Product Manager - Specialized 5

Our client, a leading athletic footwear and apparel manufacturing company, is looking for a Product Manager - Specialized 5. This is for an initial duration of 04 months and is located at Beaverton, OR.

Job Title: Product Manager - Specialized 5

Reference ID: 26-03819

Location: Beaverton, OR.

Duration: 04 months

Job Type: Contract (Candidates must be able to work on W2 without VISA sponsorship)

Client Global Energy Apparel Designer

Desired Candidate Profile:

• Minimum required years of experience: 5+ YOE in Cut and Sew pattern design
• Education requirements: Bachelors or equivalent experience

Must have skills:

• Creating Tech Packs - sending to manufacturer and revising past designs with creative ideas
• Fresh creative ideas they can bring in to the team

Nice to have skills:

• Experience in graphic design for Apparel and Accessories
• Experience in Color and Materials design
• Experience in apparel industry for womens and mens lifestyle wear

Become a Part of the, Inc. Team

• Client Design is where creative possibility meets purpose. It's a place for builders, boundary-breakers, and vision-setters; people who move with conviction, think originally, and create work shaped by real experience and cultural depth. Our team thrives when imagination, discipline, and collaboration come together. We look for leaders who bring their full creative voice, who understand the communities that inspire us, and who are driven to shape the future for the next generation of Client athletes and fans.
• Client Energy greatly values a keen sense and deep understanding of the cultures that embody originality, performance and a mindset of defiance. Platforming the rhythm, language, icons, and unsung heroes and their global influence, this role will inspire and challenge traditional convention in translating these points of connection into ideas and concepts that honor the past, elevate the present, and ignite the future of sport and style.
• To excel in our Client Global Energy Apparel Designer role, you must hold a passion for street, sport and fashion cultures and/or adjacent sub-cultures and communities. Energy greatly values a keen sense and deep understanding of the communities, worlds and spaces that embody originality, self-expression and a mindset of defiance. Platforming the rhythm, language, icons, and unsung heroes and their global influence, this role will inspire and challenge traditional convention in translating these points of connection into ideas and concepts that honor the past, elevate the present, and ignite the future of sport and style.

Who You'll Work With:

• This position will report into the Energy Creative Director and will work alongside a cross-functional team who works on Client Energy Apparel. This role requires experience developing and managing cross-functional relationships with Graphic Designers, Product Management & Merchandising, Material/Trim Development, Technical Development and Sourcing teams. This role requires translating consumer & athlete insights and trend right lifestyle product. The right candidate for this role understands that the best way to predict the future is to create it. This role will not have any direct reports.

Who We Are Looking For:

• Bachelor's Degree in Apparel/Fashion Design or related design field or equivalent combination of relevant education, experience, and training.
• 5+ years of relevant work experience in a design environment working with materials, trims, design and fit.
• You have an outstanding ability to apply and perform foundational design skills, including drawing/sketching, illustrations across analog and digital platforms. 3D experience is a plus.
• You are proficient in Adobe Illustrator, concept ideation, color theory and have strong presentation skills along with the ability to convey your design point of view through a variety of visual tools to both internal and external partners.
• You have a comprehensive understanding of materials, color and fit standards.
• You have relevant Apparel/Fashion/Design experience through on-job training and strong portfolio representation. Extra consideration will be given to those with a background in lifestyle apparel creation and experience with external (Energy) collaborators.

MUST INCLUDE Portfolios: good breath of range and design styles and categories, lifestyle focused for sports, Materials knowledge

What You'll Work On:

• Execute against a defined creative vision for brand collaborations, partnerships, and seasonal concepts, translating direction into compelling apparel product designs.
• Drive design development on assigned projects, from early concepting through refinement, prototyping, and final execution, ensuring storytelling, materials, and details align to the intended narrative.
• Partner closely with Directors and Expert-level designers to push ideas further, elevate concepts, and ensure creative intent is maintained throughout the product creation process, inclusive of aiding with technical packages for current/ongoing workstreams.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Product Design, Development, Merchandising, Marketing, and external partners to deliver cohesive, high-quality outcomes on against designated timelines.
• Support collaboration and innovation initiatives by exploring new materials, silhouettes, graphics, and construction approaches that challenge conventions while respecting brand integrity.
• Present work clearly and confidently to internal stakeholders, articulating design rationale, cultural insight, and execution choices.
• Manage design presentations and communicate concepts effectively to cross-functional partners, ensuring projects maintain creative intent while meeting business timelines, operational requirements, and brand standards.

Interested and Qualified candidates, please send your most recently updated word document resume to Jaffer.s@sunrisesys.com