Course Curriculum & Career Overview
Certification Footwear Maker (CFM) - A footwear Maker career is a challenging and rewarding choice for fashion designers with a particular interest in shoes, and the ability to specialize by type of consumer, style or shoe function makes it a particularly dynamic field of fashion design. Read further to learn more about this profession. professionals conceptualize, create and showcase shoe designs for a variety of markets. Many footwear designers specialize even further, designing shoes for particular ages, genders, careers or environments; footwear for senior citizens, women, nurses, and rock-climbing are just a few examples. Full-time footwear designer jobs can be found with corporate shoe retailers and boutique footwear design companies, but most footwear designers pursue freelance work or entrepreneurial ventures.