Footwear Designer II: Lifestyle & Collaboration

Laceless Design; Brighton (AL); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 158,000; Full time

Job summary

New Balance in Brighton, MA is seeking a senior design professional to help shape lifestyle footwear across global projects. The role focuses on translating partner briefs into brand-right solutions, balancing innovation with craftsmanship and consumer insight.

You will collaborate with Product Management, Materials, and Color teams, manage multiple projects, and stay ahead of fashion and sport trends. Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and 3D tools is required; the position follows a three-day

Qualifications

• 4+ years of footwear design experience.
• Strong understanding of materials, color, and construction.
• Ability to translate briefs into design concepts.
• Experience with cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Translate partner requests, briefs, concepts and creative direction into thoughtful footwear solutions.
• Design solutions ranging from color/material updates on existing footwear models to new product creation, applying industry knowledge to achieve final result.
• Interpret both highly prescriptive and ambiguous partner requests, asking the right questions to understand the underlying objective and establish clear design direction.
• Act as a trusted design partner by providing creative guidance, recommendations and solutions that balance partner needs with brand objectives and product positioning.
• Identify potential design, material, manufacturing or brand challenges early and proactively engage the appropriate cross-functional partners to develop solutions.
• Collaborate with Product Management, Product Development, Materials and Color teams to solve problems and inform design decisions.
• Manage multiple projects with varying levels of complexity and autonomy while maintaining organization, attention to detail, and accountability to key milestones.
• Clearly communicate design intent, project status, complexity, risks and opportunities to immediate team members and leadership.
• Maintain awareness of footwear, fashion, sport, culture, technology and marketplace trends and apply relevant insights to design recommendations.

Skills

Footwear design

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

3D design (Blender)

Communication skills

Collaboration

Brand awareness

Creative thinking

Project management

Detail-oriented

Education

Bachelor's degree in Design or related field

Tools

Blender

Illustrator

Photoshop

MS Office

Job description

New Balance in Brighton, MA is seeking a senior design professional to help shape lifestyle footwear across global projects. The role focuses on translating partner briefs into brand-right solutions, balancing innovation with craftsmanship and consumer insight.

You will collaborate with Product Management, Materials, and Color teams, manage multiple projects, and stay ahead of fashion and sport trends. Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and 3D tools is required; the position follows a three-day