Job Description

Job Title: Color Designer III

Requisition ID: 14359

Location: Beaverton, OR (PHK / WHQ)

Work Schedule: Onsite Monday Thursday | Work from Home Friday

Contract Duration: February 2, 2026 July 2, 2026

Role Overview

The Color Designer III role focuses on the appearance, color execution, and visual impact of apparel products, communications, and collateral materials .
This is a senior-level, true apparel color design role requiring a strong fashion eye , consumer-driven mindset , and the ability to work at high speed and scale .

Key Responsibilities

Color Design Execution

• Plan and execute color designs aligned with product, brand, and market needs.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with design, product marketing, development, and material consultants to deliver commercially successful color solutions .
• Review and approve color samples to ensure market-ready execution.
• Clearly communicate color changes through final confirmation stages.
• Maintain color calendars, timelines, and deadlines to ensure on-time product completion.
• Develop line art, color design servers, GPINs, merchandising lines, and cutting samples .
• Coordinate materials with material consultants to support product execution.
• Finalize product color details and proactively follow through on execution for each product.

Color Research & Seasonal Color Solutions

• Create innovative, retailable color solutions for category or gender-specific product lines.
• Research color, design, market, and lifestyle trends that influence product direction from briefing through sampling.
• Partner with Color Design Managers and Senior Color Designers to propose seasonal color strategies .
• Develop seasonal, category-specific color, material, and graphic direction .
• Lead seasonal color merchandising strategies and storytelling in partnership with category and design leadership.

Consumer & Market Insight

• Demonstrate deep understanding of the consumer and brand positioning within the assigned category or division.
• Apply consumer and cultural insights to improve product performance and appearance.
• Analyze competitor products, retail behavior, and market color trends .
• Translate consumer insights into effective color solutions .

Presentations & Communication

• Present category-specific color direction and merchandising strategies to internal stakeholders.
• Develop presentation materials that communicate color direction, consumer insights, and creative strategy.
• Support bi-annual category and divisional color needs for committee preparation.

Skill Development & Leadership

• Demonstrate excellence in color design through advanced knowledge of materials, special effects, technology, tools, and presentation .
• Partner with the Color Design Manager to elevate the value of color across the organization.
• Mentor and guide junior designers within the color design team.
• Pursue opportunities to expand business, design, and color expertise .

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with minimum 5 years of directly relevant apparel color design experience .
• Accepted alternatives include Master's degree with 4 years , Associate degree with 6 years , or High School diploma with 7 years of relevant experience.
• True apparel color design experience is required .
• Color development-only experience will not translate .
• Experience with large, global apparel brands is strongly preferred .
• Senior-level capability with a strong fashion and color eye is required.
• Proficiency in Adobe Illustrator and Microsoft Office tools is mandatory.
• Experience with Vizcom AI is a plus.
• Ability to work onsite Monday Thursday at the Beaverton PHK location is required.

About BrickRed Systems:

BrickRed Systems is a global leader in next-generation technology, consulting, and business process service companies. We enable clients to navigate their digital transformation. BrickRed Systems delivers a range of consulting services to our clients across multiple industries around the world. Our practices employ highly skilled and experienced individuals with a client-centric passion for innovation and delivery excellence. With ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 certification and over a decade of experience in managing the systems and workings of global enterprises, we harness the power of cognitive computing hyper-automation, robotics, cloud, analytics, and emerging technologies to help our clients adapt to the digital world and make them successful. Our always-on learning agenda drives their continuous improvement through building and transferring digital skills, expertise, and ideas from our innovation ecosystem.

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