On - Senior Specialist – Apparel Color & Material Designer - Zürich

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Product Design

In short

Imagine being at the forefront of revolutionizing the apparel industry. As the Senior Specialist – Apparel Color & Material Designer at On, you’ll be the part of the force behind shaping the future of On product lines through color, concept and storytelling. You’ll immerse yourself in a dynamic environment, collaborating closely with our design team to conceptualize colors and finishes and their visuals on materials/ surface that set trends and exceed market expectations. Your role will span the entire color process, from conception to production and assortment merchandising, ensuring our products stand out in a crowded market. You’ll constantly push boundaries, exploring innovative color and materials to elevate our collections to new heights. Join us and be part of reshaping the future of On products.

Your mission

– You will assist in ensuring the color commerciality of our range taking into consideration: trend, color merchandising strategies as well as color alignment across brand categories
– You ground your perspective on upcoming color trends, palette assortment and seasonal key colors by diving into data from selling, consumer and the overall trend landscape.
– You collaborate very closely with our Zurich based development team and our vendor development teams (as needed) on creating and handing over clear briefs and helping to improve the color process for production.
– You stay informed about the latest dyeing technologies possible on fabrics in the industry and always challenge our current dyeing standards in order to become more sustainable.
– You share your knowledge with the rest of the teams and exchange ideas and knowledge with the help of the digital and physical color + material library that you keep feeding.

Your story

– You have completed a Bachelor or Master degree in Apparel Design and/or Color Sciences and/or 4+ years of working experience in the Apparel industry
– Focus in active and lifestyle apparel, ideally in the Color and Materials Design
– Possess a fluency of merchandising methodologies, strategies and the analysis of selling data and the role that color plays within these
– Has an understanding of color science processes as it relates to apparel materials, with a preference towards active and lifestyle apparel
– Has direct experience working with as well as deep understanding of performance and lifestyle materials as it relates back to design usage and colorization limitations
– Positive, solution seeking mindset and ability to thrive in fast paced, undefined environments with experience in creating as well as upholding systems and processes on your team as well as cross-functionally
– You are a strategic thinker with 3 years experience in supporting teams of 3 or more people
– You possess fluency in Pantone and other color systems as well as design tools such as: Adobe Creative Suite, PLM as well as familiarity with selling data tools/analytics
– Experience in sustainability as it relates to color creation and materials
– You bring a great knowledge of competitor brands and are having a deep understanding of distribution partners and channels.
– Fluent in English, written and spoken, any other language would be a plus.

Meet the team

You will be working with On;s highly creative Colour & Material Design team, driven by innovation, performance and sustainability. You will be rooted in our design team which includes CMD, Footwear/Apparel/Accessories Designers who all closely collaborate with our Developers, Product Managers, Innovation and GTM teams.