Footwear Designer in Manchester Area

Job description

Footwear Designer

Manchester

Up to £45,000

I 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 presentations
• Provide 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 guidelines

Key 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 Design
• Strong skills with Adobe Illustrator, Acrobat & Photoshop
• Naturally creative
• Able 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!

Extra information

Status

Open

Education Level

Secondary School

Location

Manchester Area

Type of Contract

Part-time jobs

Published at

01-08-2025

Profession type

Design / Fashion

Full UK/EU driving license preferred

No

Car Preferred

No

Must be eligible to work in the EU

No

Cover Letter Required

No

Languages

English