Color Designer [AQ-12271]

About the Role

We are seeking a talented Senior Color Designer to join a dynamic, innovation-driven creative team. This role offers a unique collaboration, blending the resources and reach of a global brand with the speed and creative energy of a fashion-forward environment. You won’t just fit the mold — you’ll help shape it, driving innovation and contributing to the success of groundbreaking products.

Responsibilities

• Plan, develop, and execute seasonal color designs for a designated category or division, ensuring both visual appeal and commercial viability.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with design, product marketing, development, and materials teams to create cohesive color solutions.
• Manage the color calendar, overseeing timelines, reviewing samples, and driving final confirmation of all changes through to execution.
• Develop innovative, market-ready color strategies that address specific consumer needs and category trends.
• Research color, design, lifestyle, and market trends to inform product direction from initial briefing through sampling.
• Partner with leadership to define seasonal color merchandising strategies and narratives, contributing to bi-annual preparations.
• Apply a deep understanding of the target consumer – their habits, culture, and relationship with the brand – to every color decision.
• Monitor competitor products, retail trends, and emerging aesthetics to ensure the product line remains relevant and differentiated.
• Clearly communicate color direction internally, producing presentation materials that connect color strategy to consumer insights, product concepts, and creative vision.
• Present seasonal category-specific color direction to cross-functional stakeholders.
• Contribute to the broader creative organization by mentoring junior designers and sharing expertise in materials, special effects, technical execution, and presentation tools.
• Continuously develop your craft and expand your knowledge of the business.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and 5+ years of relevant color design experience (or equivalent education/experience combination).
• Fluency in Adobe Creative Suite.
• Experience working in fast-paced fashion or lifestyle product environments.
• Strong knowledge of color achievability and execution across a variety of substrates and materials.
• Process-oriented mindset with the ability to adapt quickly to shifting business priorities.
• Familiarity with full-product execution workflows in an apparel or footwear context.

Preferred Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of textiles and materials.
• Footwear color design experience.
• Experience with technical design or uploading to product development platforms.
• Background working at a startup or direct-to-consumer fashion brand.
• Experience navigating both large corporate brand structures and leaner, faster creative environments.

Benefits

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 Aquent Gymnasium.

Client: Global leader in athletic footwear, apparel, and equipment. Focuses on innovation, performance, and marketing, partnering with top athletes and teams. Emphasizes sustainability and digital advancements to enhance the sports experience.