Numeric Footwear Design Apprentice

About the Role

• You will be an instrumental part of the global design community and your category team.
• This role focuses on Numeric Footwear, our skateboarding focused category.
• You will experience, learn and contribute to all aspects of our culture and the design process, including research, ideation, designing, assisting design, presentations, gathering feedback, tech packs, reviews, revising and refining projects.
• You will be part of the apprentice community attending learning capsules, expanding your technical and soft skills and creating a personal project that will showcase your skills.

Key Partners

• Global Design and Category Product (Design, Product Management, Development)
• Apprentice team

Requirements For Success

• Understanding of skateboarding culture, footwear, and overall style.
• Well-rounded color and material perspective with skate-focused needs.
• Collaborative individual that seeks out, navigates and actions feedback with ease.
• Action oriented with ability to track key dates and deliverables.
• Team player that takes on any task no matter how big or small.
• Obsesses product details that meet brand quality standards and consider environmental impact.
• High level of taste with ability creating original concepts that exude NB quality and craftsmanship.
• Awareness of the trend, culture and design landscape.
• Brings curiosity and a commitment to continually learning, growing and refining skill set.
• Ability to prepare and deliver compelling presentations to different audiences.
• Motivated self-starter with entrepreneurial spirit.
• Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator is mandatory.
• Experience in 3D is a plus.
• Strong Communication and Storytelling skills (visual and verbal).

Qualifications

• BA or BS degree in Industrial Design or Product Design.
• A portfolio link or attachment included in your application.

Requirements: Office

• This is a hybrid position - in office three days a week (Tues, Wed, and Thursday).
• Location: Long Beach, CA.

Pay Range

• $33.00 Hourly

Benefits

• Comprehensive traditional benefits package.
• Three options for medical insurance.
• Dental, vision, life insurance and 401K.
• Online learning and development courses.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• $100 monthly student loan support.
• Various mentorship programs.
• Yearly $1,000 lifestyle reimbursement.
• 4 weeks of vacation.
• 12 holidays.
• Generous parental leave.

Flexible Work Schedule

• Hybrid model: In office three days per week (Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday).
• "Work from Anywhere" (WFA) for four weeks per calendar year.