Sr. Designer

About the role

Founded in 1878, Caleres is a global footwear company comprised of some of the world’s most loved brands including Famous Footwear, Sam Edelman, Vionic, Naturalizer, Dr. Scholl's, Allen Edmonds and many more. Caleres' legacy includes 145+ years of craftsmanship, a passion for fit with a mission to inspire people to feel great…feet first. Join our dynamic and thriving footwear company as a Senior Designer, Veronica Beard in New York City where you'll have the opportunity to make an impact and shape the future of our renowned brands.

Responsibilities

• Support: Provide support and work direction for associate designers and coordinators.
• Collaborate: Cross-functionally collaborate to bring consistent look, feel and strategy into brand consumer stories.
• Collaborate on the development of all brand aesthetic collateral including art directing photoshoots.
• Establish and maintain effective working relationships with customers’ or license partners’ senior management.
• Manage: Design footwear that supports the brand essence through sketching ability, strong understanding trend-right color and material, brand positions, and innovative and creative input.
• Lead: Leads the design process with rigorous thumbnailing and sketching followed by precise tech-pack building, detailed proto fittings, and well-articulated proto comments.
• Partnership: Develop strong working relationship with Product Development, Tech, and Sales team to engineer best-in-class product, promote speed to market concepts, stay on calendar, and maximize continuous merchandising opportunities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in design related field
• Minimum 7 years’ design and brand building experience in the footwear industry
• Leadership and people management
• Adobe Acrobat, Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop preferred
• Strong sketching skills on Procreate

Benefits

• Our Shoe Discounts
• Career Development and Learning Opportunities
• Mental Wellness
• Relaxed Dress Code
• Site Perks: Monthly bagel breakfasts accompanied by stand-up meetings where we hear updates regarding all the NY brands. Kitchens with coffee, filtered water and seltzer machines. Regular fresh fruit deliveries and a beautiful showroom filled with friendly and helpful staff.