Lifestyle & Color Designer – Footwear

We are seeking a highly creative and trend-driven Lifestyle Footwear Designer & Color Designer to enhance the visual identity and emotional expression of our footwear collections. This role blends storytelling, cultural insight, and advanced color expertise to create compelling, consumer-relevant products across lifestyle and technical performance categories.

Key Responsibilities

Color Direction & Strategy

• Collaborate with color team and Design Director to develop seasonal color palettes aligned with brand strategy and consumer insights.
• Translate macro trends, cultural movements, and sport influences into commercial color stories.
• Partner with Design Director, CVP, PM’s and Design Group to ensure cohesive execution across collections.

Footwear Design Support

• Collaborate with Design Director on seasonal direction for key footwear initiatives.
• Support and deliver seasonal footwear projects, mainly within the lifestyle category.
• Apply color, material, and finish (CMF) strategies to footwear silhouettes.
• Create compelling colorways that elevate both inline and special make-up (SMU) products.
• Collaborate with footwear designers to enhance storytelling through color and materials across The Sailing, Outdoor and Winter Sport categories.

Trend Research & Insight

• Conduct ongoing research into fashion, sport, youth culture, and lifestyle trends.
• Analyze competitor landscape and emerging color/material innovations.
• Present seasonal trend forecasts and mood boards to internal stakeholders.

Material & Finish Development

• Work closely with external partners to identify and develop innovative materials and finishes.
• Ensure color consistency and quality across different materials and manufacturing processes.
• Ensure a structured and consistent work-flow and communication around CMF topics.

Collaboration

• Partner cross-functionally with CVP’s, Design, PM’s, Marketing and external partners.
• Support collaborations, limited editions, and key brand initiatives.