Expert Footwear Designer - Specialized V

Title: Expert Footwear Designer - Specialized 5

Job Description:

Employee Type:
Contract

Location:
Beaverton, OR, US

Job Type:
Digital Experience and Content Strategy

 

Pay Range:
$63 - $65 per hour

 

Location: Beaverton, Oregon (Hybrid: On-site Monday-Thursdays and can work from home on Fridays)

 

Role Overview

An established organization is seeking a highly skilled footwear designer to join the team for a key temporary assignment. This position focuses on footwear graphic design capabilities, specifically working within the youth and core footwear categories. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with other footwear designers to deliver creative solutions across multiple product platforms, reporting directly to design leadership during this interim period.

 

Key Responsibilities

• Lead graphic design development for footwear products, managing projects from initial ideation and specification through to final execution.
• Apply a deep understanding of typography, color theory, brand identity, and visual systems across product storytelling platforms.
• Manage and prioritize workload effectively across multiple timelines and varying levels of complexity.
• Deliver creative excellence and precise attention to detail while working through challenging design briefs and ambiguity.
• Collaborate proactively and maintain clear communication with cross-functional design and product teams.

Required Qualifications

Experience: Candidates must possess a minimum of 10+ years of professional footwear and graphic design experience. Prior experience designing within specialized, globally recognized athletic and lifestyle footwear brands is necessary.

 

Technical Skills: Proficiency in Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Miro is required. Candidates must demonstrate expert-level graphic design skills, visual systems development, and the ability to generate a broad range of concepts.

 

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong sketching, illustration, and rendering skills.
• Experience with cobbling, prototyping, and three-dimensional design programs.
• Familiarity with artificial intelligence exploration and digital rendering tools.
• Solid knowledge of footwear manufacturing processes and materials.

 

Everforth Apex is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Everforth Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRateds Best of Staffing® in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work® in the United Kingdom and Mexico.

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Everforth Apex Benefits Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

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