Job Description

Job Title: Lead Color Designer

Client Location: Beaverton, OR (hybrid)

Starting: 04/30/2025

Salary/Pay Rate: $42.00 to $46.67/hr

Firm, non-negotiable: No

Hours: Full-time

Duration: 5 Months

Job Description:

We’re looking for a Color Designer to work with the internal and external partners to plan and execute color designs, and strategize use of palettes across a range of products. Working collaboratively with Design, Product Marketing, Merchandising, and Development, you will create focused solutions for success.

Here, you will strategize around product positioning and strive to create a meaningful product. A broad understanding of consumer needs, competitor products, consumer retail habits, color, and market trends is important, as you apply these insights into color solutions.

We are looking for a hardworking Color Designer with a deep passion for and connection to sport; someone who can comfortably navigate ambiguity and define new spaces of a growing business. Someone who is flexible and can adapt to changing priorities. You will bring strong color and footwear industry insights and have experience building stories that connect with the consumer and culture. *Portfolio required!*

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Design or a related major, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• 1-4 yearsof design experience
• Understanding of color trends, color mixing, color compatibility, and color placement
• Knowledge of product design and the development process
• Familiarity with product manufacturing processes, including: materials/fabrics, trims, dye techniques
• Strong verbal, written, visual, and high-profile communication skills in local market language, including meeting facilitation and presentations
• Ability to understand challenges or underlying concerns, share ideas, and develop effective responses or elevate to higher management; work independently and harmoniously in a diverse group
• Ability to network, influence, and utilize internal and external resources as well as to articulate how color can affect product and sales

Must Have:

• 4+ YOE as a Lead color designer in the fashion industry
• A holistic vision of products and has a strong point of view, can create original concepts

Nice to Have:

• Experience working with internal and external teams on celebrity product collaborations

The target hiring compensation range for this role is $42.00 to $46.67 an hour. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.

About Aquent Talent:

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world's biggest brands.

Our eligible talent get access to amazing benefits like subsidized health, vision, and dental plans, paid sick leave, and retirement plans with a match. We also offer free online training through . More information on our awesome !

Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We're about creating an inclusive environment—one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.

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