Footwear Designer

Skechers•Manhattan Beach, CA

8d•$95,000 - $120,000

About The Position

The Footwear Designer will integrate their thorough understanding of fashion trends, market conditions, consumer expectations, technologies and the manufacturing process with their design excellence to develop the next generations of Skechers footwear products under the direction and leadership of the Sr. Director of Design and Special Projects. They will influence the respective footwear categories using cultural events knowledge and experience relating to how the current and upcoming fashion trends might impact the consumers' buying decisions, covering a vast demographic and multi-cultural area. In addition, they'll use their knowledge in respect to design, development and market relevance to collaborate with marketing and sales personnel on projects to maximize effectiveness and sale-ability.

Requirements

Ability to collaborate with other Designers, Colorists, Technicians, and Merchandisers.
Ability to sketch shoes accurately, quickly, proportionately & provide detailed specifications.
Must understand the footwear production process at the factory level.
Must have expert skills in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator and Photoshop).
Must have great communication/presentation skills and work well with others.
Must have a passion for Performance and lifestyle footwear design.
Knowledge of shoe construction and materials.
Must be versatile and be able to switch gears project to project.
Bachelor’s Degree in one of the following: Industrial Design, Footwear Design, Fashion Design or Graphic Design.
Should have a minimum of 2 years of progressive, shoe designing experience and knowledge of shoe constructions and materials.

Responsibilities

Under the direction of the Sr. Director of Design and Special Projects, design and develop innovative and cost-efficient brand and market relevant footwear which includes concepting, story-telling, and technical development.
Work with Design Management, Development and Marketing personnel to collaborate on Design projects to maximize effectiveness and build product to target cost.
Thorough understanding of ever-changing fashion trends and directions conducted through international and domestic travel, shopping the markets, Tradeshows, and researching the competition.
Create accurate, detailed, high-quality renderings and CADS quickly and efficiently.
Build and present seasonal product strategies and trend boards.
Understands how to create accurate tech packs for outsole and upper designs.
Understands how to draw cross sections and read blueprints accurately.
Constant interaction with Merchandisers on all aspects of product line plans, briefs, color palette, pricing, themes, graphics, and strategies.
Work with developers in US and Asia on line schedules, adhere to the product calendar, ensuring development projects are on track.
Working with developers / materials team to coordinate and develop new materials, constructions, processes and procedures.
Responsible for getting prototypes and samples executed to reflect the concept and design you created.
Knowledge and understanding of competitors top sellers, technologies, styling, colors, strategies and pricing.
Innovation through fashion forward new designs and technologies
Protect and enhance SKECHERS “DNA”.
Domestic and international travel as needed.
Special projects as assigned.
Other duties as assigned.