Jr. Footwear Designer - Performance

Headquartered in Southern California, Skechers—the Comfort Technology Company®—has spent over 30 years helping men, women, and kids everywhere look and feel good. Comfort innovation is at the core of everything we do, driving the development of stylish, high-quality products at a great value. From our diverse footwear collections to our expanding range of apparel and accessories, Skechers is a complete lifestyle brand.

About The Role

As a Jr. Footwear Designer, this position will leverage 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 USA performance footwear products.

Responsibilities

• Create innovative and stylish footwear design concepts.
• Work with Design Management and Development personnel to collaborate on Design projects to maximize effectiveness and build product to target cost.
• Understand fashion trends and directions through travel, shopping the markets, tradeshows, and researching the competition.
• Create accurate CADs quickly and efficiently.
• Build and present seasonal product strategies and trend boards.
• Constant interaction with Merchandisers on all aspects of product line plans, briefs, color palette, pricing, themes, graphics, and strategies.
• Work with developers in the US and Asia and adhere to the product calendar, ensuring development projects are on track.
• Work 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.
• Innovate through fashion-forward new designs and technologies.
• Enhance brand recognition.
• May require domestic and international travel to various countries.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Ability to sketch shoes accurately and proportionately & provide detailed specifications.
• Understand the footwear production process at the factory level.
• Proficient in design software such as Adobe Creative Suite and 3D CAD programs.
• Have great communication/presentation skills.
• Collaborate with cross-functional departments.
• In-depth knowledge of materials, construction techniques, and manufacturing processes.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Footwear Design, Fashion Design, or Industrial Design is preferred or equivalent related work experience.
• 1-2 years of experience in the related field.

Pay

The pay range for this position is $90,000-$120,000/yr USD.