Color Designer

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 and deadlines for category/division, resulting in the timely completion of each product. Develops line art, color design server, GPIN, merchandising line, cutting samples, and coordinates with material consultants to ensure appropriate materials for products. Finalizes product details and proactively follows through on execution of color on each product. 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 briefing to 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. Requirements Consumer Research: Knows the consumer and displays in‑depth understanding of consumer, brand‑positioning needs as it relates to category/division; utilizes knowledge of category/division consumer and culture to improve product performance and 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 to the organization by bringing a high level of functional expertise (materials, special effects, technology, advanced development, presentation tools) to the color design organization; educates and mentors more junior designers; undertakes projects and opportunities to enhance knowledge of the business, color and design. Compensation & Benefits The pay range is the lowest to highest compensation we reasonably in good faith believe we would pay at posting for this role. We may ultimately pay more or less than this range. Employee pay is based on factors like relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, location, performance, union contract and business needs. This range may be modified in the future. This job is not eligible for bonuses, incentives or commissions. We offer comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision insurance; HSA, FSA; 401(k); and life, disability and AD&D insurance to eligible employees. Salaried personnel receive paid time off. Hourly employees are not eligible for paid time off unless required by law. Hourly employees on a Service Contract Act project are eligible for paid sick leave. Equal Opportunity Kforce is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status. #J-18808-Ljbffr Kforce Inc