Materials & Colour Designer - Berghaus

We’re Pentland Brands: a global family business behind some of the world’s most iconic active and lifestyle brands. We bring integrity, energy and ambition to our work, setting high standards and striving to deliver great outcomes without ego.

At Berghaus, product has to do more than look good. It has to work when conditions change, terrain gets tougher and every detail starts to matter. Materials and Colour are fundamental to how consumers experience our products and our brand.

They influence not only how a product performs, but how it feels, communicates, and connects with the modern outdoor consumer. As we continue to evolve our product range and sharpen our brand identity, we are looking for an experienced and future-thinking Colour & Materials Designer to help define the next chapter of our product expression.

This is a highly influential role, responsible for helping to shape the material and colour direction across our product ranges while building the frameworks, tools, and creative standards that elevate our design language.

We are seeking a creative with deep expertise in performance materials and colour application and direction, combined with a strong understanding of and interest in, the outdoor market and the evolving needs of today's consumer.

You will bring a balance of strategic thinking, aesthetic vision, and technical knowledge, helping to create products that are distinctive, purposeful, and built to perform. What you’ll be doing:Experience within materials and colour, ideally within outdoor, sportswear, performance, or adjacent product categories.

Understanding of performance materials, fabric technologies, trims, and construction methods. Experience building and evolving material toolboxes that support product strategy, consumer needs, and commercial objectives. Knowledge of colour theory and palette development.

Knowledge of, and experience with the lab dip process. Ability to identify and translate emerging consumer, cultural, fashion, and outdoor tre