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Mission

Context: The challenges facing the KIPRUN brand revolve around a clear strategic brand platform, aiming to both establish high-performance credibility and preserve a legacy of accessibility. We aim to be among the top 5 global running brands.

Mission: As part of the footwear design team at Kiprun, reporting to the design director, the key aspects of the footwear design manager role revolve around:

• Creating coherent product ranges aligned with the visual identity of Kiprun products, across our 9 footwear franchises.
• Creating unique and impactful products.
• A deep understanding of the running culture.
• Strong creative drive to lead the footwear design team towards a vision that will shape the future of the brand.
• Close collaboration with the CMF, APPAREL, EQUIPMENT & ATHLETE design teams.
• Close collaboration with the Offers, Marketing, Engineering, and Sales teams.
• LEAD FOOTWEAR: Functional management of the footwear team, including the creation of a clear creative vision for the project, to guide the footwear team towards this vision. Responsible for footwear design milestones related to our creative process, and leading the team to deploy creative force and deliver impactful responses to product briefs during these design milestones.
• ° RANGE CONSISTENCY: Master of the visual identity of footwear products at KIPRUN and the creation of franchises that reflect the KIPRUN design identity defined in. The challenge of this mission is to seamlessly and coherently articulate how this identity comes to life within the brand's 9 footwear franchises.

Mission: Create and develop the visual identity and footwear products (Road/Trail) for KIPRUN, in collaboration with project teams.

• FOOTWEAR DESIGN & CREATION: Responsible for the design and creation of footwear within the Road and Trail running ranges and their associated franchises. Responsible for defining the footwear visual identity applied to these franchises and ensuring product range consistency. Work closely with project teams including Product Managers and Engineers to devise ingenious technical solutions that blend function and aesthetics, effectively meeting our users' needs.

Profile

Education & Experience: Product Design - Product Industry / Footwear / Sport & Fashion - Master's degree (5 years of study).

• Minimum 8 years of experience as a footwear designer.
• Minimum 2 years of management experience.
• Minimum 5 years of experience with an international brand.

Exposure: Factory visits 2 to 4 times per year.

• Collaborations with our athletes.
• Marketing events (Marathons, UTMB, product activations, etc.).

Skills

Functional team management.

• ° product vision.
• Creation of emotional, unique, and impactful visual identities.
• Technical knowledge of performance running products.
• Strong creative ability to find aesthetic and technical solutions.
• In-depth knowledge of the footwear market.
• Cultural understanding of the worlds of athletic performance and fashion.
• Cultural knowledge of the trail running world.

Behavioral Skills: Leadership.

• Uniting through an inspiring and positive behaviour.
• Influential and dynamic.
• Demanding.
• Enthusiastic and passionate.
• Collaborative and participative.
• Curious and creative.
• Proactive.

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