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Cella · 3 days ago

Color Designer

Beaverton, OR

Contract

Onsite

Senior Level

$43/hr - $46/hr

5+ years exp

Cella is seeking a Color Designer to join their team. The role focuses on creating innovative color solutions for products and requires collaboration with various teams to ensure market success and timely execution of designs.

Content MarketingDigital MarketingInformation Technology

Growth Opportunities

Hiring Manager

Sarah Janosz

Responsibilities

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

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 incorporation into footwear color committee preparation

Skill Development - Develops excellence as a color designer

Together with Color Design Manager, advances the value of color 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

Qualification

Color Design ExecutionConsumer ResearchColor Merchandising StrategiesCollaboration with Design TeamsMarket Trend AnalysisMentoring Junior DesignersPresentation Skills