Become part of the Converse Team
Converse is a place to explore potential, break barriers and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At Converse, it’s about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving world to make things better as a team.
As the pace of the global consumer is rapidly changing all around the world, the Converse RPC looks to create inspiring products closer to the consumer. Deepening consumer connection and operating with speed, the GC (Greater China) RPC team aims to serve consumers with speed and specificity with a focus.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We’re looking for a Senior Material Designer for Footwear who will work with a cross-functional team of design, product management, and development partners. This role will be based in Shanghai, China. The ideal candidate is a creative who understands how to deliver story and style. Through the design of Footwear products, this role will create industry leading collections that connect with local consumer expression through authentic local narratives. The candidate will craft unique work with Color and Graphic Design in conjunction with Materials, Trims and Details to create highly covetable products that connects to the Streetwear and Lifestyle consumer in their local market. They have an eye for detail and motivation to craft premium products. This role has a unique opportunity to drive hyperlocal narrative and a holistic vision for style that resonates with Streetwear and Lifestyle consumers in the Greater China (GC) geography.
WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON
The material designer will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to deeply understand consumer needs and leverage market trends and local cultural insights to build inspiring product stories. With a focus on material innovation and regional characteristics, the designer will develop unique, localized concepts for footwear collections that resonate with streetwear and lifestyle consumers. By working alongside material, trim, and development experts, and integrating pattern and color design, they will deliver world-class material expressions. Most importantly, the designers will dedicate themselves to innovating and refining materials, creating highly attractive and distinctive products that forge a profound emotional connection with consumers.
If this describes you, you will join the Converse CTM team to design innovative and dynamic footwear materials tailored for local markets.
Day-to-day responsibilities include consumer and trend research, project management, communicating material design intent through presentations and mood boards, hand sketching and material exploration, collaborating with other designers, participating in design reviews, and developing material product CADs and technical packs.
WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH
You will be working with experts in marketing, Merchandising, product development and Channel teams. You will collaborate with functional experts and leadership in Colour, Graphic and Footwear Product Design across various parts of the business.
WHAT YOU BRING
Requirements:
- BA/BFA/MA/MFA/associate’s degree in Material design, Product Design or related field preferred
- 5+years relevant work experience in Material Graphic Design, Color Design, Product Design
- Strong passion for research and gathering cultural and market insights
- Effective communicator and collaborator with cross-functional partners
- Proven ability to create concepts, iterate and collaborate with a multi-disciplinary product and creative team.
- Awareness of the Converse brand, its design ethos, and its cultural relevance
- Connection to contemporary art & design, sport and streetwear trends
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects and timelines
- Creates materials/graphics that are Industry leading, trend right and that consistently incorporate consumer/athlete insights through powerful storytelling, emotional connectivity and relevance
- Produces presentation materials in conjunction with design and category teams that effectively communicate the concept behind the line for internal and external audiences
- Proficient ability to apply and perform color and graphic design skills, including drawing/sketching, typography, ideation, color theory, use of texture, spacing, and scale, visual presentation development and layout that is supported by a portfolio of non-computer-based creative art and graphic design
- Uses advanced design skills to create original graphic and/or textile designs that appropriately reflect Converse brand design ethos
- Computer literate using Mac platforms with a high digital design acumen in design-based software
HOW WE HIRE
1. Apply
Our teams are made up of diverse skillsets, knowledge bases, inputs, ideas and backgrounds. We want you to find your fit – review job descriptions, departments and teams to discover the role for you.
2. Meet a Recruiter or Take an Assessment
If selected for a corporate role, a recruiter will reach out to start your interview process and be your main contact throughout the process. For retail roles, you’ll complete an interactive assessment that includes a chat and quizzes and takes about 10-20 minutes to complete. No matter the role, we want to learn about you – the whole you – so don’t shy away from how you approach world-class service and what makes you unique.
3. Interview
Go into this stage confident by doing your research, understanding what we are looking for and being prepared for questions that are set up to learn more about you, and your background.
