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Footwear Product Designer

Scott Sports Sa 🇨🇭 Givisiez, Sarine District, Switzerland

Onsite $80,000 - $110,000 Full-time Senior

Lead the design of innovative footwear collections for running and biking, from initial trend research to final product development. Collaborate with product managers and engineers to implement new technologies and ensure designs meet real-world performance needs.

Responsibilities

  • Spearhead all design aspects with compelling visual concepts, both physically as well as through 2D/3D digital assets of footwear collections
  • Unleash your creativity with sketches and design renderings that push performance boundaries
  • Coordinate resources to create a unique and cohesive footwear design direction with the respective target groups in mind
  • Collecting insights through observing, product testing, research and working closely with athletes/end users ensuring designs meet real-world performance needs
  • Align footwear collections with apparel and socks
  • Partner with Footwear Product Managers, Developers & Engineers to bring designs to life
  • Lead the charge in creating a cohesive collection overview and dynamic colorways
  • Staying at the forefront of new technologies and manufacturing techniques, implementing them into future products
  • Creating innovative technology platforms that underpin product categories
  • Collaborating closely with other Designers to bring new and better toolbox solutions, such as new technologies, construction techniques, features, etc.

Requirements

  • Familiarity with contemporary sports, fashion culture, and trends
  • Degree in Product or Industrial Design or equivalent experience
  • Minimum of 5-7+ years’ hands-on experience designing products
  • Conceptual thinker able to visually communicate ideas efficiently and effectively
  • Demonstrated graphic design skills, including drawing/sketching, ideation, colour and proportions, visual presentation, and layout
  • Extensive experience with a variety of materials and manufacturing processes
  • Excellent team player with the ability to take direction, work with minimal supervision, and mentor other team members
  • Excellent planning, organizational, problem-solving and decision-making skills
  • Ideally, comfortable using the Adobe Suite and 3D modelling software (Blender, Rhino, or similar)
  • Fluency in English, with additional languages a welcome bonus

Key Skills

Product design Industrial design Footwear design Adobe Suite 3D modelling software Blender Rhino Graphic design Sketching Ideation Visual presentation Materials and manufacturing processes Team management Mentoring Planning Organisation Problem-solving Decision-making Communication Interpersonal skills English language Additional languages

About Scott Sports Sa

SCOTT Sports is a leader in the development, manufacturing, sales and marketing of high end performance products intended for biking, wintersport, motosport and running. Innovation, technology and design are the essence of SCOTT products and the vision of our engineers and designers.

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