Sam Parkinson

Sportswear Designer

United Kingdom
Professionally, I am an accomplished sportswear apparel designer who is passionate about providing organisations with innovative sportswear design solutions that enable athletes to perform at their peak. Using a 360° Design Strategy, I connect with organisations to help establish a complete sportswear range that is driven by future market trends and the unique requirements of the athlete.

Take a look at my current experience section below to learn more about what I do as a Sportswear Apparel Designer. Further example of my can be found on my Behance page - https://www.behance.net/Sam_Parkinson

Personally, I am sports fanatic who loves playing rugby, snowboarding in the Alps and competing in triathlons. As well as taking part in sport, I enjoy going to watch a variety of live sporting events to further enhance my knowledge of sport.

Feel free to contact me on Linkedin if you wish to learn more about how I can help create innovative sportswear design solutions for your company/ brand.

Work Experience

Musto

Product Specialist

My role is to work directly with Musto’s elite sailing teams to drive product creation and keeping all key stakeholders accountable to a realistic and efficient production development process by managing time lines. Resulting in ranges being developed to the clients specific requirements and delivered on time.
January 2020 - April 2021 London, United Kingdom

Mizuno

Team Wear Designer

My role as EMEA Team Apparel Designer allowed me to engage with clients across EMEA, bringing them market leading team apparel garments that had been designed to their specification.

Using in-depth trend analysis and a 360 design strategy involving my comprehensive knowledge of the design process, I was able to deliver high performance team apparel ranges for Mizuno’s sponsored international teams at the Rugby World Cup 2019 and Tokyo 2020 Olympics. As a result Mizuno’s profile and brand awareness increased on the global market.

In addition, I lead the design team to successfully complete team apparel projects for professional European Football, Volleyball and Handball teams. These experiences helped me to further develop my project management skills.

Personally, I enjoyed travelling to supplier in Europe and the Far East to review seasonal time lines, samples and seek out cutting edge fabrics and garment construction methods that will enable the athlete perform at their optimal.
September 2015 - January 2020 London, United Kingdom

Surridge Sports

Sportswear Apparel Designer

Main role is to design and deliver a wide range of performance sports garments for Universities and Professional Sport Clubs. The role involves using a vast array of skills which are utilized from the initial research stage right through to creating specifications and garment sampling. Other duties include leading New Product Development Projects and performing presentations.
January 2013 - Present United Kingdom

Mitre Sports Int.

Jnr Product Designer

Managed the Special Make-Up process which involved designing and creating pre-production samples for MTO sports equipment.

Worked with the design team to develop the Mitre 2012 football range.
September 2010 - September 2011 Wakefield, United Kingdom

Education

University Of Huddersfield

BSc Product Design

Graduated July 2012. BSc Product Design 2.1 69.4%. (approved sandwich programme with Mitre Sports Int).
September 2008 - September 2012 Huddersfield, United Kingdom

Skills

Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Indesign, Adobe Photoshop, Apparel Design, Brand Awareness, Critical Paths, Garment Construction, Idea Generation, NPD, Solidworks 3D, Technical Specifications, Trend Analysis,