Next Careers logo

Footwear Designer - Womenswear Non Clothing

Next Careers
Full-time
On-site
Leicester, Leicestershire, United Kingdom
Textile & Fashion Design
Description

About Your Role:
Based at Head Office in Enderby, Leicestershire. 
Working Pattern: Typically 5 days a week onsite with core flexible hours between 8am to 6pm.

We are looking for a trend driven experienced Footwear Designer, looking to push our boots and sandal designs.

-Design all boots and sandals for womenswear non clothing with a focus on high-quality, trend-led basics.

-Respond quickly to briefs, producing fast-turnaround designs as needed.

-Demonstrate a strong sense of creativity and design direction.

-Research and recognise key trends, translating this into elevated, customer-relevant products.

-Work within price point guidelines while maintaining quality and style.

-Collaborate with designers, buyers, merchandisers, technologists, sourcing teams, and suppliers to deliver on time and to spec.

-Support with project-based collections as well as main range development.


About You:
-Strong experience of designing womens footwear, ideally boots and sandals.

-Experience & knowledge in Photoshop and Illustrator is essential for this role.

-Having strong team work and people skills is a must as well as experience working with factories and different brands/retailers would be an advantage.

-Must have experience of working for a similar sized Retailer or Supplier background.

-Creative and passionate about fashion and new opportunities.


Please note, applications without a portfolio will not be considered 


Sponsorship: 
Candidates wishing to apply who would require sponsorship for this role will be required to meet the Home Office sponsorship requirements. For further information please see: https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa.

We encourage early applications for our roles, as our recruitment process begins as soon as the role is advertised. If we successfully fill the position, this advert may close earlier than planned.

#LI-Onsite