Footwear Designer

• Create innovative footwear design concepts.
• Work with Design Management and Product Development to collaborate on Design projects
• via samples, trend boards.
• Provide clear communications to vendors and factories throughout all phases of product
• development
• Understanding of fashion trends and directions through travel, shop the markets,
• Tradeshows and research.
• Build and present seasonal product strategies and trend boards.
• Constant interaction with Merchandisers on all aspects of product line plans, briefs, colour
• palette, pricing, themes, graphics, and strategies.
• Responsible for getting prototypes and samples executed to reflect the concept and design
• you created.
• Knowledge and understanding of competitors top sellers, technologies, styling, colours,
• strategies and pricing.
• Innovation through fashion forward new designs and technologies

Key Requirements:

• Must have traditional embroidery design experience.
• Must understand the footwear production process.
• Must have advanced skills in Photoshop / Illustrator and 3-D design programs.
• Must have great communication/presentation skills and work well with others
• Bachelor s Degree in Footwear Design
• Should have a minimum of 5-8 years of progressive, shoe designing experience and
• knowledge of shoe constructions and materials.