Hannah Custance

Experience

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  Textile Centre of Excellence

  Sept 2007 - Aug 2008

  Junior Designer

  Sandwich year placement working with small start up brands to create first prototypes and small batch production

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  Airowear Ltd

  Sept 2009 - Nov 2010

  Junior Designer

  Designer and product developer for equestrian brand specialising in Body protectors for riders.

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  Berghaus Ltd

  Nov 2010 - Dec 2011

  Junior Equipment Designer

  Design and develop from concept to retail, luggage and equipment range for outdoor brand. Role included consumer research, innovation trend research, concept development, sketching, CAD, tech-packing, prototyping, sample approval and testing.

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  Lacoste

  Feb 2012 - Jul 2016

  Creating coherent and brand relevant CADs, colour palettes and material stories for a large women's range, with a focus on quality and innovation to drive brand heat and improve value throughout. The role includes management of the Kids design direction and designer, as well as mentoring and managing the other junior designers. Asia travel and fabric sourcing an integral part of the role as well as process management of the range. Design and developing seasonal colour palettes and material ranges for Sports Footwear with a focus on Youth Street Trends for the Teenage consumer, to create strong global colour offerings for the brand.Working closely with key accounts to create special-make-ups for exclusive in-store models.

  • Senior Colour & Materials Designer

    Feb 2015 - Jul 2016

  • Colour and Materials Designer

    Feb 2012 - Feb 2015
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  JLR

  Jul 2016 - now

  Range Rover creative senior leader focusing on materiality strategy, project delivery and creative team management. Senior colour and materials designer for bespoke and personalisation at Land Rover and team lead for design direction, workload, strategy and development. The role involves mentoring and content leading, client facing commissions, large scale presentations and project management.The projects are based around small scale production vehicles such as 1 of 1 bespoke commissions, limited editions, external brand commissions and small fleets. Undertaking a contractural role with Land Rover as Bespoke Colour and Material designer. Responsible for Bespoke colour and material design and development as well as commissioning with VIP clients their personalised vehicles. Special projects include bespoke and personalisation offering for new Range Rover SV Coupe, the brands most expensive and luxurious vehicle to date.

  • Senior Design Manager - Materiality

    Mar 2024 - now

  • Colour & Materials Design Manager

    Mar 2020 - Jun 2024

  • Vehicle Personalisation Design Lead Colour & Materials

    Aug 2019 - Mar 2020

  • Lead Senior Colour & Materials Designer

    Aug 2018 - Aug 2019

  • Colour & Materials Designer for Special Vehicle Operations

    Jul 2016 - Aug 2018