Terra Plana, the award winning ethical footwear brand, is on the lookout for an experienced Marketing Manager to join the wholesale team. You would be working closely with the Brand Managers, Retail Managers and PR team on a series of high profile campaigns, shaping and driving the brand, as well as managing all marketing materials for overseas agents and distributors. This would include looking at the branding of Terra Plana and carrying it over into photo shoots, catalogues and in store POS.

Skills Range: You should be of graduate caliber with a successful track record in designing and delivering successful branding campaigns and initiatives. As well as having amazing communication skills, you should be really proactive, creative and have a keen interest in ethical fashion. You should also have a great understanding of the retail market and green issues, with experience in implementing strategic planning and reporting procedures.

Please send your CV and covering letter to ben@terraplana.com

Yanni Papastavrou,  (Barefoot Runner and Research Medical Physicist from University College London Hospital, London, UK) got in touch with us to talk about his love of Vivos.

"Running barefoot lets me train for and run marathons without the chronic and painful knee injuries I suffered when wearing trainers. In my experience, barefoot is best. When I am not running I wear Vivos: they're the next best thing to being barefoot.

I got my first pair of Vivos when I was adapting to running barefoot, in the autumn of 2004. I used them as a means of stimulating and strengthening my feet when not running. 

The ultra thin, puncture-resistant Vivo Barefoot sole allows me to feel the ground for feedback and allow my foot the full range of natural movement. Whenever I wear rigid-soled shoes, my movement seems lifeless and awkward, compared to the liberating, stimulating and agile experience of being barefoot. 

As well as allowing me to feel the ground, my Vivos conform to the shape of my foot.  In contrast, it feels like traditional shoes try to force my foot to conform to the whims of the shoe designer. In this aspect too, I appreciate the way that Vivos work with, not against, the natural functioning of the foot.

Lacking any raised heel, my Vivos naturally encourage me to walk fully upright, like a modern human is supposed to walk, unlike the stooped walking of our ape-like ancestors. Most other shoes, with their raised heel and rigid sole make walking upright a challenge: they're a clumsy step backwards through millions of years of evolution, simply by wearing the wrong shoes.

I have worn many different Vivos over the years. At the moment, I particularly like the Root, both for the comfort and also for the relaxed look. I've removed the inserts to make the shoes even lighter and more comfortable.  I'm really looking forward to trying the Vivo Barefoot sandal next summer."

Operations Management involves the responsibility of ensuring that the flow of goods from design, development, production and delivery is meticulously managed and updated.

The successful candidate will be reponsible for the pipeline, stock control, systems management and production/factory management.

Required experience/skills (2-3 years):

Logistics

Supply Chain Management

Database management

Customer Service

Communication Skills

If you think you fit the bill and would like to join our team, please get in touch! 

Terra Plana launched its new Spring Summer collection at Bread & Butter Barcelona last week. The new collection was received with gasps of awe! From platforms to flats, from smart to casual, from street to beach; we have got it all! It’ll be a while until they hit the stores but rest assured that in 2009 Terra Plana will be a hit on every high street in the land!

On the Dopie stand things were looking great too; a true wall of colour! When we gave them out at the end it was like feeding time down at London Zoo – a proper scrum down free for all! You’ll be glad to know that all TP employees returned with limbs intact although with a few more bruises than when they arrived…..Happy Days!!

Terra Plana will be exhibiting at Bread & Butter Barcelona 2nd-4th July 2008

Terra Plana received some great feedback from an Alexander Technique teacher in the USA…..

"My name is Jon Bernie: I'm 55 years old and live in San Francisco. I went into private practice as an Alexander Technique teacher in 1981 and have been very active and althletic my whole life.

I recently heard about Vivo Barefoot shoes made by Terra Plana (these shoes were designed by a tennis player to avoid ankle injuries and are engineered to meet International Podiatry Approval – FIP). I ordered a pair and have experienced an extraordinary change for the better in my overall health and well being. It really is incredible how much better I feel wearing these shoes! I actually feel like I'm walking for the first time in my life and that walking, especially walking up hills is a full body exercise. I feel like my feet, calves, thighs, knees, hips and back are integrated in a way they have never been before. The shoes I mostly wore were Asics running shoes, and when I put them on now, they feel 'wrong': effort is distributed throughout my structure in such a way that creates strain patterns and instability in my structure. Since I've worn the Vivos, I haven't needed to see my chiropractor; I feel much stronger and more stable structurally.

I was inspired to write to you from my personal experience to offer another perspective from the need for supprt from structured shoes: I was told that my whole life, from early childhood, and I would say that that perspective most likely caused me more structural problems than I care to remember. When I strated wearing the Vivos, I felt as if my feet had been waiting their whole life for these shoes."

Raddisshme Design House (Terra Plana's affiliate design company) has won a new contract working with global streetwear fashion label Diesel