Numeric Footwear Design Apprentice

New Balance•Long Beach, CA

23h•Hybrid

About The Position

This role focuses on our Numeric Footwear, our skateboarding focused category. You will experience, learn and contribute to all aspects of our culture and the design process (including but not limited to research, ideation, designing and assisting design, presentations, gathering feedback, tech packs, reviews, revising and refining projects). You will be part of the apprentice community attending learning capsules, expanding your technical and soft skills and creating a personal project that will showcase your skills. Key Partners include Global Design and Category Product (Design, Product Management, Development) and the Apprentice team.

Requirements

Understanding of skateboarding culture, footwear, and overall style
Well-rounded color and material perspective with skate-focused needs
Collaborative individual that seeks out, navigates and actions feedback with ease
Action oriented with ability to track key dates and deliverables
Team player that takes on any task no matter how big or small
Obsesses product details that meet brand quality standards and consider environmental impact
High level of taste with ability creating original concepts that exude NB quality and craftsmanship
Awareness of the trend, culture and design landscape
Curiosity and a commitment to continually learning, growing and refining skill set
Ability to prepare and deliver compelling presentations to different audiences
Motivated self-starter with entrepreneurial spirit
Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator (mandatory, required to learn prior to start date)
Strong desire to learn 3D design