Lead - Apparel Graphic Design
At a glance
Senior Graphic Design role at On. Zurich.
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What you'll do
- Shape the graphic language for performance and lifestyle apparel through research, mood, and collection design
- Present graphic concepts to internal teams and external collaborators
- Study imagery, color, materials, details, and brand cues to inform each collection
- Turn early ideas into sketches and three-dimensional mockups, then prepare technical packs and final artwork
- Improve workflows, set productivity goals, and travel worldwide to meet partners and vendors
What you bring
- A bachelor’s degree or higher in graphic design
- At least nine years in graphic design, including a focus on apparel graphics
- Advanced Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, and Microsoft Office skills, plus print and material-graphic expertise
- International experience, strong presentation and communication skills, and fluent spoken and written English
Who this fits
This role suits a structured, hands-on designer with an open mind, cultural awareness, and a strong interest in contemporary design. The position is based in Zurich, Switzerland, requires international experience, and includes travel to partners and vendors around the world. You’ll work across marketing, development, innovation, and external partner groups.
From the employer
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.
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