Junior Footwear Designer & Product Developer

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.