Color & Materials Designer Footwear

About the job

Mizuno's European Design & Innovation (EDIS) team is based in the Capelle aan den IJssel/Rotterdam office.

As part of this team, in this exciting position you can bring all of your energy and creativeness to the creation of seasonal color design and material direction for the Running category.

Together you work with relevant EMEA colleagues and global footwear product team in order to provide and ensure a clear color design direction, with careful attention to product merchandising, regional and global influences.

Here's where you will be responsible for:

• Create color and material concepts, and technical indications for global and regional product line as well as promotional color collections on time as required, in cooperation with global footwear product team.
• Perform market and data research and obtain EMEA trends, then collaborate in the development of seasonal color themes and palettes that align with brand color strategy.
• Present and distribute graphical communication of all relevant color materials globally relating to seasonal design themes and direction.
• Color up of Running category models, as well as the creation of the technical production indication instruction sheets.
• Color up any EMEA Special Make-Up (SMU) models, as well as the creation of the technical production indication instruction sheets.
• Understand fashion, athletic, and consumer trends and dynamics in various regions globally and propose how they evolve.
• Collect all necessary information for the global lineup construction of the Running category collection and provide it in report format to HQ.
• Consumer (general users, players) research execution, collate and provide all and any relevant information.

About you

• Design education bachelor and or Masters (Color design major)
• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience
• Comprehensive understanding of global and European business (useful)
• Advance level IT Skills (Illustrator, Photoshop, Office 365)
• 3D rendering software is highly valued.
• Understanding of FW production and lead times
• Relevant experience within the industry (useful)
• Understanding of footwear construction and material execution
• Strong communication, organizational, and presentation skills
• Strong understanding of color process and color execution
• A real team player, with a feeling for being part of a global team

What we offer

If you have what it takes then we can offer you a dynamic role within a successful and established sports brand.

For this position you will receive one year contract to start with. You can expect a competitive salary, and good secondary conditions including pension scheme, travel allowance and working from home allowance, 25 paid holidays and free in-house gym.

At Mizuno we work hybrid.

Furthermore you will be working in an international and dynamic organization, within a challenging environment. We offer lots of space for talent and personal development. Also be sure to experience a fast growing and ambitious organization, which is known for the informal atmosphere and devoted colleagues.

And last but not least, when joining Mizuno, you will be part of a group of people who are working towards the same goal: making the brand as big as possible, without losing the high quality standards and philosophy out of sight.