Altra: Footwear Designer II

Position: Footwear Designer II What will you do? A day in the life of a Footwear Designer II at Altra looks a little like this. You will be a critical role in generating functional and aesthetically appropriate footwear for Altra’s Athletic, Outdoor, and Casual Lifestyle categories.

You will be asked to participate in the creative direction for all footwear design projects, maintain consistent and relevant design language, and provide industry insight and recommendations in creating elite technical product that aligns with Product Line Management, Sales and Merchandising vision and overall brand strategy.

You will work alongside some of the most innovative, industry-challenging leaders in creating footwear that pushes boundaries and challenges old paradigms to innovate and discover solutions for Altra customers. Let’s break down that day-in-the-life a bit more.

Daily management of assigned projects and workload. Collaborate with cross-functional product partners: Product Line Management, Product Development, Marketing, and Sales. Coordinate Design deadlines to ensure on-time delivery of design projects and tasks.

Participate in product strategy meetings to ensure competitive product design and successful products for the Altra brand. Develop concepts and creative strategies that fulfill objectives of category, concept, briefs. Collaborate with cross-functional team members to ensure consumer and brand focus is met.

Participate in creation of short-term and long-term creative direction strategies. Identify opportunities of improvement, process change, and initiate own proposals/projects. Seek out new Design resources, materials and technologies to assist in the development of leading-edge product.

Partner with Product Line Management to develop and sharpen briefs, lead collaborative idea generation, and develop consumer insights with cross-functional teams. Translate briefs and marketing plans into creative concepts that are clearly articulated in mood boards, intera