Color Design

Job Title:
Color Design 3
Location:
Los Angeles, CA
Duration: 04 months contract
Pay Range: $(50.00 – 55.00)/hr on W2 all-inclusive without benefits
Hybrid schedule Mon-Thurs on site, Friday WFH

Job Requirements:

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

· 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. 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 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 forcategory or gender-specific line.

· Researches and delivers color, 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.

· Consumer Research - Knows the consumer.

· 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. 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 incorp

· ration into footwear color committee preparation.

· Skill Development - Develops excellence as a color designer. Together with Color Design Manager, advances the value of color to 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.

· Typically requires a Bachelors Degree and minimum of 5 years directly relevant work experience

Note:

One of the following alternatives may be accepted:
PhD or Law + 3 yrs;
Masters + 4 yrs;
Associates degree + 6 yrs;
High School + 7 yrs.

Comments from Manager:

· Must haves for the role:

· Adobe suite fluency, knowledge of FF process at client.

· Experience working in fast-paced fashion environments,

· Knowledge of color achievability and execution on range of substrates,

· Someone who is process oriented yet adaptable to changing business asks.

Nice to haves :

· Deep knowledge of textiles and materials; footwear experience at client, experience uploading to Aurora, technical design experience, have worked in a startup environment.

· Previous experience that may stand out: anyone that has worked at both client and a fast-fashion company.

· They are not so rigid in client structure.

· If they have worked in a start-up environment that's a plus.