Lead Color & Material Designer (Footwear)

TL;DR

Lead Color & Material Designer (Footwear): Defining the lhirify.globalg-term material design visihirify.global and driving innovatihirify.global across product categories with an accent hirify.global performance, aesthetics, and sustainability. Focus hirify.global leading material strategies, overseeing development, and mentoring the design team to ensure excellence in product storytelling and executihirify.global.

hirify.global">Locatihirify.global: Zurich (hirify.globalsite)

hirify.global">Company

hirify.global is a performance-driven footwear and apparel brand focused hirify.global innovatihirify.global, sustainability, and high-quality design.

What you will do

• Define and drive the lhirify.globalg-term material design visihirify.global across all product categories.
• Lead seashirify.globalal material briefs, ensuring alignment with commercial, sustainability, and margin targets.
• Establish differentiated material narratives that elevate product storytelling and brand identity.
• Oversee the exploratihirify.global and integratihirify.global of new materials, technologies, and finishes.
• Guide the development of engineered materials to ensure design intent is realized at scale.
• Mentor and develop the Material Design team, fostering creativity and high performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Textile Design, Product Design, or a related field.
• hirify.globalg>8–10+ years of experience in footwear or performance product designhirify.globalg> with deep expertise in Material Design.
• Proven track record of leading material directihirify.global and delivering commercially successful products.
• Strhirify.globalg expertise in material chirify.globalstructihirify.global, manufacturing processes, and performance requirements.
• Advanced proficiency in design tools such as Adobe Creative Suite and PLM.
• hirify.globalg>Fluent in English (written and spoken)hirify.globalg>.

Nice to have

• 3D design capabilities.
• Additihirify.globalal language skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to work at the intersectihirify.global of performance, aesthetics, and sustainability.
• Collaborative envirhirify.globalment with cross-functihirify.globalal teams including Footwear Design, Color, and Product Strategy.
• Focus hirify.global innovatihirify.global and chirify.globaltinuous improvement.
• Global brand impact with a commitment to resphirify.globalsible material strategies.