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Sr Manager, Footwear Material Design
- Onsite role at PHK; typical work hours, 4/1 hybrid schedule
- Contract is to support leave coverage, will run ~6 mos from start
- Degree preferred, not a hard requirement
- 10+ years' experience in footwear design preferred
- Client Design is where creative possibility meets purpose. It's a place for builders, boundary-breakers, and vision-setters people who move with conviction, think originally, and create work shaped by real experience and cultural depth. Our team thrives when imagination, discipline, and collaboration come together. We look for leaders who bring their full creative voice, who understand the communities that inspire us, and who are driven to shape the future for the next generation of athletes and fans.
- We're looking for a Sr Manager, Footwear Material Design to combine their experience, problem solving abilities, and creativity to help build the future of Client Sport Footwear Material Design. The ideal candidate will elevate the consumer product experience by seamlessly integrating art, science, and streetwear culture into Sport leaning products. In this role, you will foster a deep emotional connection to our products by crafting compelling narratives and storytelling through innovative material concepts.
- As the Sr Manager, Footwear Material Design, you will collaborate closely with leadership and cross-functional teams including Footwear Product Designers, Color Design, Developers, and Product Line Managers to advance innovative materials and manufacturing approaches on strategic projects. Your focus will be on shaping design direction and dimensional strategy, elevating existing materials, and pioneering new material concepts. As a recognized expert at both the product and collection level, you will translate consumer insights into compelling, trend and performance driven narratives. Success in this position depends on integrating design, development, and manufacturing to achieve product excellence. By leveraging research and a deep understanding of youth culture, color trends, fashion, art, and sports, you will help position client at the forefront of material innovation.
- On a day to day basis you'll work closely with your design partners in product design, color design and graphic design. You will also work cross functionally with your technical and material development partners, product management and merchandising teams.
- EDUCATION:
- Bachelor's degree in design or equivalent education, experience, or training.
- 8+ years of relevant design experience in advancing material design, textile design, or footwear design
- Bachelor's degree in design, art, or related field (fashion, product, industrial, accessory, footwear, or textile design); Master's degree accepted, Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience and training
- Ability to interpret consumer insights and translate them into compelling product narratives
- Skilled in concept creation and exploring material innovations and technologies
- Experience building inspiration presentations and mood boards for seasonal concepts
- Understanding of the Footwear Product Creation process
- Experience collaborating with manufacturing partners to ensure design intent and material execution
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign)
- Experienced with presentation programs: Keynote, PowerPoint, Acrobat, Miro etc.
- Ability to ideate using digital platforms (Gravity Sketch, CLO a plus)
- Experience creating 3D samples and hand mockups (a plus)
- Strong presentation skills for small and large groups
- Collaborative, positive, good listener, receptive to candid feedback and diverse points of view.
- Passion for design, culture, and design excellence.
- Highly organized and self-sufficient
- Speaks up with courage for self and the team.
- Passion for and desire to learn people leadership.
- Collaborative nature
- Adobe expertise
- Product creation knowledge (i.e. construction, build, etc.)
- Solution oriented
- People management skills
- 3D rendering skills
- Prior Client experience (or similar experience with a competitor)
- Consumer/market acumen
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