Footwear Designer

Footwear Designer – part time 3 days/week in Amsterdam on site – £700/day – asap start to 03/29/2024

Visualising and designing new products, they must keep up to date with emerging trends whilst

designing the right product that is aligned with the client’s brand heritage and meets customer’s requirements. They will need to work with a design brief that is sets the tone for seasonal storytelling and overcome development challenges in order to translate the brand strategy for the season.

Responsibilities:

* Drive the design development of their respective product category from initial sketch to final

product

* Ability to interpret current trends, seasonal concept, range plan/sales targets into exciting,

on-brand product

* Coordinate with fellow designers and collaborate with multiple stakeholders in order to

ensure the best product offer for consumers

* Receive a moderate level of guidance and direction from senior peers / manager

* Reporting into the Design Manager

* The designer will be responsible for meeting the requirements of the design brief for certain

product groups that will be allocated to them by the Design manager.

* You will be working on new constructions driving the evolution of essentials styles as

well as introducing new commercial constructions.

* You must be able to execute footwear sketches and colour ups for seasonal footwear

presentations.

* You need to have strong technical computer skills, and be advanced in Illustrator and

Photoshop.

* Provide clear communications to vendors and factories throughout all phases of product

development

* You must create and execute design tech packages with clear and easy to understand

translations of all details in order for the factory to execute correct samples

* You will be collaborating with the Senior Designer and Junior Designer on initiatives that

have been set by the Design manager

* The Designer will need to present their concepts confidently at design milestones and adopt

a supporting role to Design Leadership in lifestyle brand strategy sign offs.

Requirements:

Most critical skills required for the role

* Has knowledge and experience in own discipline; still acquiring higher level knowledge and

skills

* Good organisational and time management skills

* Ability to work independently as well as in a team

* Ability to generate creative ideas into on-brand product

Most critical experiences required for the role (if relevant)

* A degree from an BA/MA/alternative footwear design program

* 2-5 years experience

* Some experience using PLM systems or understanding their concept and willing to learn

If this sounds like you and you’d like to know more, please send your CV, portfolio and mobile number to csalerno@welovesalt.com and I can give you a call to go over details 🙂