Footwear Designer- Senior Footwear Designer
Footwear Designer- Senior Footwear Designer
KITH
New York City Metropolitan Area
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Kith is currently seeking a Footwear Designer or Senior Designer to support the Special Projects team.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Translate designs to CADs with sized artwork and detailed call outs
- Present color/material options
- Revise patterns and placed graphics
- Prepare printouts and files for weekly meetings
- Manage development and confirmation samples
- Review samples and relay feedback
- Organize mood boards
- Revise CADs and artwork
- Upload SKU information to PLM and tracker
- Update files on shared drives
- Build overviews for each collection
Special Projects/Tasks:
- Build trend and direction boards
- Attend vendor meetings
- Present boards to internal partners
Experience:
- 4-8 years of experience in footwear design
- Strong Adobe illustrator skills
- Superior knowledge finalizing artwork for print production and building tech packs
- Knowledge of footwear materials as well as print and embroidery applications
- Excellent communication skills
- Ability to critically think/problem solve in order to achieve higher product standards
- Strong organizational skills, to keep track of a variety of ongoing projects in a fast pace environment
- Bachelor of Arts – Graphic Design or industrial design/footwear design]
Skills:
- Technical knowledge of Adobe Illustrator, knowledge of keynote, background in building tech packs
- Production Art, graphic design, footwear
Professional Characteristics:
- Attention to detail, organization skills, desire to learn
Personal Characteristics:
- Curious, Enthusiastic, Energetic, Ambitious, Competitive, Creative
*You must be located in NYC and willing to commute into the office 5 days a week to be considered for this role.
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Seniority level
Associate -
Employment type
Full-time -
Job function
Design -
Industries
Retail
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