Associate Color Coordinator

Tommy Bahama • Seattle, WA

1d • $27 - $40 • Onsite

About The Position

The Associate Color Coordinator brings Tommy Bahama's seasonal color to life, digitally mixing and maintaining the master color palette in NEDGraphics and ensuring every approved color translates accurately across our systems, tools, and printed output. This position requires a strong eye for color accuracy, an understanding of basic color science, and a high level of organization and attention to detail. This role serves as the subject matter expert for our color systems and standards, and the point of contact between Design and IT for related equipment and tools. The position reports into the Design Systems & Processes and works closely with Design leadership and other cross-functional teams.

Requirements

• High school diploma required.
• 1–3 years of experience with Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop and Illustrator required).
• Solid understanding of color theory and color space conversions (RGB, CMYK, LAB, HEX).
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, including Excel (basic formulas and pivot tables) and Outlook, with familiarity with product data systems such as FlexPLM or Blue Cherry.
• A sharp eye for color accuracy and a real passion for fashion and design.
• Excellent organizational and time management skills, with the ability to manage and prioritize multiple simultaneous tasks and deadlines.
• A dependable, proactive, collaborative approach with a customer-service mindset and a proven ability to build and maintain strong working relationships with partners at every level of the organization.
• Ability to think both strategically and tactically, quickly learn new processes and systems, and drive tasks to completion

Nice To Haves

• Associate's degree in Color Science, Fashion, Textile, or Graphic Design preferred.
• Equivalent hands-on experience in wide format printing, color matching, or color management and print production will also be considered.
• Experience using NEDGraphics or similar textile and color software preferred.

Responsibilities

• Digitally mix seasonal colors in NEDGraphics and maintain the master seasonal palette, translating each approved color into the formats required by FlexPLM, Blue Cherry, Adobe Creative Suite, Miro, NuOrder, and production printing, and auditing color records for accuracy across systems.
• Serve as the go-to resource and subject matter expert for our color systems and tools, diagnosing whether issues are systems or process related, and maintaining the documentation and end-user training that enable self-service.
• Build and maintain Excel tools (basic formulas and pivot tables) that track the cost of department supplies and flag rising costs before they become a problem.
• Keep the wide format Epson fleet and light booths calibrated and accurate, and act as the Design/IT liaison for system issues, new functionality, and vendor support.
• Support Design leadership each season by matching fabric color standards to the art, headers, and trend decks they source, building out the seasonal color palettes.
• Create and update on-brand color names for all new colors, ensuring consistency with established naming conventions and submitting revisions for legal review and approval as needed.
• Maintain and organize the physical color standard library by categorizing, auditing inventory, ordering supplies, processing invoices, and filing fabric color standards accurately.
• Partner with the Director of Design & Supply Chain Systems & Processes to gather requirements and evaluate new color system features that could benefit the business.
• Build, update, and share a comprehensive deliverables calendar, managing workload and priorities proactively.
• Perform other duties as needed to support the overall business.

Benefits

• Health, Dental, Vision, 401K with generous matching program, generous paid time off.
• 50% discount at restaurants and retail locations.
• Career advancement opportunities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED