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 <h2 style="color: #34495e; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 20px 0 10px 0;">Role: Color Designer – Footwear</h2>
 <p style="line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 15px;">Location: Portland, OR (Onsite)</p>
 <p style="line-height: 1.6; margin-bottom: 15px;">Duration: 6-Month Contract</p>
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 <h2 style="color: #34495e; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 20px 0 10px 0;">What you'll do:</h2>
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 <li style="margin: 10px 0; line-height: 1.6;">Create and execute color designs for footwear products</li>
 <li style="margin: 10px 0; line-height: 1.6;">Develop seasonal color stories, palettes, and product-specific color solutions</li>
 <li style="margin: 10px 0; line-height: 1.6;">Research color, consumer, cultural, fashion, and lifestyle trends — then turn them into product</li>
 <li style="margin: 10px 0; line-height: 1.6;">Review samples, communicate revisions, and finalize color specifications</li>
 <li style="margin: 10px 0; line-height: 1.6;">Manage line art, color specs, CAD file organization, timelines, and deliverables</li>
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 <h2 style="color: #34495e; font-size: 1.2em; margin: 20px 0 10px 0;">What you bring:</h2>
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 <li style="margin: 10px 0; line-height: 1.6;">5+ years of color design experience — footwear preferred (apparel/consumer products considered)</li>
 <li style="margin: 10px 0; line-height: 1.6;">A portfolio with real color storytelling: moodboards, palettes, and the why behind every choice</li>
 <li style="margin: 10px 0; line-height: 1.6;">Strong grasp of color theory, color application, materials and finishes</li>
 <li style="margin: 10px 0; line-height: 1.6;">Fluency in Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop</li>
 <li style="margin: 10px 0; line-height: 1.6;">Sneaker culture and consumer trend knowledge, backed by insight data</li>
 <li style="margin: 10px 0; line-height: 1.6;">Bachelors in design, Color Design, Industrial Design, Fashion Design or equivalent experience</li>
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