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Junior Footwear Designer & Product Developer Based : West Hollywood office, 5 days a week Reports to : Co-Founder & Creative Director Salary Scale: $70k–$100k You will work side by side with our Creative Director to bring every Naked Wolfe collection to life: sketching and CAD-ing the vision, then chasing every sample until it is finished on time and exactly to brief. Responsibilities • Hand-sketch and CAD footwear designs from the Creative Director's direction, with accurate technical drawings and spec sheets • Build and update tech packs: construction, materials, colourways, sole and heel details, measurements • Research trends, competitors and the wider market, sharing regular trend and shop reports • Own the collection critical path and flag risks to deadlines early • Run all sample schedules with factories and sample rooms, tracking every proto, SMS and fit sample • Review samples on arrival, record comments and push corrections until product matches the brief • Keep the line sheet, sample tracker and product master up to date • Support on accessories and other categories when needed • Fluent in Pro-Create and Adobe. • Attend factory calls and, occasionally, factory or trade fair trips • Run fit sessions and log fit comments across the size run • Keep a materials and component library in the studio • Handover to wholesale: sealed samples, final specs and approved colourways About you • 1–2 years in footwear design or development, or a strong footwear-focused graduate portfolio • Confident freehand sketching and CAD for footwear (Illustrator essential; Rhino or other 3D a plus) • Understanding of shoe construction, lasts, materials and components • Fast, organised and deadline-driven, with an obsessive eye for detail • Always across what's new in footwear, fashion and street culture About Naked Wolfe Naked Wolfe is a footwear label known for bold, statement shoes that don't blend in. Founder-led and creatively driven, we design for people who dress to be seen, and we've built a loyal global community around that attitude. We're in a huge period of growth. New collections, new markets and new records are on the way, and we're building the team to get us there. We're looking for excited, hungry people who move fast, think big and want to make their mark. This is a chance to get in early, grow with the brand and help shape what Naked Wolfe becomes next. If you want your work to be seen, felt and worn around the world, we want to hear from you.

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Junior Footwear Designer & Product Developer
Based : West Hollywood office, 5 days a week
Reports to : Co-Founder & Creative Director
Salary Scale: $70k–$100k
You will work side by side with our Creative Director to bring every Naked Wolfe collection to life: sketching and CAD-ing the vision, then chasing every sample until it is finished on time and exactly to brief.
Hand-sketch and CAD footwear designs from the Creative Director's direction, with accurate technical drawings and spec sheets
Build and update tech packs: construction, materials, colourways, sole and heel details, measurements
Research trends, competitors and the wider market, sharing regular trend and shop reports
Own the collection critical path and flag risks to deadlines early
Run all sample schedules with factories and sample rooms, tracking every proto, SMS and fit sample
Review samples on arrival, record comments and push corrections until product matches the brief
Keep the line sheet, sample tracker and product master up to date
Support on accessories and other categories when needed
Fluent in Pro-Create and Adobe.
Attend factory calls and, occasionally, factory or trade fair trips
Run fit sessions and log fit comments across the size run
Keep a materials and component library in the studio
Handover to wholesale: sealed samples, final specs and approved colourways
1–2 years in footwear design or development, or a strong footwear-focused graduate portfolio
Understanding of shoe construction, lasts, materials and components
Fast, organised and deadline-driven, with an obsessive eye for detail
Always across what's new in footwear, fashion and street culture

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Confident freehand sketching and CAD for footwear (Illustrator essential; Rhino or other 3D a plus)

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