Color Designer II

What are we looking for in our Color Designer II?

Job Title: Color Designer 2
Contract: 5 Month W2 Contract
Pay: $27-$38/hour depending on experience

Job Description:

Duties:

• Color Design Execution - Executes color designs.
• Finalizes product details and proactively follows through on execution of color on each product.
• Actively seeks expert input from color design and category organizations to develop appropriate solutions.
• Reviews all samples to achieve marketable solution; reviews with design, marketing, and development.
• Clearly communicates all changes for final confirmation.
• Responsible for color in the final product result.
• Maintains color calendar/timelines/deadlines for category.
• Develops line art, color design server, GPIN, PDM, merchandising line, cutting samples and working with material consultant to coordinate materials for products.
• Product Planning - Plans product details.
• Collaborates with design, product marketing and development/material consultant to focus color solutions for market success.
• Gathers category specific information: Consumer/channels/market.
• Develops appropriate solutions with regard to quality, cost/value, manufacturability, sustainability, merchandising solutions for market success.
• Color Solutions - Creates and executes innovative, retainable color solutions for category or gender-specific line.
• Together with Color Design Director, Sr. Color Designer or Color Designer II, creates seasonal category-specific direction of color, materials and graphics that reflect design philosophy, product performance, and appeal to targeted consumers.
• Comfortably creates category line each season.
• Understands color, design, market and lifestyle trends that influence and impact category and applies knowledge as appropriate.
• Consumer Research - Knows the consumer and their culture.
• Understands consumer and brand positioning needs. Knows and studies 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 as needed.
• Skill Development - Develops excellence as a color designer.
• Together with Color Designers and Sr. Designers, advances the value of color to organization by growing the level of functional expertise (i.e. materials, special effects, technology, advanced development, presentation, and tools).
• Proactively works with management to advance and build color design skills, experiences, and product & process knowledge.

Required Skills:

• Bachelor's degree and minimum of 2-4 years of directly relevant work experience.
• Looking for a candidate with previous Footwear Color Design Experience
• Strong Color Sense
• Must have strong trend & cultural acuity & understanding of the consumer
• Self-Starter & Team Player
• Must possess good communication skills & and an ability Must work will w/ambiguity

Benefits Info

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

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Rate/Salary: $27-$38/hour doe