Creative Product Designer for Athleisure and Performance Footwear

3 days ago


London, Greater London, United Kingdom FitFlop Full time

At FitFlop, we're seeking a highly skilled and experienced Creative Product Designer to join our team. This is a freelance contract opportunity with a focus on our Athleisure and Performance styles.

About the Role

We're looking for a talented designer who has a strong interest in fashion sport shoes and can bring their expertise to create commercially relevant designs. As a key member of our design team, you'll be responsible for shaping technology-infused movement lifestyle products that are both fashionable and functional.

Key Responsibilities
  • Create sketches and style information for designed categories (Women's, Men's and Kid's sports and molded shoes) that align with our brand aesthetic
  • Develop and create illustrations and technical drawings using Illustrator-based software to a high quality and technical level
  • Create colour CADs and technical specs for all styles to be passed to factories
  • Ability to create tooling tech packs and understand and amend design blueprints
  • Support on the fitting of samples from an aesthetic point of view
  • Ensure all collections are in line with the product direction set by our Design Director
Requirements
  • Footwear Design experience within a similar Footwear Design or relevant industry Design role
  • 'Sporty-refined' handwriting with an advanced understanding of the casual/sports heritage of our brand
  • Able to understand and work within the parameters of the product and our brand guidelines (fashion meets function)
  • Excellent 2D software skills (Illustrator), 3D software skills are a plus
  • A 'can do' attitude with the ability to design around a problem
Estimated Salary: $120,000 - $150,000 per year

This estimate is based on national averages and may vary depending on location and other factors. As a freelancer, your compensation will be determined separately.



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