Senior Specialist - Color Design

The Senior Colour Designer for Performance at On is responsible for redefining the brand's identity through a disruptive, top-of-the-line colour strategy. The role focuses on creating elite colour stories that resonate with high-performance athletes, align with brand values, and drive the future of fast-paced performance categories. The designer works within the Colour Team, a multidisciplinary creative powerhouse that shapes the visual identity and aesthetic appeal of products across all categories.

• Lead the creation of innovative colour blocking strategies that alter product perception, maximise visual impact, and redefine how performance products read on and off the road, track, and court.
• Strategise and execute consumer-focused colour work specifically tailored to the elite performance world.
• Act as an autonomous force, efficiently managing workloads through a rapid, fast-paced environment.
• Develop highly creative narratives that push boundaries while maintaining a connection to the overarching CD colour umbrella, using advanced renders and dynamic visual communication.
• Collaborate deeply with the Apparel Colour Design team to check, co-create, and lock in Head-to-Toe (HT2) integration for elite performance gear, ensuring a unified brand statement.
• Act as the "lightning strike" for the Inline Performance Footwear team, proactively and vocally sharing collaborative insights and elite concepts to influence and shape the commercial footwear area.
• Execute high-level colour CADs, manage PLM data, and continuously build a cutting-edge digital and physical inspiration library rooted in contemporary art, culture, and sports fashion.
• Present complex colour proposals, concepts, and emotional narratives with high-fidelity renders and clear visual communication to gain immediate buy-in from internal leadership and external partners.

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design, Colour Sciences, Graphic Design, Fine Arts, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in the footwear industry, with a proven track record specifically within high-performance footwear.
• A portfolio that demonstrates "out-of-the-box" thinking, complex colour-blocking expertise, and an innate understanding of how colour interacts with movement.
• Demonstrated ability to work completely independently, self-manage stress, and make critical design decisions under tight deadlines.
• Deep technical knowledge of colour processes across technical, performance-driven materials.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and 3D visualisation programs.
• Fluent in English (written and spoken).

• Additional languages are a plus.