Color & Materials Designer

Typical Titles: Color Designer

Locations: Beaverton, OR

As a Color Designer contractor at Nike, you can do work with impact. To be considered for future Color Design opportunities, express your interest now, and be added to the Nike Contract Talent Community and the Color Design Talent Pool.

NIKE, Inc. does more than outfit the world's best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At Nike, it's about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

Color Design Execution

• Plan and execute innovative color designs for products, communications, and collateral materials
• Collaborate with design, product marketing, development and material consultants to create market-focused color solutions
• Review samples to achieve marketable solutions with design, marketing and development teams
• Communicate changes clearly for final confirmation
• Maintain color calendars, timelines, and deadlines to ensure timely product completion
• Develop line art, manage color design server, create GPIN and merchandising lines
• Coordinate with material consultants and finalize product details
• Share advanced knowledge and mentor team members

Color Solutions & Strategy

• Create innovative, retailable color solutions for category or gender-specific product lines
• Research and deliver color, design, market and lifestyle trends that impact the product development process
• Propose seasonal color strategies for products, line segments and initiatives
• Create seasonal category-specific direction for color, materials and graphics
• Partner with Category and Design Directors to develop color merchandising strategies

Consumer Research & Market Intelligence

• Demonstrate in-depth understanding of consumer and brand-positioning needs
• Utilize consumer knowledge to improve product performance and appearance
• Maintain strong knowledge of competitor products, retail habits, and market trends
• Apply consumer insights into effective color solutions

Presentations & Communication

• Present category-specific color direction and merchandising strategies to stakeholder groups
• Produce presentation materials that communicate color direction related to consumer needs and creative strategy
• Participate in bi-annual category/divisional color planning for footwear color committee preparation

WHAT YOU BRING

• Bachelor's Degree + minimum 5 years directly relevant work experience
• PhD or Law Degree + 3 years relevant experience
• Master's Degree + 4 years relevant experience
• Associate's Degree + 6 years relevant experience
• High School Diploma + 7 years relevant experience