Designer Product Design & Color Materials Kids Footwear

Focuses on delivering innovative product designs for the Kids Footwear category under the leadership of the Teamhead Design Footwear. It involves creating product concepts, design sketches and footwear solutions tailored to Kids consumers, alongside seasonal colour and material storytelling. The designer partners closely with the Colour & Material Designer, Product Line Management and Product Development to execute commercially viable designs that meet costing goals and advance category initiatives.

• Collaborate with the Teamhead Design Footwear to deliver innovative product designs for the Kids Footwear category, creating product concepts, design sketches and footwear solutions for Kids consumers.
• Develop Kids-specific product concepts, commercial takedowns and franchise updates that translate key brand and category stories into relevant consumer products.
• Create collection-based and stand-alone designs that are innovative, trend relevant and commercially viable.
• Create colour and material ways for seasonal footwear product lines and contribute to seasonal Colour & Material storytelling.
• Conceptualise unique and market-relevant designs that address consumer, retailer and company goals on a seasonal timeline, including follow-up on designs, design direction and design deliverables in a timely manner.
• Provide market research, consumer insights and design trend analysis to support collection themes, Colour & Material direction and product design.
• Partner closely with the Colour & Material Designer to create cohesive seasonal stories and compelling product executions.
• Prepare support material for internal reviews and execute detail specifications through standardised design packages.
• Create and update footwear line art, graphics, materials and colours, and enter designs into the product management data system.
• Work with Product Line Management and Product Development to execute designs that adhere to costing goals while advancing category initiatives.

• At least 3-4 years of work experience in design in the sports/lifestyle industry.
• Strong knowledge of the sport lifestyle industry.
• A passion for footwear design, Colour & Materials, consumer trends and the intersection of sport and fashion.
• Previous experience in athletic or sneaker design in the sport/lifestyle area.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating footwear product design, commercial thinking and concept development.
• Strong understanding of footwear construction, product creation processes and commercial product execution.
• Ability and enthusiasm to contribute across both Product Design and Colour & Material projects within a collaborative team environment.
• Competency in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Microsoft Word and PowerPoint.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Very good verbal and written language skills in English.
• Team player mentality.
• Bachelor's or master's degree in Design, Fashion Design or similar education.

• Experience creating footwear concepts, franchise evolutions and/or commercial product takedowns is desirable.
• Examples of Colour & Material storytelling in a portfolio are highly valued.

• Full time or part time availability.

PUMA is a global sports brand creating footwear, apparel, and accessories that inspire athletes and everyday movers. The PUMA Group owns PUMA, Cobra Golf, and stichd, operates in 120+ countries, and has around 22,000 employees worldwide. PUMA provides equal opportunities for all job applicants and states that equality for all is one of its core principles, with no tolerance for harassment or discrimination.