Senior Footwear Materials Color Developer

Title: Senior Footwear Materials Color Developer

Location: Beaverton, OR

Duration: 6 months contract

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.

WHO YOU’LL WORK WITH

As an ETW on the Footwear Color Development team, you’ll partner with Color Developers, Color Design, Materials Integrity, Product Development, and global materials and footwear factory partners. You’ll support the operational backbone of color development-ensuring accurate data, timely approvals, and consistent standards across materials and categories.

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

You’re detail-oriented, organized, and energized by the mechanics of color development. You thrive in fast-paced product creation environments and enjoy supporting systems, tools, and processes that keep color moving from brief to buy.

Qualifications

• 5+ years experience in color development, materials development, or product creation
• Working knowledge of color theory, color evaluation, and material construction
• Familiarity with spectrophotometers, FM100, and digital color tools
• Strong organizational skills and comfort with data accuracy and tracking
• Ability to collaborate across functions and communicate clearly
• Experience with footwear materials (textiles, synthetics, foams, leathers) preferred

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

1. Manage Color for Complex Materials

• Lead color development and approvals for yarns, skins, and foams
• Maintain accurate tracking, data, and seasonal color activation in our product creation tools

2. Drive Color Consistency Across High-Volume Materials Palettes

• Support color alignment for our highest volume materials across suppliers and constructions
• Coordinate sample flow and maintain clean, reliable color data

3. Support Color Standards & Lab Operations

• Maintain physical and digital color standards libraries
• Capture spectro readings and assist with FM100 testing and lab organization

WHAT YOU’LL GAIN

• Hands-on experience with color development systems, tools, and processes
• Exposure to cross-functional partners across product creation
• Skill development in digital color, data accuracy, and material standards
• A deeper understanding of how color moves from concept to production at scale