Reports to: Co-Founder & Creative Director · Location: Central London office, 5 days a week

About the role

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

Recommended: £35k–£45k base.