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About the Role
As Materials Designer for Berghaus, you’ll play a key role in shaping the materials that bring our apparel to life. Working at the intersection of creativity, innovation and technical performance, you’ll research, develop and deliver materials that meet the demands of the outdoors while creating a compelling experience for the consumer.
Responsibilities
- Researching and developing innovative fabrics, constructions, finishes and material technologies for Berghaus apparel.
- Helping define and evolve the seasonal material direction, ensuring it reflects brand strategy, consumer needs and market trends.
- Building and maintaining material libraries and toolboxes that support designers and product teams across the creation process.
- Evaluating materials across performance, durability, hand-feel, functionality and end-use suitability.
- Exploring fibres, yarns, weaves, knits, laminations, membranes, coatings and finishes to identify the right solutions for each product.
- Working closely with fabric mills, suppliers and innovation partners to uncover new materials, technologies and opportunities.
- Collaborating with Design, Development, Sourcing and Product teams to ensure materials are commercially viable, manufacturable, tested and delivered to specification.
- Championing lower-impact and responsible material solutions without compromising performance, durability, quality or aesthetic.
- Translating emerging outdoor, consumer and textile trends into material opportunities that are relevant to the Berghaus consumer.
- Creating clear material presentations and stories that bring new concepts and seasonal direction to life.
Requirements
- Experience in materials, textile design or fabric development, ideally within outdoor, sportswear, performance apparel or another technically relevant category.
- Strong knowledge of technical and performance fabrics, including fabric construction, trims and finishing techniques.
- A good understanding of fibres, yarns, woven and knitted fabrics, laminations, membranes, coatings and finishes.
- Experience researching and developing materials from initial concept through to commercially viable, production-ready solutions.
- A strong understanding of material innovation, sustainability and responsible sourcing, with the ability to balance environmental impact with performance and quality.
- Experience working with mills, suppliers and cross-functional product teams.
- Strong creative judgement combined with the commercial awareness to balance innovation, performance, cost and manufacturability.
- Confident communication, presentation and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
- Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop and InDesign; experience with PLM, material libraries or digital product creation tools would be an advantage.
Skills
- Materials design
- Textile design
- Fabric development
- Technical fabrics
- Performance fabrics
- Fabric construction
- Trims
- Finishing techniques
- Fibre knowledge
- Yarn knowledge
- Woven fabrics
- Knitted fabrics
- Laminations
- Membranes
- Coatings
- Finishes
- Material innovation
- Sustainability
- Responsible sourcing
- Adobe Illustrator
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe InDesign
- PLM
- Material libraries
- Digital product creation tools
Location
- Office
Work Type
- Hybrid working
Experience Level
- Mid-level
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive salary
Benefits
- 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
- Electric car scheme
About the Company
- Pentland Brands is a global family business behind some of the world’s most iconic active and lifestyle brands.
- 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.