Vaughny Custom Shoes

Every member of the Vaughny family is extremely essential to the success of our day to day operation. Without each and every one of you we would not be the thriving company we are today. Here are some of our executive team members you may not see in the workshop everyday, but are vital to the running and maintaining of our company. Ceo, Kaila Wagner  Kaila Wagner has an extensive background in art and started Vaughny back in October of 2019. She has won many art competitions in her life and finds joy in bringing peoples ideas to life. She currently handles the major corporate decisions and big picture operations. She makes sure everything is running as it should be and that the company is on track to reaching its goals. She manages lower executives and assures they have what they need to do their job successfully.  Chief financial officer, Alex Yurchenko  Our CFO, Alex Yurchenko graduated from York University with a masters in Business Administration in 2016. Mr.Yurc

At Vaughny Custom Shoes, our mission is to not only to create one of a kind custom shoes but to also give back to our community. That is why Vaughny donates a minimum of 10% to charities across Canada helping the almost 1.3 million children living in poverty. We believe in the importance of giving back and looking out for our communities, so we have decided to donate $100,000 to a charitable organization next month! We are hosting a contest for charitable organizations for a chance to receive our $100,000 donation. If your organization is interested in this opportunity, we highly encourage you to enter! How to Qualify:  To qualify, your organization must:  Be an IRS registered nonprofit organization  Been in operation for a minimum of 5 years  Be a Canadian based organization Be focused on making positive change How to enter: To enter please create a 5-10 page document or a 10-15 minute long video explaining the basis of your organization, why it was s

Hey team, I have very exciting news to share with you all. As all of you are aware, Vaughny has grown exponentially over the last few months, and I am so proud of all of the hard work from each and everyone of you. As we continue to grow, our opportunity to branch out widens. As our goals for the company expand, we are finding different ways in which to obtain them. That's why we are very excited to announce that Vaughny will be partnering up with Hickies laces, this coming May.  Hickies reached out to our marketing team this past Thursday proposing the opportunity to partner alongside them, and we have graciously accepted. For those of you who are unfamiliar with Hickies, they are not your conventional pair of laces. Unlike traditional laces that run through an entire shoe, they instead have one “hickie” or small rubber band-like unit that goes through each pair of eyelets in a shoe. They give shoes a unique and customizable look, which is exactly what Vaughny aims to do

Hey team! I wanted to inform you all that next week you will be seeing a friendly new face around the office. As all of you know, we were looking for a talented new shoe painter to come join our team as Vaughny begins to grow. I am delighted to announce that we have successfully filled the position and found a candidate fitted to help us reach our company goals. Alexis Jones will be starting this coming Monday as our newest shoe painter and member of the Vaughny family. Alexis has an extensive history with art, and even won her first art competition at the age of just eight. Throughout her life she has been featured in multiple art shows, and even received 3rd place in Calgary’s Artist of the Year award in 2018. She graduated from Alberta University of the Arts this past summer, with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. She currently runs her own painting classes on weekends, which exemplifies her great love for painting. She is a highly skilled individual who is passionate about the wo

Over the course of the past few months, Vaughny Custom Shoes has skyrocketed into success. We are overjoyed by the amount of support we've received from the community and the abundant increase in orders made, since first opening shop in October of 2019. What started as a high school girl painting her old Converse shoes in her room, has now transcended into a thriving business, bringing peoples ideas to life on their shoes for thousands across the country. The summer of 2019 is when Vaughny’s founder, Kaila Wagner, began her journey into the world of shoe painting. Bored one day, she put a paintbrush to her dirty old Converse shoe and started to paint. As family and friends began noticing her unique painted kicks, more and more requests for custom shoes started pouring in. Kaila took this as an opportunity to make a little extra money on the side, but had no idea that within 9 short months she would have her own business; selling over 1500 pairs of custom shoes. She discovered

Vaughny is Growing and we are Looking for a Talented Artist to Join our Team! Vaughny Custom Shoes Title of position: Shoe painter/ customizer Position type: Part Time Location:  403 33 St NE, Calgary, AB T2A 1X5 Position Overview: Vaughny Custom Shoes is looking for a skilled artist to join our team to help create one of a kind, hand painted shoes for our customers. Vaughny is growing quickly and in dire need of more help. So if you have exceptional drawing/painting skills and have a passion for creating, this position may be perfect for you. What a Vaughny Shoe Painter Does: As a Vaughny shoe customizer, you will be directly responsible for the designing, sketching and  painting of our custom kicks. You will put your epic artistic abilities to work by taking customers ideas and bringing them into fruition.   Responsibilities: - Talking with customers and coming up with ideas and rough designs for their shoes  - Planing designs on paper or di