Senior Footwear Designer — Lead, Create & Launch

ALLSAINTS Retail Limited; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wardrobe allowance

Disability committed employer

Employee discount

25 days holiday

Job summary

ALLSAINTS Retail Limited is seeking a Senior Footwear Designer to lead the design process for the category, delivering innovative concepts and bringing products to market. You will mentor junior designers and drive the creative vision in line with the brand’s direction.

You will manage the full design lifecycle, partnering with Creative Lead, Buyer and cross-functional teams to ensure timely, commercially viable collections that reflect AllSaints’ aesthetic and sustainability commitments.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Senior Footwear Designer or senior level ready to step up.
• Experience leading teams and mentoring junior designers.
• Exceptional creative design and research skills with trend insight.
• Strong understanding of the product development process from concept to production.
• Excellent organisational and time-management skills to manage multiple projects.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the Design vision for footwear in collaboration with the Creative Lead.
• Design a well-balanced range with price architecture and customer variety.
• Lead day-to-day footwear design from concept to final sample to align with AllSaints aesthetic.
• Manage design process: research, sketching, material sourcing, tech packs, protos and SMS.
• Ensure sustainable materials and ethical sourcing across all processes.
• Support special collaboration projects as needed.
• Mentor junior and assistant designers.
• Collaborate with footwear Buyer to keep styles relevant and on-brand.
• Work with Retail and Wholesale to communicate collection storytelling.

Skills

Senior design leadership

People management

Creative design

Product development

Time management

Communication

Footwear construction knowledge

Design software

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Photoshop

Job description

ALLSAINTS Retail Limited is seeking a Senior Footwear Designer to lead the design process for the category, delivering innovative concepts and bringing products to market. You will mentor junior designers and drive the creative vision in line with the brand’s direction.

You will manage the full design lifecycle, partnering with Creative Lead, Buyer and cross-functional teams to ensure timely, commercially viable collections that reflect AllSaints’ aesthetic and sustainability commitments.