Color Design Specialist

Russell Tobin + Associates is currently seeking a Color Design Specialist to support one of our fortune 500 clients in Beaverton, OR. This is an excellent opportunity to work with a dynamic team and gain valuable experience in the Retail and E-Commerce Industry. Apply today for consideration!

Job Title: Color Design Specialist

Pay: $50.00-$53.00/hour | Based on Experience

Duration: 6-Weeks | Potential to Extend

Schedule: Monday – Friday // 40hrs/week

Location: HYBRID - BEAVERTON, OR

The nature of the work is focused on the appearance of product, communications, or collateral materials.

Responsibilities:

• Plan and execute color designs, collaborating with design, product marketing, development, and material consultants to focus color solutions for market success.
• Review all samples to achieve marketable solutions, communicating all changes for final confirmation.
• Display advanced knowledge and practices in all phases of product execution, sharing knowledge with others.
• Maintain color calendar/timelines/deadlines for category/division, ensuring timely completion of each product.
• Develop line art, color design server, GPIN, merchandising line, cutting samples, and work with material consultants to coordinate materials for products.
• Finalize product details and proactively follow through on execution of color on each product.
• Create innovative, retail-ready color solutions for category or gender-specific lines.
• Research and deliver color, design, market, and lifestyle trends that influence and impact the product category process from product briefing to product concept to samples.
• Explore options and propose with Color Design Managers and/or senior Color Designers a seasonal color strategy for products, line segments, and initiatives.
• Create seasonal category-specific direction of color, materials, and graphics.
• Partner with the Category and Design Director to create and lead color merchandising strategies and stories seasonally.
• Display an in-depth understanding of the consumer, brand-positioning needs as it relates to category/division.
• Utilize knowledge of category/division consumer and their culture to improve product performance and appearance.
• Demonstrate strong knowledge about competitor products, consumer retail habits, color, and market trends.
• Apply insights from consumer perspectives into color solutions.
• Present and communicate category-specific color direction and color merchandising direction of the seasonal line to appropriate groups.
• Work with design/category to produce presentation materials that effectively communicate color direction related to the consumer, product concepts, and creative strategy to internal audiences.
• Participate and deliver bi-annual category/divisional specific color needs for incorporation into footwear color committee preparation.

Skill Development:

• Develop excellence as a color designer.
• Together with the Color Design Manager, advance the value of color to the organization by bringing a high level of functional expertise (i.e., materials, special effects, technology, advanced development, presentation, tools) to the color design organization.
• Educate and mentor more junior designers in the category or color design organization.
• Undertake projects and opportunities to enhance knowledge of the business, color, and design.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in a creative field utilizing color design.
• Bachelor's Degree
• Candidates must have a portfolio showcasing creative uses of color.
• Experience with production-style tech packs, using direction from licensed partners.
• Proficiency in color matching and controlling creative directives, making product revisions.
• Ability to collaborate with design and business partners.
• Experience reviewing samples and problem-solving any color achievability issues on materials.
• Knowledge of Color Material Finishes (CMF) a PLUS
• Experience with physical product color, footwear, hard parts (e.g., cleats) preferred.
• Strong follow-up on samples.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to provide constructive feedback to others.

ABOUT US:

Russell Tobin is a leading minority-owned professional and technical recruitment and staffing advisory organization.

We are comprised of specialized practices focusing on a variety of skill sets and industries. Having a depth and breadth of industry expertise, our subject matter experts are able to provide tailored and swift sourcing solutions to fulfill client hiring needs. In other words, we connect top talent with companies.

As a certified minority-owned business, Pride Global and its affiliates - including Russell Tobin, Pride Health, and Pride Now - are committed to creating a diverse environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, veteran status, or other characteristics.

Russell Tobin offers eligible employees comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), a 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, identity theft protection, legal support, auto and home insurance, pet insurance, and employee discounts with some preferred vendors.