Lead - Apparel Graphic Design
ZurichRemote
AI Summary
Leads the graphic vision and storytelling for performance and lifestyle apparel, creating designs, mood boards, research, and tech packs while collaborating across internal and external teams.
About this role
In short:
This graphic apparel design opportunity will lead the graphic vision of tomorrow’s high performance athlete and lifestyle apparel. With a high-quality and detail oriented mind coupled with a passion for cultural relevancy and innovation, this role will be integral in On’s success in performance.
Your Mission:
- Create and lead a strong contemporary graphic story telling, coupled with mood, research, and design through all aspects of print/graphic for apparel along with your Apparel Design Lead.
- Lead graphic presentations with internal and external partners.
- Research of imagery and references in regards to vision, materialisation, colour compositions, detailing, brand direction and all other aspects of graphics for your collections.
- Sketch to visualise quick ideas of graphic direction, including 3D mock ups.
- Create graphic tech packs and detailed artworks for your Development team player.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders in marketing, development, innovation and our partners in Asia
- Research and help sourcing innovative, upscale materials and trims to elevate your graphics.
- Champion processes, constantly improving, tweaking and building upon the current process.
- Set and reach goals to increase both individual and team productivity.
- Travel to visit partners and vendors around the world
Your Story:
- Bachelor’s degree or above in graphic design.
- Minimum of 9 years experience in graphic design with a focus on apparel graphic design. Performance sportswear a plus
- Excellent level of technical skills is a must, such as print techniques, material graphic design, story telling, branding.
- Broad market overview and a good sense for the contemporary design world, and culture shifts.
- Structured and hands-on working attitude with a flexible and open mind for visionary solutions
- Expert skills in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop & Microsoft Office.
- International experience is a must
- Excellent communication and presentation skills with fluent English spoken and written
Your Team:
We continue to push boundaries and disrupt performance apparel through innovative thinking and execution. We strive for excellence in our product, working with athletes to validate what we do.
Skills
3D Mock-upsAdobe IllustratorAdobe PhotoshopBrandingMaterial Graphic DesignMicrosoft OfficePrint TechniquesSourcing Innovative MaterialsStorytellingTech Packs
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