Head of Footwear Design & Development — Remote

Laceless Design; United States; Teletrabalho; USD 120 000 - 210 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Competitive compensation

Remote work model

Home-office or coworking support

Resumo da oferta

Laceless Design is seeking a Head of Design & Development to own the footwear collection and shape the creative team for its next growth phase. You will translate the founders' brand vision into concrete product decisions and lead the team across design, development and production.

This hands-on leadership role balances comfort, function and premium aesthetics, working with a China-based product execution manager and collaborating across US and Asia with travel to milestones.

Qualificações

• Six+ years of footwear design or product-creation experience.
• Experience taking products from concept through development and into the market.
• Experience with collection planning and commercial range decisions.
• Understanding of comfort, lifestyle or casual footwear with material sensibility.
• Hands-on factory or development-centre experience in China or Asia.
• Ability to communicate design intent and review samples with stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of US footwear customers; US residence is an advantage.
• Experience guiding or mentoring others.

Responsabilidades

• Lead seasonal design and development from brief through commercialization.
• Turn market and sales input into focused design decisions.
• Translate direction into milestones, specifications, cost targets and factory actions.
• Manage development partners, factories, mold/pattern resources and testing.
• Own sample reviews, risk registers and technical handoffs.
• Build an Asia product-creation team and dependable cadence.
• Protect the brand's focus on comfort, value and restrained visuals.

Conhecimentos

Footwear design

Product development

Factory collaboration

Team leadership

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Laceless Design is seeking a Head of Design & Development to own the footwear collection and shape the creative team for its next growth phase. You will translate the founders' brand vision into concrete product decisions and lead the team across design, development and production.

This hands-on leadership role balances comfort, function and premium aesthetics, working with a China-based product execution manager and collaborating across US and Asia with travel to milestones.