
  • create 3D CAD footwear prototypes (skill/competence)
  • design management (knowledge)
  • make technical drawings of fashion pieces (skill/competence)
  • manual cutting processes for leather (knowledge)
  • perform ideation activities (skill/competence)
  • reduce environmental impact of footwear manufacturing (skill/competence)
  • use CAD for soles (skill/competence)
  • use CAD software (skill/competence)

Market evidence (job-ad analysis, 32 ads, as of 2026-07-15)

Share of analyzed job ads mentioning the item (threshold ≥ 20 %). Source: JSearch/Adzuna APIs.

Hard skills

  • trend research — 34 %
  • sketching — 28 %
  • handbag design — 25 %
  • technical drawing — 22 %
  • concept development — 19 %
  • leather goods design — 19 %