Senior Footwear Materials Color Developer

Job Title: Senior Footwear Materials Color Developer
Location: Beaverton, OR
Duration: 6 months
Hybrid: Mon Thurs onsite, Fri remote

Job Description:

Location and/or time zone: PHK

Expected contract length: 6 months

Team details & who they will work with: FW Color Development, FW Materials Development

Top must-have skills include the following:

Color development for footwear materials, have completed a color acuity test

Farnsworth-Munsell Color Acuity = FM100 - have a superior score of color vision

Can interpret color reading reports, can measure color with a Spectrophotometer, reviewing color in a light box

Desired Candidate Profile:

Minimum required years of experience: 5 YOE in Technical Color development for footwear materials - textiles, leathers, polymers, or printing

Nice to Have Skills:

Material or product development experience with a focus on color development

Experience working with color lab dips, working in color lab, digital and visual color research

They are not not exposed solutions or dyes

Software/technical requirements:

Smartsheets, excel

Previous client/industry experience preference: Yes

Who We're 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 of 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

Who You Will 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.

What You will Work on?

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

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

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