Footwear Designer

Title: Lead Footwear Material Designer

Location: Beaverton, OR

Duration: 6 months contract

Payrate: $62/hr on w2

Qualification:

• BA/BFA/MA/MFA preferred

• Associate Degree preferred

Preferred design experience: 5-7 years

• Creative experience (consumer/segment/dimensions)

• Knowledge of creative culture Digital design acumen (design-based software needed: Creative Suite)

• Preferred knowledge and experience with advanced digital tools/3D skills

• Expert of make and manufacturing

• Proficient presentation & communication skills

• Proficient design skills, brief to presentation to manufacturing

• Proficient creative process

• Basic business context

• Basic understanding of insights

• Actively seek outs and creates more sustainable materials

• Create original product designs or refresh existing products with supervision from Design leadership

• Ability to leverage manufacturing process to elevate new ideas, process, and materials

• Execution of base track and more long track design solutions (broad range of product price points and model types)

• Active and proficient participant in the creative process and cross-functional communication

• Support projects that are broader in scope and more complex (ex. Innovation, multigender/dimension/activity, supporting classification vs. collection)

• Communicate and present design concepts to internal and external audiences

• Collaborate and communicate cross-functionally with key partners

• Significant engagement with external partners (ex. athletes, league, collaborator, etc.)