Footwear Designer Internship

• Create high-quality, well-executed footwear designs and presentations.
• Conduct research and build visual direction around specific briefs and projects.
• Work closely with senior designers, responding to and implementing creative feedback.
• Collaborate with clients and team members throughout the design process.
• Support projects from initial concept through development and production.
• Contribute ideas, creativity and energy across multiple projects and brands.

Are you a creative designer with a genuine passion for footwear? The Foot soldiers is looking for a talented Footwear Design Intern to join our 20-person design team in Shoreditch, London.

We partner with a diverse portfolio of clients across the U.S., Europe and Asia, working across performance, lifestyle and technical footwear. Our team has extensive experience delivering successful projects for globally recognised brands including New Balance, KEEN, HOKA and Canada Goose.

About You:

• A creative thinker with a genuine passion for footwear and product design.
• Strong visual communication and design skills.
• Proficient in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
  , with an interest in or experience using emerging AI design tools such as Vizcom and Nano Banana
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• Ambitious, proactive and determined to develop as a designer.
• Comfortable working to deadlines in a fast-paced studio environment.
• Able to take feedback constructively and translate it into stronger design work.
• Detail-oriented, with high standards for the quality of your work.
• A collaborative team player who is keen to learn.

What we offer:

• Hybrid working, with Tuesday to Thursday as our core studio days
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• An early finish every Friday
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• Exposure to a diverse range of international brands and footwear categories.
• Hands-on experience across the full footwear design and development process.
• The opportunity to learn directly from an experienced team of specialist footwear designers.
• A collaborative, creative working environment in our Shoreditch studio
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We are an Equal Opportunities Employer and welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, regardless of their race, disability, age, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, religion and belief, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity and caring responsibility. We are committed to offering a working environment where everyone is valued and feels appreciated.