Salomon

Paris

CMF Designer, Footwear Sportstyle at Salomon

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Salomon

Salomon: Leading provider of sporting goods for outdoor enthusiasts, offering running shoes, ski gear, and more. Born in the French Alps in 1947, Salomon is a pioneer in outdoor sports innovation.

E-commerce Sporting Goods Consumer Discretionary Retail
HQ
Annecy, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Team size
1K-5K
Founded
1947

Quick Summary

Role Overview

The CMF Designer Footwear Sportstyle researches and translates global trends into seasonal themes for colors, materials, and finishes. The role focuses on developing color strategies and material solutions to create cohesive footwear assortments and technical specifications.

Key Responsibilities

  • Research and translate global trends into seasonal themes and color palettes
  • Develop color strategies and apply colorization to assigned footwear ranges
  • Propose material solutions and trims including zippers and eyelets
  • Draft and update technical sheets for colorways in dedicated software
  • Ensure project feasibility from the colorization phase through to development
  • Collaborate with the materials team to evolve the material toolbox

Requirements Snapshot

  • Bachelor or Master degree in Design with two years of experience
  • Knowledge of processes related to color and materials
  • High color sensitivity and awareness of current design trends
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office and industry specific software
  • Fluent English language skills and excellent visual communication

Expected Impact

The designer ensures the feasibility of footwear projects from colorization to development while evolving the material toolbox with innovative and inspiring finishes. This role aligns product ranges with emerging cultural and sports trends to maintain market relevance.

A DesignJobs.World summary of the employer's posting, written to highlight scope, requirements, and fit (AI-assisted, human-reviewed). For full details, see the description below.

Job Description

Job Description

We are recruiting for a new CMF Designer Footwear Sportstyle!

Here are the main missions of the role:

  • Research, analyze, and translate global, emerging, cultural, and sports trends into stories and seasonal themes applied to Colors, Materials, and Finishes.
  • Research, analyze, and translate global and emerging trends in order to:
    • Build seasonal themes, capsules, and limited editions, along with their harmonies and color palettes
    • Develop color strategies by product and by segment
    • Apply colorization to the various products within assigned ranges
    • Participate in creating relevant assortments (e.g., footwear/apparel)
    • Create product/segment assortments linked to merchandising tactics
    • Suggest color transposition strategies (“color blockings”)
    • Propose material solutions, trims/ornaments (zippers, pullers, eyelets...) and finishes
  • Draft and update technical sheets for colorways and upload them to dedicated software
  • Integrate colorways into IT systems
  • Ensure monitoring and feasibility of each project, from colorization to development
  • Consolidate and evolve the material toolbox dedicated to assigned ranges, collaborating with the Materials team to research operational yet innovative, advanced, and inspiring materials and finishes.

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Nous recrutons un nouveau CMF Designer Footwear Sportstyle!

Voici les missions principales du poste:

  • Rechercher, analyser et traduire les tendances mondiales, émergeantes, culturelles et sportives en histoires et thématiques saisonnières appliquées aux Couleurs, Matières et Finitions.
  • Rechercher, analyser et traduire les tendances globales et émergeantes afin de :
    • Construire les thèmes saisonniers, capsules et éditions limitées, leurs harmonies et leurs palettes couleurs
    • Construire des tactiques de couleur par produit et par segment
    • Coloriser les différents produits des gammes assignées
    • Participer à la création d’assortiments pertinents (chaussures / vêtements par exemple)
    • Créer des assortiments de produits / segments liés aux tactiques de merchandising
    • Proposer des tactiques de transposition couleurs (« color blockings »)
    • Proposer des solutions de matériaux, ornements/trims (zip, tirette, oeillets...) et de finitions
  • Rédiger et mettre à jour les fiches techniques des coloris (« colorways ») pour les produits et les posters sur les logiciels dédiés
  • Intégrer les coloris dans les systèmes informatiques
  • Assurer le suivi et la faisabilité de chaque projet, de la colorisation au développement
  • Consolider et faire évoluer la boite à outils matières (toolbox) dédiée aux gammes assignées, en collaborant avec l’équipe Matière dans la recherche de matériaux et finitions opérationnels mais aussi innovants, avancés et inspirants.

Qualifications

We are looking for a candidate with a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Design (Bac+3 to Bac+5) and at least 2 years of professional experience.

  • Knowledge of issues and processes related to color and materials
  • Excellent visual communication and presentation skills
  • High color sensitivity required
  • Awareness of current design trends as well as global and emerging trends
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite
  • Proficiency in industry-specific software
  • Languages: Fluent English desired

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Nous recherchons un profil Bac+3 à Bac +5 en design avec 2 ans d’expérience professionnelle minimum.

  • Connaissance des problématiques et process liés à la couleur et à la matière
  • Excellentes compétences en communication visuelle et de présentation
  • Acuité des couleurs élevée nécessaire
  • Connaissance des tendances actuelles en matière de design, mais aussi globales et émergeantes
  • Maitrise du Pack Office
  • Maitrise des logiciels métiers
  • Langues: Anglais courant souhaité.

Additional Information

Permanent position based in Paris.

Poste en CDI basé à Paris

 

 

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