Sunrise Systems
Our client, a leading athletic footwear and apparel manufacturing company, is looking for a Color Design 3. This is for an initial duration of 06 months and is located at Los Angeles, CA. Job Title: Color Design 3
Reference ID: 25-10956
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Duration: 06 months
Job Type: Contract (Candidates must be able to work on W2 without VISA sponsorship) Skims Color Design 3: Hybrid The work is focused on the appearance of product, communications, or collateral materials.
Color Design Execution – Executes color designs. Finalizes product details and proactively follows through on execution of color on each product. Actively seeks expert input from color design and category organizations to develop appropriate solutions. Reviews all samples to achieve marketable solution; reviews with design, marketing, and development. Clearly communicates all changes for final confirmation. Responsible for color in the final product result. Maintains color calendar/timelines/deadlines for category. Develops line art, color design server, GPIN, PDM, merchandising line, cutting samples and working with material consultant to coordinate materials for products.
Product Planning – Plans product details. Collaborates with design, product marketing and development/material consultant to focus color solutions for market success. Gathers category specific information: Consumer/channels/market. Develops appropriate solutions with regard to quality, cost/value, manufacturability, sustainability, merchandising solutions for market success.
Color Solutions – Creates and executes innovative, retail able color solutions for category or gender-specific line. Together with Color Design Director, Sr. Color Designer or Color Designer II, creates seasonal category-specific direction of color, materials and graphics that reflect design philosophy, product performance, and appeal to targeted consumers. Comfortably creates category line each season. Understands color, design, market and lifestyle trends that influence and impact category and applies knowledge as appropriate.
Consumer Research – Knows the consumer and their culture. Understands consumer and brand positioning needs. Knows and studies 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 as needed.
Skill Development – Develops excellence as a color designer. Together with Color Designers and Sr. Designers, advances the value of color to Client by growing the level of functional expertise (i.e. materials, special effects, technology, advanced development, presentation, and tools). Proactively works with management to advance and build color design skills, experiences, and product & process knowledge.
Has a substantial amount of product creation experience and can work autonomously · Preferred previous Client experience. Notes from manager:
Color-focused Designer: Covering AP, FW, ASX Lineart Maintenance: keeping files up-to-date, coloring up new lineart, and overall lineart creation Upcoming seasons – SP27 and SU27 Color standards Assist with pulls for upcoming palettes, and ensure achievability is validated through Color Dev and Color Hub Family File building, maintenance, and pass-off to DCL Aurora uploads for Color Hand-off VLP PNG Uploads Assist in creation of digital palette pages Assist in creation of organized Color Library and system with 700 CSI standards Work closely with Design working team to ensure schematics and PR’s are up-to-date and prepped for hand-off Desired attributes for both: Organized and worked in agile environments
Proactive communicator
Has a substantial amount of product creation experience and can work autonomously
Preferred previous Client experience
Interested and Qualified candidates, please send your most recently updated word document resume to or .
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Color Design Execution – Executes color designs. Finalizes product details and proactively follows through on execution of color on each product. Actively seeks expert input from color design and category organizations to develop appropriate solutions. Reviews all samples to achieve marketable solution; reviews with design, marketing, and development. Clearly communicates all changes for final confirmation. Responsible for color in the final product result. Maintains color calendar/timelines/deadlines for category. Develops line art, color design server, GPIN, PDM, merchandising line, cutting samples and working with material consultant to coordinate materials for products.
Product Planning – Plans product details. Collaborates with design, product marketing and development/material consultant to focus color solutions for market success. Gathers category specific information: Consumer/channels/market. Develops appropriate solutions with regard to quality, cost/value, manufacturability, sustainability, merchandising solutions for market success.
Color Solutions – Creates and executes innovative, retail able color solutions for category or gender-specific line. Together with Color Design Director, Sr. Color Designer or Color Designer II, creates seasonal category-specific direction of color, materials and graphics that reflect design philosophy, product performance, and appeal to targeted consumers. Comfortably creates category line each season. Understands color, design, market and lifestyle trends that influence and impact category and applies knowledge as appropriate.
Consumer Research – Knows the consumer and their culture. Understands consumer and brand positioning needs. Knows and studies 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 as needed.
Skill Development – Develops excellence as a color designer. Together with Color Designers and Sr. Designers, advances the value of color to Client by growing the level of functional expertise (i.e. materials, special effects, technology, advanced development, presentation, and tools). Proactively works with management to advance and build color design skills, experiences, and product & process knowledge.
Has a substantial amount of product creation experience and can work autonomously · Preferred previous Client experience. Notes from manager:
Color-focused Designer: Covering AP, FW, ASX Lineart Maintenance: keeping files up-to-date, coloring up new lineart, and overall lineart creation Upcoming seasons – SP27 and SU27 Color standards Assist with pulls for upcoming palettes, and ensure achievability is validated through Color Dev and Color Hub Family File building, maintenance, and pass-off to DCL Aurora uploads for Color Hand-off VLP PNG Uploads Assist in creation of digital palette pages Assist in creation of organized Color Library and system with 700 CSI standards Work closely with Design working team to ensure schematics and PR’s are up-to-date and prepped for hand-off Desired attributes for both: Organized and worked in agile environments
Proactive communicator
Has a substantial amount of product creation experience and can work autonomously
Preferred previous Client experience
Interested and Qualified candidates, please send your most recently updated word document resume to or .
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