ABOUT | brockmullen

ABOUT ME

THANKS!

Thanks for checking out my website. My name is Brock Mullen and I am a footwear designer. My love for footwear stems back for over 10 years. I can remember wanting to become a designer when I was in 7th grade and I've dedicated myself since that day to becoming just that.

WHY I DESIGN

I've always love to express myself through drawing and I've always been a creative person. When I started getting into shoes, I started drawing them. My focus for every single design that I do is to help solve problems.

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EXPERIENCE

2019 - PRESENT

PENSOLE INC.

Footwear Designer/Developer/Project Manager

• Created footwear designs for clients including Target, Zara, Roots, Bala,

Design Museum London, The New York Times, and more.

• Managed the product development process for clients including Zara,

Puma, Asics, Foot Locker, Bala, Roots, and more.

• Developed shoes ranging from vulcanized sneakers, running sneakers, to

boots. Including the development of tooling, uppers, color & materials,

and packaging.

2015 - PRESENT

Freelance Footwear Designer, Brock Mullen Design LLC.

2020 - Calling All Creators x Converse

Created 4 concepts for Converse and the Calling All Creators design consultancy, 3 on-court performance basketball shoes, and 1 off-court lifestyle concept.

2016 - Larcia Sports

• Worked to create 5 colorways for previous baseball cleat upper design for the company’s first sponsored college partnership.

• Designed a new soccer cleat upper and 2 colorways for the company’s first sponsored college partnership.

• Designed a youth soccer cleat upper on pre-existing Larcia tooling through use of story development, and research.

2015 - Larcia Sports

• Created baseball upper on existing Larcia tooling for college athletes.

2014 - 2018

Keystone Styling

Photographer/Videographer/Graphic Designer

• Created 100+ page website.

• Photographed 200+ vehicles for website, social media, brochures, and more.

• Created custom graphics for use on vehicles, apparel, and promotional products.

• Videographed, and edited feature videos of dozens of custom Jeeps, trucks, and cars for marketing and social media.

EDUCATION

2018

PENSOLE FOOTWEAR DESIGN ACADEMY

PNCA Design Intensive Program

January - March, 2018

During the 12 weeks of this program I was able to work on a fashion design project for Brand Jordan. I worked with 2 other team members to create footwear, apparel, and travel accessories for a teen fashion influencer.

2017

PENSOLE FOOTWEAR DESIGN ACADEMY

PENSOLE|MLab Powered by Vibram

Febuary 20 - March 17, 2017

I again was given the opportunity to attend another Pensole class, this time powered by Vibram. The class was focused primarily through the Pensole MLab (Material Lab)

2016

PENSOLE FOOTWEAR DESIGN ACADEMY

LEVI'S SOLLECTION

Febuary 8 - March 4, 2016

For nearly a month, I got the opportunity to work for Levi's as part of a 13 member team designing footwear. As a part of this team, I helped work to bring the heritage of 140 years of Levi's and create footwear for the modern working man.

2015

PENSOLE FOOTWEAR DESIGN ACADEMY

PRODUCT STORYTELLING

August 16, 2015

I flew to Las Vegas to attend this one day class held by D'Wyane Edwards. During this class we discussed and learned about the importance of product storytelling and how to properly create a product brief.

2011 - 2014

SHIPPENSBURG UNIVERSITY

ART/GRAPHIC DESIGN

Aug 2011 - Dec 2014

During my 3.5 attending Shippensburg University, I studied art and graphic design. Every possible project that I was able to I brought my love for footwear I did. I made everything from sneaker magazines to full sized clay models of shoes.