Footwear Product Development

Footwear Design and Development Certificate

Take just one of the footwear courses or earn a certificate. The 13-week professional certificate is comprised of 3 courses that provide students with a comprehensive overview of the footwear industry while developing the necessary skills that lead to successful product design. Industry partners and instructors with extensive experience in design, materials, and footwear production will provide key elements from concept through marketing in creating functional and fashionable shoes for contemporary consumers.

This Course: FASH912: Footwear Product Development

You’ll learn how footwear goes from Brief to Box while thinking about the development process through multiple different lenses, including fit, function, profitability, sustainability, manufacturability, delivering products on time, and on design. Understanding manufacturing processes, production pattern making, material usage and regulations, factory placement, sustainability and product costing analysis is imperative in making creative design decisions. This course will introduce shoe designers to key factors that have a direct impact on the production and distribution of footwear products. In 4 short weeks, you’ll have a comprehensive view of footwear development and the ability to think critically about development-related issues and solutions, and some tangible takeaways to improve your career interview portfolio.

For any questions about course content, please contact the course instructor, Elizabeth Brock-Jones -- thesneakerprof@gmail.com.

This section of FASH912: Footwear Product Development runs 9/15-10/12 in the Fall 2026 term. Students may enroll in the course up until 9/18. For any questions about enrollment or Lasell Professional Studies, please contact profstudies@lasell.edu.

About the Instructor: Elizabeth Brock-Jones

Elizabeth Brock-Jones is currently Footwear Development Director at Nike, where she’s worked for the past 12+ years. During that time, she’s worked with Innovation, Nike Sportswear, Special Projects, Global Express Lane, and Fuel teams on projects that range from sandals, boots, ACG, running, and the entire Off-White x Nike: The Ten collection. Elizabeth also teaches for the University of Oregon Sports Product Management Program based in Portland, OR, and Lasell University. Prior to starting at Nike, Elizabeth received her BS in Kinesiology from Iowa State, as well as an MS in Biomechanics from the University of Tennessee and an MBA in Sports Marketing from the University of Oregon.