Lead Color Designer - HOKA Footwear
Core
Lead color design execution for lifestyle footwear, developing seasonal color solutions and application strategies to drive product differentiation and consumer impact.
Role type
Lead Color Designer (Footwear)
Builds
Seasonal color palettes and application strategies for HOKA Lifestyle Footwear
Domain
Footwear design and lifestyle apparel
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
Color theory, color application, storytelling in footwear, footwear construction knowledge, material interaction, trend translation, Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, PowerPoint, Miro, Lucid, generative AI platforms (Midjourney, Vizcom)
Preferred skills
Experience with generative AI platforms, portfolio demonstrating color direction and trend insight
Technologies
Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, PowerPoint, Miro, Lucid, Midjourney, Vizcom
Responsibilities
Lead color design execution on category priority projects, develop seasonal color solutions across lifestyle footwear, work against seasonal project briefs and franchise concepts, manage multiple creation calendars across inline, collaborations, and SMU projects, build seasonal color palettes and application strategies aligned to creative direction, partner with product design, material design, development, merchandising, and marketing to deliver cohesive product stories, support seasonal design strategy and contribute to category-level color direction, collaborate with footwear, material, and digital design teams to deliver a holistic product point of view, explore unbriefed opportunities that push HOKA expression and innovation in color
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC