Role: Color Designer – Footwear Location: Portland, OR (Onsite)
Duration: 6-Month Contract
We’re looking for a Color Designer who lives and breathes sneakers.
What you'll do: Create and execute color designs for footwear products
Develop seasonal color stories, palettes, and product-specific color solutions
Research color, consumer, cultural, fashion, and lifestyle trends — then turn them into product
Review samples, communicate revisions, and finalize color specifications
Manage line art, color specs, CAD file organization, timelines, and deliverables
What you bring: 5+ years of color design experience — footwear preferred (apparel/consumer products considered)
A portfolio with real color storytelling: moodboards, palettes, and the why behind every choice
Strong grasp of color theory, color application, materials and finishes
Fluency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop
Sneaker culture and consumer trend knowledge, backed by insight data
Bachelors in design, Color Design, Industrial Design, Fashion Design or equivalent experience
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