Senior Color Developer

Overview

Unleash your creativity and contribute to a global brand, shaping the colors of tomorrow! As a Senior Color Developer, you’ll play a pivotal role in the development of innovative color palettes for apparel, collaborating with a team of passionate designers and engineers. Your expertise will ensure the highest quality color standards are met, influencing the visual appeal of products seen worldwide.

As a Senior Color Developer, you will be a key part of the Global Apparel Materials team, partnering with Color Design, Design, Product Managers, Technical Development, Global Product Creation Centers, and Product Risk Engineering. You will drive the seasonal color direction, ensuring on-time approvals for commercialization. Your technical expertise will be essential in mentoring teammates, onboarding new hires, and implementing best practices. You’ll also contribute to the development of new processes for digital color review, researching innovations and leading projects to establish cutting-edge techniques.

Responsibilities:

• Execute seasonal color direction and ensure on-time approvals for commercialization.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to analyze potential risks and develop mitigation plans.
• Mentor teammates, onboard new hires, and share best practices.
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with cross-functional partners.
• Contribute to the establishment of new processes for digital color review.
• Research and lead projects to implement innovative digital color processes.
• Approve lab dips on time for commercialization while maintaining color quality.
• Guide vendors on color achievability concerns.

Must-Have Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Apparel, Textiles, or a related field.
• Minimum 3+ years of color, textile, or product development experience (or an additional 2 years of experience in lieu of a degree).
• Expertise in dye methods and colorfastness risks.
• Strong understanding of digital color review and ability to communicate color specifications using digital data.
• Knowledge of textile and yarn construction, fiber dyeing characteristics, and fabric finishing.
• Exceptional written and oral communication skills.
• Proactive problem-solving and information-seeking skills.

Nice-to-Have Qualifications:

• Ability to build a strategic plan and execute to completion.
• Strong multi-tasking skills and ability to navigate ambiguity.
• Ability to pass the Munsell Hue Test for visual color acuity.

The target hiring compensation range for this role is $36.60 to $40.67 an hour. Compensation is based on several factors including, but not limited to education, relevant work experience, relevant certifications, and location.

About Aquent Talent:

Aquent Talent connects the best talent in marketing, creative, and design with the world’s biggest brands.

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. More information on our awesome benefits!

Aquent is an equal-opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, and other legally protected characteristics. We’re about creating an inclusive environment—one where different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives are valued, and everyone can contribute, grow their careers, and thrive.

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