Footwear Designer

Footwear Designer ManchesterUp to £45,000I am recruiting for an experienced Footwear Designer to join an established high street retailer based within their Manchester head office. As a talented footwear designer, you will be supporting the Head of Footwear and working closely with the buying and creative teams ensuring you create appealing, quality, commercial and brand cohesive footwear ranges across the various categories for men’s, women’s and kids.Your main responsibilities will include.Deliver balanced and extensive design research e. g. using directional shopping, fabric fairs, catwalk awareness to create unique stand out footwear lines.Undertake Market research to identify the latest trends, colours and fabrics are and analysing competitors ranges.Liaising with the overall Design Manager to ensure best balance of colour across the ranges for all key markets including linking to clothing ranges through colour lifts or graphic applications where required.Creation of mood board/packs for design presentationsProvide insight on initial samples, ensuring that all finished footwear match initial design specifications.Liaise with buying ensure that the range can realistically be delivered within the costs/ margins.Attending factory visits and competitive shopping trips within the UK and International reporting feedback to the relevant internal teams.Create technical packs, extensive technical knowledge required to help support technical team to create ranges.Understanding of specific Children's safety standard guidelinesKey requirements for the role.Proven experience as a Designer within a fast-paced footwear environment is essential. Educated to Degree level, ideal within Fashion / Textiles / Graphic DesignStrong skills with Adobe Illustrator, Acrobat & PhotoshopNaturally creativeAble to adapt swiftly in a fast paced, ever changing fashion market.Be a strong communicator with excellent organisation skills.If the role sounds of interest apply today!

Created: 2025-07-24