Multi-brand footwear and accessories retailer with owned and licensed portfolios
Steve Madden operates seven owned footwear and accessories brands (Steve Madden, Kurt Geiger London, Dolce Vita, Betsey Johnson, Carvela, Blondo, ATM) plus licensed lines under Anne Klein, distributed through department stores, mass merchants, specialty chains, and direct-to-consumer channels. The hiring profile is heavily weighted toward sales (468 roles) and operations (210), with 443 openings posted in the last 30 days — consistent with a company scaling wholesale and retail execution rather than product innovation. Active tech migration to Infor M3 (CloudSuite) and reliance on design-stack tools (CAD, Illustrator, Photoshop, PLM) point to a manufacturing-and-merchandising-first operation managing seasonal collections across multiple brand lines.
Notable leadership hires: M3 Solution Lead
Steve Madden is a publicly traded fashion holding company headquartered in Long Island City, NY, with 1,001–5,000 employees. Founded in 1990, the company designs and manufactures footwear and accessories under its own brands and licenses product categories for third-party brands. Distribution spans wholesale (department stores, mass merchants, off-price retailers, specialty shoe chains, national retailers) and direct (brick-and-mortar stores and e-commerce). The portfolio includes seven owned brands and licensed Anne Klein footwear and accessories. Operations span the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
Steve Madden runs Infor M3 (ERP; actively migrating to CloudSuite), MuleSoft (integration), legacy AS/400 systems, PLM software for product lifecycle, CAD and Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign) for design, Egnyte for file storage, and a POS system for retail operations.
Active projects include CloudSuite ERP migration, seasonal collection design and CAD production, handbag design archive management, visual merchandising updates, handbag and small leather goods research, seasonal trend boards, and key product launches across the brand portfolio.
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