Lead Designer, Streetwear Icons Footwear Color Design, Global Jordan

About the role

Jordan Design is seeking a Lead Color Designer to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a strong creative point of view, a collaborative mindset, and a passion for streetwear, sport, and cultural storytelling.

Responsibilities

• Create the color stories that bring Jordan product to life, connecting culture, consumer insight, and design vision into compelling product experiences.
• Drive color direction across key Streetwear Icons franchises, including AJ1 and Retro, working across multiple products and seasons at varying levels of distribution.
• Refine color concepts and storytelling that elevate product and connect to culture, leveraging both traditional and digital tools (e.g., Vizcom).
• Partner closely with Material, Graphic, and Footwear Design teams to develop cohesive and elevated product expressions.
• Collaborate with Product and Development to ensure color intent translates from concept through manufacturing.
• Maintain strong file organization and manage work across the product creation process to ensure clarity, accuracy, and consistency.
• Develop presentation-ready color proposals and narratives that drive alignment and decision making.
• Present work clearly and consistently, incorporating feedback to strengthen outcomes.
• Research and apply insights from youth culture, fashion, sport, and consumer trends.

Requirements

• A strong point of view on color, storytelling, and product expression.
• A connection to youth culture, sport, and evolving consumer trends.
• The ability to work through ambiguity and adapt quickly.
• A collaborative mindset with the ability to influence across teams.
• A positive, low-ego approach and openness to feedback.

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in Design, or related field.
• 5+ years of color design experience (footwear or related).
• A strong understanding of color theory, application, and placement.
• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop).
• Experience working within the product creation process.
• Familiarity with materials and manufacturing considerations.
• Strong communication and presentation skills.

Skills

• Experience using digital concepting tools such as Vizcom or similar visualization platforms to rapidly explore and communicate color concepts.

Benefits

• Flexible schedule
• Competitive compensation package
• Professional development opportunities
• Work-life balance

Pay

• $80,000 - $90,000 annually

Schedule

• Full-time