Job Description

Job Description

Status: 6-month contract (possibly extended)

Job Title: Apparel Color Designer

Location: Hybrid

Salary: $40-$46/hr

About the company:

We do more than outfit the world’s best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries, and push out the edges of what can be. Our company looks for people who can grow, think, dream, and create. Our culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders, and visionaries. We are about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving environment.

We are a technology company. From our flagship website and five-star mobile apps to developing products, managing big data, and providing leading-edge engineering and systems support, our teams exist to revolutionize the future at the confluence of tech and sport. We invest in and develop advances in technology and employ the most creative people in the world, and then give them the support to constantly innovate, iterate, and serve consumers more directly and personally. Our teams are innovative, diverse, multidisciplinary, and collaborative, taking technology into the future and bringing the world with us.

Apparel Color Designer:

Our client is seeking an experienced Apparel Color Designer to drive the execution of color across a fast-paced, high-volume apparel product line. This role focuses on translating creative direction, consumer insights, and market trends into compelling, market-ready color solutions. The ideal candidate thrives in a dynamic environment, collaborates seamlessly with cross-functional partners, and brings a strong point of view grounded in apparel color design execution.

This role is a hybrid model in Beaverton, Oregon.

Apparel Color Designer Responsibilities:

• Execute end-to-end color design for apparel products, ensuring color intent is accurately realized in final production.
• Own color outcomes across the product lifecycle, including reviewing samples, confirming changes, and driving final color approvals.
• Develop and maintain color calendars, timelines, and seasonal deliverables to support on-time execution.
• Partner closely with design, product development, merchandising, and materials teams to align color solutions with product and market goals.
• Create and manage color assets, including line art, digital color files, product data systems, and sample coordination.
• Contribute to seasonal color direction by translating trend, consumer, and market insights into retailable color stories.
• Research consumer behavior, competitive landscapes, and cultural trends to inform relevant and compelling color solutions.
• Present color direction and seasonal color strategies clearly and effectively to cross-functional stakeholders.
• Continuously build functional expertise in color, materials, tools, and processes to elevate overall design impact.

Apparel Color Designer Qualifications:

• Proven experience in true apparel color design, with a strong emphasis on execution rather than general color development.
• Prior experience with a large, fast-paced apparel brand; experience within global athletic or lifestyle brands is strongly preferred.
• Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Microsoft Office tools; comfort working within digital product and color management systems.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled design tools (such as Vizcom or similar) is a plus.
• Strong understanding of apparel materials, manufacturing considerations, and color application at scale.
• Ability to manage multiple workstreams simultaneously while meeting tight timelines and shifting priorities.
• Clear, confident communicator with experience presenting creative work to diverse audiences.
• Bachelor’s degree in design or a related field, with approximately 2–4 years of directly relevant professional experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

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