Product Designer - Footwear

BrickRed Systems; Beaverton (OR); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

BrickRed Systems seeks a Product Designer specializing in footwear to lead design projects that combine culture, innovation, and functionality. With over 8 years of experience, you'll collaborate with teams to bring inventive concepts to market while maintaining brand goals and sustainability.

Benefits

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in innovative footwear design.
• Strong sketching and rendering skills required.
• Expertise in form, color, materials, and storytelling.

Responsibilities

• Lead design of footwear collections from concept through execution.
• Develop designs rooted in cultural relevance and performance.
• Create 2D tech packs and communicate design intent clearly.

Skills

Collaboration

Creativity

Presentation skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Product Design or Industrial Design

Tools

Adobe Illustrator

Adobe Photoshop

Job description

This range is provided by BrickRed Systems. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$40.00/hr - $45.00/hr

Direct message the job poster from BrickRed Systems

We’re looking for a Product Designer- Footwear to drive cutting-edge collaboration projects and bring new creative energy to sport and lifestyle footwear. This role sits at the intersection of culture, design, and innovation. You'll work across internal and external teams to turn bold ideas into functional, future-forward products that are as inspiring as they are commercially viable.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the design of high-energy, collaborative footwear collections from concept through execution.
• Develop visionary concepts rooted in cultural relevance, performance, and innovation.
• Balance design originality with manufacturability, sustainability, cost, and brand goals.
• Create 2D tech packs, sketches, illustrations, and renderings to communicate design intent clearly.
• Translate insights and consumer research into meaningful design narratives.
• Partner closely with developers, engineers, and product managers to refine ideas into market-ready product.
• Guide conversations with collaborators and internal teams, acting as a key creative voice.
• Foster cross-functional alignment while pushing design boundaries.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Product Design, Industrial Design, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 8+ years of experience in innovative footwear or performance/lifestyle product design.
• Proven track record in collaboration-based design projects.
• Expertise in form, color, materials, and consumer-focused storytelling.
• Strong sketching and rendering skills, with proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop.
• Able to build accurate 2D technical drawings (tech packs).
• 3D design experience (e.g., Rhino, Modo, Gravity Sketch) and cobbling/prototyping are a plus.
• Deep understanding of material and manufacturing processes, including sustainable design.
• Strong presentation and communication skills (Keynote, PowerPoint, etc.).

About BrickRed Systems:

BrickRed Systems is a global leader in next-generation technology, consulting, and business process service companies. We enable clients to navigate their digital transformation. BrickRed Systems delivers a range of consulting services to our clients across multiple industries around the world. Our practices employ highly skilled and experienced individuals with a client-centric passion for innovation and delivery excellence.

With ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 certification and over a decade of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we harness the power of cognitive computing hyper-automation, robotics, cloud, analytics, and emerging technologies to help our clients adapt to the digital world and make them successful. Our always-on learning agenda drives their continuous improvement through building and transferring digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Design

• Industries

  Retail Apparel and Fashion

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Medical insurance

Vision insurance

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