Designer – Footwear Job Portland area,Oregon USA,Design & Architecture

Your opportunity at ARC’TERYX:

As a Designer 2 – Footwear, you design innovative and resolved footwear solutions that are aligned with the Arc’teryx design vision and support the evolving needs of mountain athletes and guests. In this role, you will contribute to the creation and execution of seasonal footwear product, helping build a strong and ownable Arc’teryx footwear DNA across form, fit, function, materials, and brand expression.

You bring your curiosity and passion for product to imagine, prototype, and refine relevant design solutions that balance technical performance, user needs, and commercial opportunity. You are an innovative problem solver with a focus on collaborative teamwork.

This role is based out of our Portland office and is expected to be performed on-location.

Meet your future team:

The Arc’teryx Footwear team creates innovative, technical product that exceeds the core mountain athlete’s needs in the outdoors. We are builders, problem solvers, and passionate outdoor enthusiasts. Fueled by curiosity, we take an immersive approach to identifying our athlete’s needs and build, test, and validate products that solve for real functional challenges. We are a passionate collective with a focus on collaborative teamwork and our vision is to redefine the industry.

If

you were in the Designer 2 – Footwear role now, here are some of the core activities you would be doing:

Creating and executing assigned performance footwear designs within seasonal timelines to complement existing collections and support future product opportunities
Contributing to the build and evolution of a clear footwear design DNA that strengthens Arc’teryx’s point of view across form, fit, function, materials, and brand expression
Supporting stage gates, internal reviews, seasonal handoffs, and product meetings with clear visual storytelling and resolved design work
Partnering with PLM, Development, Materials, Merchandising, and Commercial teams to understand product opportunities and help build key product drivers
Serving the mountain athlete and broader guest needs through research, observation, athlete input, and user-centered iterative design approaches
Creating and visually conveying concepts, sketches, renderings, mockups, prototypes, and technical details to explore and prove new footwear ideas
Providing detailed product initiations and tech pack information to Product Development, including spec drawings, patterns, fit direction, materials, colour, and construction information
Collaborating with Development and factory partners to resolve fit, construction, material, and manufacturing challenges through the product creation process
Coordinating with the Raw Materials team to source, develop, test, and apply materials appropriate to footwear performance and commercial needs
Developing and maintaining a thorough understanding of Arc’teryx footwear materials, components, tooling, construction methods, and manufacturing techniques
Collaborating closely with other designers to bring forward new and better toolbox solutions, including technologies, constructions, features, and materials
Staying current with footwear, outdoor, material, and industry trends to help ensure Arc’teryx exceeds our athletes’ and guests’ evolving needs
Assisting with current product design changes and addressing in-line production needs as required
Contributing to the creation of a new footwear chapter for Arc’teryx, centered on product, process, team, and guest experience
Helping build pinnacle footwear concepts and commercial product drivers that establish a distinct Arc’teryx footwear DNA in the market
Working closely with development teams and innovation partners to challenge and evolve how new footwear ideas move from concept to…