Senior Color DesignerHybrid

Title: Senior Color Designer

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 WE ARE LOOKING FOR  

We are looking for a passionate and creative Senior Color Designer for the <TEAM>. For this role, you deeply understand color trends, consumer insights, cultural acuity to a global Nike consumer, color achievability across a range of substrates, color theory, and digital color programs + applications. You are able to transform and capture the above through Narrative + Color Palette build + Applications + Communication.

You are an innovative and forward-thinking visual storyteller who translates vision into physical palettes in service of supporting the creative direction and narrative. You have a passion for the Art and Science of color and its impact on design. You have awareness of, and are eager to further develop skills in, translating consumer / athlete insights into seasonal and long-term color concept and narrative. You must be detail oriented with a clear understanding of and respect for calendar and process. You can Capture, Organize, and Communicate Color Palette through Physical + Digital builds. You place a high value on your teammates through collaboration, inclusion, optimism and positivity. You are a bridge builder, a friend maker, an innovator, and a go getter.

• Bachelor’s degree in Design or related field. Will accept any suitable combination of education, experience, or training
• 3+ years of relevant work experience designing with color in min, footwear/apparel color experience preferred
• Understanding of color trends, color mixing, color compatibility, color placement and materials
• Expert in Adobe Photoshop & Illustrator
• Familiar with fashion + street trend and subculture
• Sport Culture + Storytelling.
• Strong organizational, communication, time management skills
• Curiosity about the future, future color, future color applications.
• Thrives in ambiguity
• Optimism and positivity
• Cooperative and inclusive spirit
• Ability to drive collaboration