Footwear Designer (Womens Fashion)

What the Role Will DoCollection Design: Translate seasonal trends into commercial styles, creating detailed CAD designs,colorways, and tech packs for production.Technical Specification: Detail upper patterns, last shapes, heel specs, hardware, and outsole designs, ensuring clear communication for buyers to suppliers.Sample Development: Review prototype samples, evaluate fit and material quality, and issue clearcorrection comments.Market & Commercial Alignment: Work alongside buying team to meet target price points and range requirements.Hardware & Trim Detailing: Execute 2D graphic layouts for physical components (trims, buckles, and branding plates).AI-Driven Conceptualization: Leverage AI tools to rapidly iterate on logo concepts, pattern variations, and moodboard imagery to shorten the feedback loop with the Head of Design.Visual Strategy (Moodboards): Assist in creating high-level moodboards that translate market trends into cohesive color stories, textures, and aesthetic directions.Skills & RequirementsExperience: 3–5 years of high-level Women’s Fashion Footwear Design experience, preferably should have worked on/for a fashion, footwear, or a luxury to designTechnical Suite: Expert proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop and possible Procreate andother design softwareHand sketch ability, able to explore ideas and translate into hand sketches for early conceptsAI Competency: Ability to use AI (e.g., Chat GPT, Midjourney, Firefly, DALL-E) as a tool for rapidideation and moodboard generation.Product Knowledge: Solid understanding of lasts, heels, mold development, and factory productionworkflows.