DESIGNER - Contemporary Fashion - Footwear
We’re looking for talented men’s and women’s footwear designers with a passion for contemporary fashion and keen eye for the latest trends to join our design team in New York. We are Caleres, a global footwear company with brands that fit people’s lives. We are ferocious about fit and living our mission of inspiring people to feel good, feet first.
We seek people who:
- Manage the design process of seasonal footwear lines from trend research to finished product
- Understand current consumer fashion trends, bringing in new ideas through competitive shopping and vintage research
- Provide detailed specifications for prototype creation, refining designs to reflect feedback and fitting standards
- Collaborate with design director and team to review sketches, production and materials
- Partner with factories and production teams to ensure quality control and fit
We seek people with these qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in Fashion Design; footwear concentration preferred
- 5+ years footwear design experience
- Advanced knowledge of footwear materials, construction and production
- Excellent color, style and material trend identification
- Outstanding sketching and rendering abilities
- Skilled at visually demonstrate ideas on paper and digitally
- Thrive in a dynamic, fast-paced environment
- Proficient in Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator
But most of all, we seek believers who share in our ferocity for fit. People who believe remarkable things are possible and will not stop striving for them.
People passionate about their work. People who hold themselves and others accountable. People who think a $2.6 billion company should be as creative as a start-up. People driven by an insatiable curiosity. People who care about being the best, among the best.
Become a believer.
EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled