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About the Role
Create innovative footwear concepts with a primary focus on outsole and midsole design for leading brands across outdoor performance, lifestyle, and vocational applications. Collaborate with a cross-functional team to push the boundaries of performance and design, crafting bold, functional sole solutions.
Responsibilities
- Create compelling design concepts in support of customer product briefs and internal initiatives for footwear soling with guidance from the Design & development teams with customer input.
- Adhere to a product development calendar, including sole design concepts from conception through production mold stages.
- Communicate design issues to internal teams and customers in North America, China, and Europe.
- Create technical documentation packages supporting global mold teams and internal/customer use.
- Present design concepts, storytelling, and rationale to Customers and Vibram colleagues, including senior management, global sales, marketing, and operations.
- Engage in concept creation and hands-on making activities in the Portland Studio.
- Perform other assigned duties.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or equivalent degree in Industrial Design, Product Design, Footwear Design, or Fashion Related field.
- Minimum of 1-3 years of relevant footwear design experience, including internships.
- Strong passion for footwear, design, innovation, and consumer-driven product creation.
- Solid conceptual skills and understanding of form/function.
- Ability to build accurate 2D technical drawings (tech packs).
- Strong sketching, visualization, illustration, and rendering skills.
Skills
- Footwear design
- Outsole design
- Midsole design
- Concept creation
- Technical documentation
- 2D technical drawings
- Tech packs
- Sketching
- Visualization
- Illustration
- Rendering
Location
- Portland
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 1-3 years
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent
About the Company
- Vibram is committed to employing a diverse workforce.
Equal Opportunity
- Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, veteran status, or disability.