Upcoming Contract Positions – Material Designers

Boly:Welch; Beaverton (OR); On-site; USD 48,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

Medical insurance

FSA

Retirement plan

Job summary

Boly:Welch in Beaverton, OR, is seeking a Material Designer for a recurring on-site contract role. You will translate trends into material solutions and collaborate with cross-functional partners across design, product marketing, development, and color to shape product direction.

You will oversee research from early concept through sampling, ensuring materials meet aesthetic, performance, quality, and cost targets while staying aligned with brand direction and market needs.

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years of experience in a material designer position.

Responsibilities

• Translate trends, insights, and creative direction into material solutions that support performance and market success.
• Plan and execute material designs in collaboration with design, product marketing, development, and color.
• Research and interpret material, design, and lifestyle trends to inform and elevate the product category.
• Balance innovation with execution to meet aesthetic, performance, quality, and cost expectations.

Skills

Material design experience

Job description

Salary: $35-$44/hr

Industry: Footwear/Apparel

Must Haves

• 3-5+ years of experience in a material designer position

Your New Role

This is an opportunity to influence product at its foundation. As a Material Designer, you’ll translate trends, insights, and creative direction into material solutions that support both performance and market success.

In this role, you’ll plan and execute material designs in close collaboration with cross-functional partners, including design, product marketing, development, and color. You’ll help ensure material direction aligns with both creative vision and business goals, contributing to products that resonate in the market.

Your work will span the full product creation process, from early research and connecting through to sampling. Along the way, you’ll research and interpret material, design, and lifestyle trends, bringing forward insights that inform and elevate the product category. You’ll balance innovation with execution, ensuring materials meet expectations for aesthetic, performance, quality, and cost.

This recurring contract opportunity reflects ongoing and future openings with a global leader in the footwear and apparel industry, based in Beaverton, OR. Assignments typically range from 6 months to 2 years, with new roles opening on a rolling basis.

Candidates must be currently located in the Portland metro area and available to work on-site.

Your New Organization

This Beaverton-based industry leader in global footwear and apparel is looking for talented staff to join their team. However, this brand is much more than footwear. Their brand is at the forefront of product innovation and truly employs the best of the best. They’re about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving industry. This is a contract role that could extend, which makes it a great opportunity to build relationships internally.

As a Boly:Welch contract employee, you’ll be eligible to receive our full suite of benefits, including PTO, medical insurance, an FSA, and retirement plan.

Please Note

Boly:Welch is a full service recruiting and executive search agency representing a Boly:Welch partner in this search. As talent advisors, we will be the liaison between our partner and yourself during the recruitment process. You will directly join our partner client’s team if they select you as the successful candidate for this role.