Apparel Designer

At Norrøna we aim to welcome more people to nature by making the greatest outdoor products in the world. Do you want to join in?

Norrøna is for everyone who loves quality, function, design and sustainability. Our mission is to make the world’s greatest outdoor products. Norrøna was founded in 1929, and has been owned and run by the same family ever since. 

Our brand values roots, innovation and passion make up the foundation of our own design philosophy: Loaded Minimalism – a philosophy that reflects our drive to design clean products with all critical details. 

Norrøna is an ambitious company with strong annual growth in revenues and profitability, both in and outside Norway. The company employs more than 100 people from 15 different countries.

“Welcome to nature”

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Apparel Designer - Norrøna Sport AS

The RD&D department consist of approximately 30 employees from 8 different countries. We believe in a broad knowledge base, meaning that you will work with all product categories and genders, including accessories and Junior collections.

We are an efficient design team, so your contribution will have an important impact for the future developments. In the RD&D team everyone is equally important regardless of role. The diversity of who we are, our backgrounds and passion is what makes us strong as a team. At Norrøna, we produce prototypes of nearly all our developments in our studio with state of the art equipment.

Areas of responsibility:

Advanced / Long-term Development (AD)

• Be an important driver in the AD process by delivering creative ideas & solutions on both detail and conceptual levels based on design briefs
• Plan for dedicated research time
• Hand over clear instructions to product specialists and product technicians
• Work together with the AD Material developer to tie the right materials to the right products
• Work closely with colleagues to develop testable prototypes in order to prove the concepts and ideas
• Manage the AD process timeline
• Collect and review feedback from testers and ambassadors
• Present concepts and prototypes at our AD stage gates

Inline

• Based on design briefs, sketch the seasonal designs and organize review sessions
• Hand over  sketches and initial BOM to peers
• Take responsibility to implement standard solutions
• Be an active part of prototype evaluations
• Be an active driver of problem solving, together with the product team
• Responsible to coordinate the design across all products in a given collection
  
  
  

Color process

• Plan with the rest of the design team the seasons color process, following our corporate timeline
• Generate color stories for new and relaunched concepts
• Coordinate the entire color palette collection, concept and product level
• Plan and execute the coloring of new and carry-over styles
• Host the color process stage gates and present color ideas
• Color up the products on sketches and in BOMs
• Generate lab-dip requests

General responsibility

• Stay up-to-date regarding industry trends and continuously evolving needs from our users and ambassadors
• Manage the day-to-day tasks with support from Design Assistant
• Be an active driver in departmental projects
• Execute fast-tracked design and developments
• Collaborate closely with other Designers to create and bring new and better toolbox solutions that benefit the brand (such as new technologies, construction techniques, features, etc.)
• Some travel is to be expected

Qualifications

• Fashion design degree
• Minimum 5 years work experience as a designer
• Work experiences from other technical outdoor companies is a plus
• Great communication and presentation skills
• Basic understanding of pattern construction and manufacturing
• Excellent English communication skills, verbal and written
• Great skills in both creating technical drawings in Corel Designer (or similar) and be able to communicate ideas through hand drawings
• Used to work with a PLM system

Characteristics

• Creative mindset
• Able to be flexible between the macro to micro perspective
• Able to think outside the box, challenge the status quo
• Detail oriented with the ability to deliver on time and that you understand what to do
• Be proactive, see the opportunities
• Methodical, structured and analytical in your approach, combined with a flexible and commercial thinking
• Co-operative and dynamic
• Ability to manage a demanding workload and have fun
• Be a passionate outdoor enthusiast

We offer

• Fast paced work environment where you will work with a group of competent, curious, passionate and supportive colleagues in a friendly atmosphere
• A development environment which is unique in Scandinavia with all people and machinery to produce great prototypes internally in HQ
• Several benefits such as cabins in the mountains to bonus system