Materials Designer 2

the Product Design • Beaverton, OR

15h • Onsite

About The Position

This role is for a Materials Designer within the Footwear Materials Design team, focusing on the Kids + Core Footwear category. The designer will collaborate with product design, color design, and graphic design partners, as well as technical and material development teams, product management, and merchandising. The primary goal is to create innovative and sustainable footwear materials that are performance and trend-relevant, resonating with young athletes and driving an emotional connection through storytelling. The role emphasizes pushing the boundaries of sustainable footwear material design.

Requirements

• 2-5 years’ experience preferred in a materials design role (less if candidate has recent Client experience)
• Understanding of costing
• Ability to navigate material library
• Negotiating pricing
• Working with vendors/material developers (footwear specifically)
• Adobe Illustrator expertise
• Aurora experience (uploading CADs)
• Miro experience
• Portfolios required with submission

Nice To Haves

• Prior recent Client experience HIGHLY preferred
• Degree preferred, not a hard requirement

Responsibilities

• Support the existing body of work for the team and the collection for the year.
• Elevate the consumer experience by creating materials that are performance and trend-relevant.
• Drive an emotional connection to materials for the consumer through the use of strong narrative and emotive storytelling.
• Push the edges of sustainable footwear material design.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed