Job Detail
- Job ID 5170
Job Description
Overview
Placement Type:
Temporary
Salary (USD):
$48.00 – $53.33 hourly
Start Date:
07.15.2024
We are seeking a Color Designer for a 7-month temp engagement based in Beaverton, OR. This will be a hybrid role with full-time hours. The nature of the work is focused on the appearance of product, communications, or collateral materials.
Requirements/Responsibilities
- 5+ years of experience in a creative field utilizing color design
- Collaborate with design and business partners
- Review samples and problem-solve any color achievability on material issues
- Present work to various partner groups. Communicate a clear strategy
- Organizing and flexibility
- Design and execute seasonal palettes onto apparel collections
- Trend forecasting, consumer, and competitor market research
- Mentor Junior designers
- Ability to manage multiple seasons and shifting priorities.
Color Design Execution
- Plans and executes color designs. Collaborates with design, product marketing, development, and material consultants to focus on color solutions for market success.
- Reviews all samples to achieve marketable solution review with design, marketing, and development.
- Clearly communicates all changes for final confirmation. Displays advanced knowledge and practices in all phases of product execution
- Shares knowledge with others. Maintains color calendar/timelines/deadlines for category/division resulting in the timely completion of each product. Develops line art, color design server, GPIN, merchandising line, cutting samples & working with a material consultant to coordinate materials for products.
- Finalizes product details and proactively follows through on the execution of color on each product.
Color Solutions
- Creates innovative, retailable color solutions for category or gender-specific lines. Researches and delivers color, Color Solutions
- Creates innovative, retailable color solutions for the category or gender-specific lines. Researches and delivers color, design, market, and lifestyle trends that influence and impact the product category process from product briefing to product concept to samples.
- Explores options and proposes with Color Design Managers and/or senior Color Designers a seasonal color strategy for products, line segments and initiatives. Creates seasonal category-specific direction of color, materials and graphics. In partnership with the Category and Design Director, creates and leads color merchandising strategies and stories seasonally.
Consumer Research
- Knows the consumer. Displays in-depth understanding of consumer, and brand-positioning needs as it relates to category/division. of consumer, brand-positioning needs as it relates to category/division.
- Utilizes knowledge of category/division consumer & their culture to improve product performance & appearance.
- Demonstrates strong knowledge about competitor products, consumer retail habits, color, and market trends. Applies insights from consumer perspective into color solutions.
Presentations & Communication
- Presents and communicates category-specific color direction and color merchandising direction of the seasonal line to appropriate groups. Works with design/category to produce presentation materials that effectively communicate color direction related to the consumer, product concepts, and creative strategy to internal audiences.
- Participates and delivers bi-annual category/divisional-specific color needs for incorporation into footwear color committee preparation.
Skill Development
- Develops excellence as a color designer. Together with Color Design Manager, advances the value of color to the client by bringing a high level of functional expertise (i.e. materials, special effects, technology, advanced development, presentation, tools) to the color design organization.
- Educates and mentors more junior designers in category or color design organization.
- Undertakes projects and opportunities to enhance knowledge of the business, color, and design.
The target hiring compensation range for this role is the equivalent of $48.00 to $53.33 an hour. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.
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