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Pepijn Martens

Owner at S.PP.RT Design / Lead Designer at Cycleur de Luxe / Zen Running Club / Premium Inc
About

Designer / Design Director, specialised in Footwear Design. Worked internationally at Nike/Converse, Footlocker, Kalenji, Kipsta (Decathlon, FR), Patrick (Cortina, BE), Dita(NL) and Cycleur de Luxe(BE) in the total Footwear process from Trend/Consumer analysis to Conceptualisation, Development (China, Vietnam, Portugal), Brand Identity and Global Team management. Frequently asked Coach for professionals striving to make clear and successful leaps towards their career and/or personal goals, and Speaker at elementary and high-schools, passionate about inspiring kids through Design Workshops Contact me on: pep@spprt.com

Previous Brands
Cruyff
Zen Running Club
Cycleur de Luxe
S.PP.RT
Converse
Cortina NV
Decathlon
FABRIQUE
Work Experience
Senior Designer
Feb ‘23 - Sep ‘24
Cruyff

Senior designer for Men's Lifestyle, Sport and Football collections.

Partner / Lead Designer
May ‘20 -
Zen Running Club

Zen Running Club - Made from good decisions. Plant-based Performance Running "Zen Running Club is pushing the performance envelope with sustainable materials. The midsole has the highest bio content of any performance foam, including enzymes that help the shoe degrade in landfill, and the performance impressed testers enough to earn a place in the Runner's World Shoe Awards!"

Lead Designer
Apr ‘18 -
Cycleur de Luxe

Lead designer of the Men's, Women's and kids footwear collections, graphic design for branding and apparel, development support.

Owner / Designer
Dec ‘17 -
S.PP.RT

Supporting international sports and lifestyle brands with: -Footwear / Collections Design -Innovation / Ideation -Design direction / Market Trends + Intel -Colors + Materials -Graphics -Branding Design

Lead Footwear Designer EMEA
Apr ‘12 - Aug ‘17
Converse

Senior Footwear Designer PATRICK / SAFETY JOGGER
Nov ‘08 - Mar ‘12
Cortina NV

Design & development of Patrick Soccer / Lifestyle / Safety footwear collections + private label sports-lifestyle ranges.

Senior Footwear Designer
Mar ‘07 - Nov ‘08
Decathlon

Senior Designer, Performance Running and Urban Kids

Brand Design Manager
Jan ‘04 - Mar ‘07
Decathlon

Brand Design Manager for Decathlon teamsports brand KIPSTA. Design Director, Team manager, Brand Identity Manager

Product designer
Jun ‘02 - Mar ‘05
Decathlon

Footwear, Luggage, Goalkeeper gloves and shinguards, Graphics

Designer
Oct ‘01 - Jun ‘02
FABRIQUE

Interior design projects, Signage, Corporate Identity

Languages
Dutch - Fluent
French - Fluent
German - Basic
English - Fluent
Education & Training
Design Academy Eindhoven
‘94 - ‘00
Bachelor
Delft University of Technology
‘93 - ‘94
prop
Lage Zwaluwe, Netherlands