Materials Designer 3

Job Title: Materials Designer 3Location: Beaverton, ORDuration: 03 monthsHybrid: Mon Thurs onsite, Fri remoteJob Description:Team details & who they will work with: Signature athlete models - footwear, JRD Design CClientS, Basketball Footwear Materials Design, Global Jordan.Desired Candidate Profile:Minimum required years of experience: 5 YOE in footwear materials design. HM is also open to materials experience in automotive, consumer electronics, or textiles for performance apparelEducation requirements: Bachelors or equivalent experienceMust have skills:Able to be confident in decision making for materials and their performance ability, strong process for ideation, can explain how they can make decisions, pushes for innovationExperience with Textile and decorative materials, synthetics, polyurethanes, or TPUs (plastic part of the shoe sole)Nice to have skills:Understands manufacturing impacts on design choices, knows what materials manufacture well, is comfortable sending communications to manufacturing, knows how footwear is produced, can design within a cost restraint and structureUnderstands trends, sees trends and can translate them into a nuanced version, makes trends and inspiration their ownEnjoys a fast paced environment, high level communication, can take criticism well, actively seeks out information and peers, can work well with external teams, highly collaborative Portfolio:Storytelling,layout is easy to understand, clear beginnings and ends of the project and their impact Has examples of collaborative projects and is able to explain what they had an impact on, can confidently speak to their work because of this... I did this...Previous Client/industry experience preference: Yes, can hit the ground running.Deliver materials vision and point of view for seasonal projects, aligned to creative direction & project briefs:BA/BFA/MA/MFA preferredAssociate Degree preferredPreferred design experience:5-7 yearsCreative experience (consumer/segment/dimensions)Knowledge of creative culture Digital design acumen (design-based software needed: Creative Suite)Preferred knowledge and experience with advanced digital tools/3D skillsExpert of make and manufacturingProficient presentation & communication skillsProficient design skills, brief to presentation to manufacturingProficient creative processBasic business contextBasic understanding of insightsActively seek outs and creates more sustainable materialsCreate original product designs or refresh existing products with supervision from Design leadershipAbility to leverage manufacturing process to elevate new ideas, process, and materialsExecution of base track and more long track design solutions (broad range of product price points and model types)Active and proficient participant in the creative process and cross-functional communicationSupport projects that are broader in scope and more complex (ex. Innovation, multigender/dimension/activity, supporting classification vs. collection)Communicate and present design concepts to internal and external audiencesCollaborate and communicate cross-functionally with key partnersSignificant engagement with external partners (ex. athletes, league, collaborator, etc.)