Freelance Footwear Designers - Athleisure and Performance

at  FitFlop

We’re looking for Footwear Designers who are interested in freelance work with us, specifically on our Athleisure and Performance styles, which includes our FFRUNNER, VITAMIN FFX, and WONDERWELLY categories, amongst many more. This is key as we continue to grow globally and drive our Athleisure collection.
You’ll have a strong interest in fashion sport shoes, an eye for both detail and cultural significance, who is highly creative and has strong interest in both the design of sneakers and how to make them commercially relevant.
You’ll be a well-established designer with impeccable taste and extensive experience in the sports / active category working with textiles, knits, and engineered materials. You’ll have feminine but ‘sporty-refined’ handwriting and strong hand-sketching skills. Your expertise will shape technology-infused movement lifestyle products, backed by your keen eye for emerging trends and materials, working within the parameters of the brand.

• Create sketches and style information for designed categories (Women’s, Men’s and Kid’s sports and molded shoes) in line with FitFlop aesthetic
• Have first class understanding of materials and other processes to sustain a high level of quality
• Develop and create illustrations and technical drawings (Illustrator based) to a high quality and technical level
• Create colour CADs
• Create technical specs for all styles that will be passed to factories
• Ability to create tooling tech packs and be able to fully understand and amend design blueprints
• Work with Product Development team to develop each sample to its fullest
• Strong understanding of last creation, construction and fit considerations
• Support on the fitting of samples from an aesthetic point of view
• Ensure all collections are in line with the product direction set by the Design Director
• Able to understand and execute a clear “FitFlop” identity into the designs, colour and materials
• Participate in market research to identify and stay ahead of new trends, competition and customer’s expectations
• Contribute innovative and commercially driven design solutions
• Work to a commercial brief and deliver designs and product on cost and to deadlines