What are the responsibilities and job description for the Footwear Designer, Kids - Dolce Vita Private Label position at Steve Madden?
General Summary
Dolce Vita Footwear, a women’s fashion footwear manufacturer, is seeking a full-time Kid’s Designer for their First Cost Division. We are a high energy, fashion driven company and are looking for an organized, hardworking, self-motivated person to join our New York based design team.
Work Responsibilities
Dolce Vita Footwear, a women’s fashion footwear manufacturer, is seeking a full-time Kid’s Designer for their First Cost Division. We are a high energy, fashion driven company and are looking for an organized, hardworking, self-motivated person to join our New York based design team.
Work Responsibilities
- Collaborate with Private Brands customer & sales team from concept to final product
- Research and forecast market trends, material, color and silhouettes
- Design seasonal Kid’s footwear collections for our customers
- Development of seasonal color palette
- Present seasonal Trend direction to customers
- Sketch, CAD and create and maintain detailed spec sheets
- Daily communication with overseas factories and agents
- Work with sample rooms and agents on prototype corrections
- Travel internationally and domestically as needed
- Work closely with production to ensure designs are executed in appropriate price range & to customer standards.
- Support design team on various tasks such as line sheets, customers PLM systems, sample tracking.
- Must have Bachelor or Associates degree in Fashion Design/Industrial design or have related experience
- 5 years’ experience in footwear design
- Experience in Kid’s footwear is a requirement
- Understanding of footwear components and constructions
- Excellent communication and organizational skills
- Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign)
- Ability to sketch by hand and by using software
- Team oriented, able to juggle multiple tasks in fast paced environment
Salary : $75,000 - $85,000
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