Color Designer Job Description
Color designer
provides color and design expertise for color palette development, new marketing programs, retail experiences, trade show programs, PR and advertising initiatives.
Color Designer Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective color designer job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included color designer job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Assist Color/Materials Manager in developing footwear color palettes twice a year for the Footwear product lines
Define and execute against seasonal color initiatives
Research worldwide marketplace for trends in new color and materials inspiration
Communicate frequently with apparel counterparts to maintain color, trend and materials consistency as needed.Knowledge of textile constructions, leather, synthetic, rubber, EVA types and end uses
Actively Conceives, Creates, Develops and Designs new Color and Materials selections, across Men’s, Women’s and Youth on a day to day basis
Inspire and mentor other color and material designers
Develop and maintain an open line of communication with Design leadership, the merchandising team, materials research, Director of Innovation, Sr
Act as the lead at design reviews for Color and Materials selection
Assist Senior Designer in creating seasonal color palettes for the Apparel Division
Contribute creative, unique, and wearable color assortment selections for Knit wear
Color Designer Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Education for Color Designer
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the color designer job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Design, Industrial, Education, Industrial Design, Graphic Design, Fashion, Fine Arts, Textiles, Textile Design, Fashion Design
Skills for Color Designer
Desired skills for color designer include:
Color compatibility and color placement
Product design and development process
Any design related environment
Art and design with clear understanding of visual design
CAD programs
Art and design with clear understanding of visual design concepts and an extraordinary sense for color
Color combination
Color theory
Illustrator
Preferably in Mac environment
Desired experience for color designer includes:
Shop for and source relevant color standards and ideas
Assist in creation of color and trend boards
Support hand-dying of original color standards and samples
CAD support for own brand and market knit products
Management of knit master CAD board
Management of knit color across own brand and market
Color Designer Examples
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Color Designer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of color designer. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for color designer
- In combination with color, apply materials and create detailed CADs for development
- Consistently produce concepts, participate in creative brainstorms follow creative direction to reach the desired design objectives
- Ensure effective communication with Marketing and Development on assigned products
- Research worldwide marketplace and interpret consumer and market needs as they relate to product category(s) to gain thorough understanding of customer/product requirements
- Includes researching materials, components, understanding of color, and design concepts and collecting feedback from customers, consumers, and sales representatives
- Travel for consumer/product research as approved by Columbia senior management
- Competitive Response
- Discerning eye for Product, Retail Awareness Key Competitor knowledge
- Quick-strike, tactical response
- Generate multiple, unique material-way concepts per model that address critical functional, aesthetic, and business goals on a seasonal basis
Qualifications for color designer
- Sound communication and analytical skills to effectively collaborate and communicate with Design, Buying and Production Teams vendors
- Displays an understanding of the process and works to protect both efficiency and quality
- Research and color trend forecasting
- Research color trends as it relates to Knit and Casual Knits
- Learns from mistakes quickly
- Asks questions to confirm understanding, probe for clarity
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Job Description Example
Our company is hiring for a color designer. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for color designer
- Execute both leather and non-leather material-ways for Trail and Casual collections
- Projects include new in-line and special-make product, kids, and update carry over styles
- Dimensionalize product through materialization
- Communicate concepts to team mates, visually and verbally, by using conventional and digital tools
- Effectively realize useable materials palettes within timeline and budgetary constraints
- Effective materials solutions should be recognized as excellent examples of cost/value within the respective price-points
- Refine collections through materialization in conjunction with leadership, Merchandiser(s) Design, and Product Development, in order to optimize functional performance, fit, comfort, and manufacturability
- Work within target prices as much as possible
- The ability to realize commercially-relevant, quality results within budgetary constraints is critical
- Finalized product material-way solutions should demonstrate a very high degree of market awareness, trend relevance, functional excellence, aesthetic refinement
Qualifications for color designer
- Merchant vendor knowledge
- Requires a bachelor’s degree in design or a related field
- Prefer 1 - 3 years in product creation with an emphasis on footwear preferred
- Thorough knowledge of computer design software the talent and ability to perform free hand drawings
- Thorough knowledge of Excel, Word, and related business software
- Thorough knowledge of footwear product, materials and production techniques
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Job Description Example
Our growing company is hiring for a color designer. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for color designer
- Works with the leaders in buying and design to implement focused, innovative color stories and strategies
- Collaborate with Director’s and color team to craft strategic color palettes and category palettes
- Management of color development for categories through supply chain
- Management of color tools, category palettes and development of dyed color tools for categories
- Designers are required to maintain an awareness of developments in related fields, furniture, fashion, architecture design, and apply that knowledge to automotive design
- Remains cognizant of developments within of the related industrial fields to incorporate innovation and technical advantages into current and future product programs
- Design, develop strategy and implement color, material and finish solutions for multiple brands of home appliances
- Support the development and visualization of brand experience
- Forecast and analyze color, material and finish trends for regional and global products
- Understand and communicate home interior color, finish and material trends
Qualifications for color designer
- Frequent writing of highly technical material requires a thorough understanding of the work, and the ability to clearly express complex concepts in written form
- Troubleshoot, design, perform college level mathematics, coordinate and perform special task/projects simultaneously, make decisions, operate independently and with discretion, and work effectively under pressure
- Training skills are required when working with prototype production operations
- Superior knowledge of textile technology including dyeing and finishing
- Demonstrate an understanding of the supply chain activities and logistics associated with the delivery of finished product
- Clear POV and knowledge of fashion and trends to use in implementing color ideas and selections
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Our growing company is hiring for a color designer. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for color designer
- Produce high quality renderings to effectively illustrate CMF solutions
- Collaborate with other design disciplines (globally and regionally), product marketing, development, and vendors to execute on overall project objectives, deliverables, and timelines
- Create, maintain and communicate CMF strategy documents
- Contribute to the maintenance of the CMF library
- Build and maintain relationships with business partners throughout the corporation
- Mentor and lead junior staff
- Develop and design surface materials (graphics, color, trims, textiles and grains) for visible surfaces and parts through sketches or 3D images
- Support the creation of industry leading and highly desirable color, material and finish solutions that elevate the brand experience
- Support the strategy and implementation of color, material and finish solutions for multiple brands of home appliances
- Forecast and analyze color, material and finish trends
Qualifications for color designer
- Strong communication and analytical skills to effectively collaborate and communicate with Design, Buying and Production Teams vendors
- Demonstrated ability to lead, and develop a team members
- Strong knowledge of trends, target market demands, customer, brand objectives and design aesthetic
- Research color trend, forecasting for apparel division
- Displays an understanding of the customer and can speak to this in relation to color
- Works across all levels of product and design organization with the sole focus on seeking alignment and ensuring impact of Color across apparel division
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Job Description Example
Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of color designer. We appreciate you taking the time to review the list of qualifications and to apply for the position. If you don’t fill all of the qualifications, you may still be considered depending on your level of experience.
Responsibilities for color designer
- Present and communicate color direction and strategy to a wide audience
- Collaborate with other design disciplines, product marketing, engineering, and vendors to execute on project objectives, deliverables, and timelines
- Maintain and communicate CMF strategy documents
- Visualize CFM designs through renderings and model making
- Contribute to the maintenance of the CMF library and showroom
- Co-ordinate material development with the in house development team, sourcing, and suppliers
- Execute all phases of color and material development- from initial trend research, to concept development and refinement, and through mass production
- Work cross functionally with industrial designers, UX/UI designers, engineers, and manufacturing partners
- Keen eye for color and material trends
- Conduct trend and market research and analysis
Qualifications for color designer
- Requires a Bachelor’s degree specializing in Color and Materials Design, industrial/footwear/apparel design, interior design, Materials design, or related field
- Six plus years design/development experience in industry with progressively responsible experience for category creativity, development, and design
- Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Fine Arts or equivalent with specialization in
- Digital capabilities in modeling and rendering (Alias, VRED)
- Current on color and material finishes
- Bachelor's Degree in Industrial Design, Fine Arts with specialization in fashion, textiles or related field