Senior Color Designer (m/w/d)

Responsibilities

• Lead the seasonal coloration process across Apparel, Footwear and Equipment from concept creation through final execution.
• Create color strategies and seasonal palettes aligned with Jack Wolfskin’s brand identity to elevate product desirability and ensure a cohesive visual direction across all categories and markets.
• Translate outdoor consumer insights, sociological shifts, cultural movements and global color trends into commercially relevant seasonal color directions.
• Drive color merchandising concepts through outfit coordination and cross-merchandising strategies across the collection.
• Partner closely with Merchandising and Product Management to ensure color assortments support commercial performance across wholesale, retail and digital channels.
• Balance seasonal newness with color continuity and carry-over strategies to support long-term product and brand consistency.
• Build clear and inspiring seasonal color presentations, guidelines and documentation for internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensure alignment and consistency of seasonal color direction across global and regional product assortments.
• Ensure color consistency and quality execution across materials, product categories and supplier developments in close collaboration with Material Management.
• Continuously improve coloration processes, workflows and cross-functional collaboration throughout the product creation process.

Qualifications

• 7+ years experience in Color Design, preferably within the Outdoor, Sportswear or performance industry.
• Strong understanding of color theory, material application and performance.
• Ability to build commercially relevant and emotionally engaging color assortments.
• Proven track record of contributing to successful commercial collections.
• Great awareness of global markets, cultural differences and regional consumer preferences.
• Excellent conceptual thinking and creative problem-solving.
• Strong communication and presentation skills and ability to translate your ideas visually and verbally.
• Strong collaboration skills and ability to work effectively across multiple cross-functional and international teams.
• Good understanding of retail, wholesale and line planning.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities within a fast-paced seasonal product calendar.
• Excellent Adobe Creative Suite skills.
• Experience with Coloro and/or color management systems.
• Fluent English required, Korean or Chinese is a strong plus.
• Passion for outdoor culture, sports and active lifestyles.
• Ability to travel both domestic and internationally.
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