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Market evidence report — footwear-designer
Source: 19 real job ads (JSearch API, countries: us 19), extracted into the MSSQL evidence store; as of 2026-07-12. This report contains extracted, aggregated facts only — no ad text is reproduced (copyright / platform terms).
Seniority distribution
| Seniority | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|
| mid | 10 | 53 % |
| senior | 8 | 42 % |
| junior | 1 | 5 % |
Tools — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adobe Illustrator | 8 | 42 % |
| 2 | Adobe Photoshop | 8 | 42 % |
| 3 | Microsoft Excel | 5 | 26 % |
| 4 | Rhino | 4 | 21 % |
| 5 | Adobe Creative Suite | 3 | 16 % |
Hard skills — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | footwear design | 16 | 84 % |
| 2 | sketching | 8 | 42 % |
| 3 | trend analysis | 4 | 21 % |
| 4 | concept development | 3 | 16 % |
| 5 | material selection | 3 | 16 % |
| 6 | trend research | 3 | 16 % |
Methods — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|
Responsibilities — full market ranking
| # | Item | Ads | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | factory visits | 4 | 21 % |
| 2 | team collaboration | 4 | 21 % |
| 3 | concept development | 3 | 16 % |
| 4 | design execution | 3 | 16 % |
| 5 | timeline management | 3 | 16 % |
| 6 | trend research | 3 | 16 % |
Regional breakdown
Corpus note: 19 relevant ads in total — below the 100-ad target for a fully reliable ranking. Percentages above should be read as indicative.
US (us)
Insufficient evidence — 19 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
UK (gb)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
EU/DACH (de, at, ch, nl)
Insufficient evidence — 0 ads (minimum for a regional ranking: 30). No ranking is reported for this region.
Job title variants in the market
| Title | Ads |
|---|---|
| Footwear Designer | 3 |
| Associate Designer, Women's Footwear | 1 |
| Designer I, Inline Footwear Design | 1 |
| Designer II, Footwear Innovation | 1 |
| Designer II, Innovation Footwear Design | 1 |
| Footwear Designer - Concept to Production, Hybrid NYC | 1 |
| Senior 3D Footwear Innovation Designer | 1 |
| SENIOR ACCESSORIES DESIGNER - Footwear (Baby and Toddler) | 1 |
| Senior Designer, Footwear | 1 |
| Senior Designer, Inline Footwear Design | 1 |
| Senior Designer, Innovation Footwear Designer | 1 |
| Senior Footwear Designer / Design Director | 1 |
| Senior Footwear Designer | FootJoy |
| Senior Footwear Designer, Inline - Crafted Beauty Leader | 1 |
| Sr. Designer - UGG Footwear | 1 |
| Sr. Footwear Designer | 1 |
| Women's Footwear Design Associate — Create Iconic Shoes | 1 |
Methodology: entities extracted per ad ({hard_skills, tools, methods, responsibilities, seniority}), normalized, counted as DISTINCT ads per entity; report threshold ≥ 3 ads. Headline sections in skills.md/tools.md use the stricter ≥ 20 % threshold.