Materials & Colour Designer

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.

Design technical outdoor apparel built for movement, weather and real-world performance.

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 trends into commercially relevant material and colour choices.

• Experience developing strong partnerships with material suppliers, innovation teams, and industry networks to identify new materials, technologies and opportunities.

• Passion for sustainable innovation and driving the adoption of lower-impact materials without compromising performance or aesthetic quality.

• Ability to balance creativity, innovation, cost, quality, and commercial considerations when making material decisions.

• Excellent communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to advocate and influence across multiple functions and levels of the organisation.

• Proficiency in Adobe Creative Suite and relevant design tools; experience with PLM systems and digital product creation tools is advantageous.

• Curious, commercially aware, and passionate about the future of outdoor product design and innovation.

What you’ll bring:

• Demonstrable experience in materials and colour design within the outdoor, sportswear or performance apparel industry, with a strong understanding of technical fabrics, trims and finishes.

• Strong knowledge of textile innovation, fabric construction and material performance, with the ability to balance durability, functionality, sustainability and aesthetic appeal.

• Proven ability to develop seasonal colour palettes, material stories and CMF (Colour, Material, Finish) direction that align with brand strategy, consumer insights and market trends.

• Experience collaborating with Design, Product Development, Sourcing and Supplier teams to ensure materials and colours are commercially viable, manufacturable and delivered to specification.

• A solid understanding of sustainable material innovations, certification standards and responsible sourcing practices, with a passion for reducing environmental impact.

• Highly proficient in Adobe Creative Suite (Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign), with experience using material libraries, digital colour management tools and presentation software to communicate concepts effectively.

• Excellent communication, organisation and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously while working in a fast-paced, collaborative product creation environment.

Why Berghaus?

Berghaus is a brand built for the outdoors, shaped by decades of innovation, exploration and a belief that great kit helps people go further.

From the mountains to the trail, Berghaus creates product for people who want to move confidently in the outdoors, whatever the conditions. It is a brand with real heritage, but also a clear focus on what comes next: better performance, better materials, better fit and more responsible product choices.

Joining Berghaus means becoming part of a team that cares deeply about the details, how product feels, how it performs, how it lasts, and how it supports people in the moments that matter.

Perks & Benefits

We offer a competitive salary, discretionary bonus, hybrid working, flexible start and finish times, generous holiday allowance, product discounts, sample sales, enhanced family-friendly policies, healthcare support, gym and fitness discounts, cycle to work scheme and electric car scheme.

You can find full details of our benefits and perks on our UK Benefits page.

The Interview Process

We want our interview process to feel clear, straightforward, and supportive. If your experience and expectations look like a strong match for the role, here’s what you can expect next:

1. Talent Team Intro Call - A 30-minute video call with our Talent Team to get to know each other, talk through the role and your experience, and answer any questions you have.

2. Experience Interview - A more in-depth interview (usually online) with the hiring manager to explore your skills, experience and approach, and how these align with the role, our principles, and our ways of working.

3. Final Interview - A final in-person interview at our office, focused on deeper discussion and practical application, giving you the chance to meet more of the team and see Pentland Brands in action.