Colorist
Core
Manage global color standards, approve physical and digital color submissions, and ensure color consistency across lab dips, samples, and bulk production for apparel brands.
Role type
Senior Colorist (Apparel Manufacturing)
Builds
Color standard swatches, lab dips, sales samples, bulk lots, and color story books for apparel brands.
Domain
Apparel manufacturing, textile dyeing, and color management.
Required skills
Spectrophotometer operation, color physics knowledge, fabric properties understanding, dyeing and finishing process knowledge, visual color assessment, supplier management, data analysis (Excel, Power BI), risk mitigation.
Preferred skills
Dyeing mill training, Spectrophotometer certification (Datacolor, GretagMacbeth/X-rite), Farnsworth-Munsell 100-Hue Test proficiency.
Technologies
Spectrophotometer, Excel, Power BI, Light box.
Responsibilities
Perform spectral measurements for physical color standards, review lab dips and bulk lots for color consistency, manage supplier color quality performance, train suppliers on brand requirements, conduct quarterly color audits, prepare supplier performance reports.
Seniority
Mid-level, hands-on IC