The North Face: Product & Color Designer, Lifestyle Equipment
The North Face
- Denver, CO
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Own the design and development of product concepts, design, and execution as specified by the Manager to fulfill the brief provided by the Product Management team.
- Collaborate with Design team to help build and maintain franchises that speak to The North Face DNA and fulfill the consumer needs.
- Research industry standards and consumer needs then be able to apply through innovative design.
- Create technical specification documents and update as required for all styles determined.
- Work closely with Development to communicate designs, materials, construction, and any necessary changes that occur throughout the development process.
- Work closely with Product Management partners to ensure all designs support the brief, regional business needs and consumer asks.
- Collaborate with Creative Direction Team to implement color, print, and graphic into the line for the season.
- Create seasonal color palettes through market analysis, trend research and brand DNA. Work in conjunction with both the Equipment and Creative Direction teams on new seasonal concepts and storytelling.
- Build effective presentation materials that communicate color direction related to the brand’s objective.
- Maintain calendar deadlines and deliverables that result in a timely completion of seasonal product lines.
- Apply color on 2D or 3D CAD drawings to visualize colored-up product to ensure coordination of merchandisable collections.
- Work closely with global teams on brand color alignment. Evaluate and adopt regional colors as needed.
- Responsible for maintaining accuracy of global color palette, managing color tools and communication of color standards throughout the organization and global teams.
- A relevant Bachelor’s degree (preferred) or equivalent relevant experience.
- 4+ years of related professional experience in product design. Experience in a design environment working with colors, palette development and/or color trends.
- Solid awareness of outdoor, lifestyle, and streetwear trends and the and the ability to interpret these trends though the TNF lens.
- Knowledge of the product design and development process. Strong product acumen with working knowledge of development processes, including design, development, sourcing and manufacturing.
- High proficiency in Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, Acrobat and PowerPoint in a Mac environment.
- Proficiency in 3D CAD tools is considered a plus and should be highlighted in application process.
- Flexible and able to adapt to new ways of working.
- Possess effective communication and presentation skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
- Fluent in English, any other language is a plus.