(Senior) Product Designer (m/w/d) – Fokus Jacken & Soft Goods
Kapten & Son
About the role
About Kapten & Son
Kapten & Son is a D2C backpack brand with over 250 employees working daily to become Europe's leading D2C backpack brand.
Position: (Senior) Product Designer (m/f/d) – Focus Jackets & Soft Goods
We are looking for you if you are eager to creatively develop our product portfolio, identify trends, and guide your designs from the first sketch to the finished sample.
Start Date: 01.06.2026
Your Responsibilities
- You will be part of our creative Product Development Team and actively shape the further development of our product portfolio, especially in the area of jackets and soft goods.
- Driven by your passion for fashion, you will research current trends in jackets, outerwear, material innovations, bags, and color palettes, and prepare them in mood boards.
- You will develop original designs and CMF updates, and create variations using analog and digital tools.
- You will create technical drawings and tech packs for communication with our suppliers and manufacturers.
- You will oversee the entire sampling process, maintaining close communication with our production partners.
Your Profile
- You have completed a degree in Fashion Design, Product Design, or a comparable field.
- You have 2-5 years of professional experience in fashion design, ideally in the soft goods and jacket sector.
- You are proficient with Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and the Microsoft Office Suite, and have a keen eye for detail.
- You are creative, structured, and adaptable.
- You enjoy working in a team and have an open, communicative personality.
- You have fluent German or English skills and a good command of the other language.
Your Benefits
- Flexible Working: Flextime and the option to work remotely two days a week.
- Workation: Want to explore the world? No problem. Work from your favorite European location for up to two weeks a year.
- Feel-Good Atmosphere: A modern office right on the Rhine, with everything your heart desires, from our barista to subsidized food.
- #crewloveistruelove: Regular company and team events, and creative workshops.
- Learning & Development: Personal development opportunities and quarterly feedback sessions.
- Discounts: Discounted Urban Sports Club membership, Corporate Benefits, and discounts on our products.
- Volunteer Day: Paid time off for your volunteer work #SocialResponsibility
→ Find more information about our daily work life on our Instagram channel: @kaptenandson.career
Being a Kapten by heart means we are there for each other. 🧡 We do everything with all our heart and act with great passion. We think outside the box, are solution-oriented, and innovative.
Carolin looks forward to hearing from you!
Requirements
- ein abgeschlossenes Studium im Bereich Fashiondesign, Produktdesign oder einem vergleichbaren Feld hast
- 2–5 Jahre Berufserfahrung im Fashiondesign mitbringst, idealerweise im Soft Goods und Jackenbereich
- sicher mit Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator und der Microsoft Office Suite arbeitest und ein ausgeprägtes Auge für Details hast
- kreativ, strukturiert und anpassungsfähig bist
- gerne im Team arbeitest und eine offene, kommunikative Art mitbringst
- fließende Deutsch- oder Englischkenntnisse mitbringst und die jeweils andere Sprache auf gutem Niveau beherrschst
Responsibilities
- Du bist Teil unseres kreativen Product Development Teams und gestaltest die Weiterentwicklung unseres Produktportfolios aktiv mit, besonders im Bereich Jacken und Soft Goods
- Getrieben von deiner Leidenschaft für Mode recherchierst du aktuelle Trends in den Bereichen Jacken, Outerwear, Materialinnovationen, Bags und Farbwelten und bereitest diese in Moodboards auf
- Du entwickelst eigene Designs sowie CMF-Updates und erstellst Varianten mit analogen und digitalen Tools
- Du erstellst technische Zeichnungen und Tech Packs für den Austausch mit unseren Lieferanten und Produzenten
- Du begleitest den gesamten Sampling-Prozess und stehst dabei in engem Austausch mit unseren Produktionspartnern
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