Job description
24 Seven is partnering with a top global sportswear client to help them find a Color Designer for this onsite position in Portland, OR ASAP. This is a 1 month contract with part-time hours with likelihood to extend. Full days on Mondays and Tuesdays and 1/2 on Wednesdays.Job Description:
- Color Design Execution - Plans and executes color designs. Collaborates with design, product marketing, development and material consultants to focus color solutions for market success.
- Reviews all samples to achieve marketable solution review with design, marketing and development.
- Displays advanced knowledge and practices in all phases of product execution
- 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 material consultant to coordinate materials for products.
- Finalizes product details and proactively follows through on execution of color on each product.
- Color Solutions - Creates innovative, retailable color solutions for category or gender-specific line.
- 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.
- Displays in-depth understanding of consumer, 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.
- 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.
- Bachelors Degree
- 5 years directly relevant work experience
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