Colourist 1

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North Vancouver, BC
In-Office
70K-88K Annually
Design
The Role
Department: Colour Operations
Reports to: Senior Manager, Colour Operations
Location: North Vancouver, BC


Your Opportunity at ARC’TERYX:

As a Colourist 1, you help bring Arc’teryx product to life! You are a natural communicator and eager collaborator: you will work with various internal and external partners daily to solve colour issues related to shade, feasibility, and colourfastness.  You are flexible in the face of ambiguity and committed to digging into the daily and seasonal challenges that can come up when colouring up a complex technical product.   In this role you will have the opportunity to deepen your knowledge of raw materials, raw materials quality testing and dyeing, so the opportunities for future career growth are limitless!

This role is based out of our North Vancouver office and is expected to be performed on-location.

Meet Your Future Team:
The Colour Operations is a close-knit team of hard-working collaborators. You will have your own portfolio of lab dips to work on, but we always jump in wherever needed to support the goals of the team.

If you were the Colorist 1 now, here are some of the core activities you would be doing:

  • Owning a portfolio of lab dips.
  • Ensuring efficient processing of lab dips for, ensuring accurate colour accuracy and aherance to quality standards across a complex technical garment offering
  • Finding achievable solutions to problems related to colour feasibility, metamerism, colourfastness and shade.
  • Collaborating with internal partners: Colour Design, Planning, Materials, RM Quality to achieve our common goals
  • Staying abreast of colour quality industry, including digital tools, dyeing technology and testing methods

Here are some of the things you could be working on in the future:

  • Colour Operations is committed to continuous evolution to fit the needs of our growing business. You can have a hand in shaping the future of the department by contributing operational expertise, finessing processes, or deepening your technical knowledge. 

Are you our next Colourist 1?

  • You have 1.5 + years of experience on a colour team in the apparel industry and have a comprehensive knowledge of the colour development process.
  • You have a degree in a related field or relevant combination of experience.
  • You have proficient experience with PLM software, Microsoft Office Suite,- especially excel, Spectrophotometer equipment, ASAP Natific Software.
  • You have a superior score on the Munsell Hue Colour test.
  • You have a growth mindset and seek to understand, delving into root cause analysis and developing solutions.
  • You are process orientated, organizationally orientated and a conscientious collaborator.
  • Your passion for your work is paralleled by your passion for getting outside and living it

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The Company
HQ: North Vancouver, BC
1,301 Employees
Year Founded: 1989

What We Do

Arc’teryx is a global design company based in North Vancouver, B.C. that specializes in technical high-performance outerwear and equipment. We design and manufacture a wide range of mountain sports outdoor apparel and equipment for all conditions and experiences, including mountaineering, ice and rock climbing, skiing, snowboarding, and trail running.

Our company is built on a passionate and relentless commitment to design, craftsmanship and performance. We have a unique construction process that enables us to create technical products that can be trusted to perform at the point of extreme need. We are uniquely positioned in our industry as we have our own factory located in New Westminster, BC, which enables us to build products with a meticulous focus on detail and performance. We leverage this manufacturing knowledge and share it with our global partner factories.

In the Coast Mountain Range behind our headquarters and design centre in North Vancouver, we field test our products in real world conditions allowing us to create the best-fitting, longest-lasting, highest-performing technical products available. We distribute our outerwear and equipment through more than 3,000 retail locations worldwide, in over 40 countries globally, including 38 branded and outlet stores in Europe, North America and Asia. The company started with six employees in 1989 and now has more than 1000 employees in Canada.

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