Your opportunity at ARC’TERYX:
As a Senior Colour Designer – Men’s, you drive the colour creative process from concept through to development, across every product in the Men’s collection. You lead the delivery of seasonal collections to maintain a strong competitive advantage in all relevant markets, with recognized colour excellence for our Men’s product line. You champion the colour creation process in line with Arc’teryx brand standards, design, product principles and colour merchandising philosophies.
This role is based out of our North Vancouver office and is expected to be performed on site. Candidates must be eligible to work in Canada.
Meet your future team:
The Colour & Graphics Team is a hub that links the product design and visual merchandising process with the guest experience. We balance creativity, design, process, and logistics to ensure the successful execution of the Arc’teryx colour and graphics design philosophy.
If you were the Senior Colour Designer – Men’s now, here are some of the core activities you would be doing:
- Building, coaching and guiding a high performing team of colour designers
- Coaching and mentoring the colour designers in the colour creative process and overseeing the completion of all colour specifications to meet Arc’teryx brand aesthetics
- Forecasting colour direction for product collections, and collaborating to create cross-category cohesiveness that exceeds industry expectations
- Creating palettes that embrace sociological insights, awareness of global trends, current colour harmony tendencies and regional colour preferences, while maintaining the essence of Arc’teryx
- Collaborating with designers on the creation of innovative and efficient new products that are feasible within a manufacturing environment
- Collaborating with the Merchandising team to establish a seasonal continuance strategy, retail store flow plans and regional directed assortments
- Driving colour merchandising concepts through optimal outfit coordination, article assortment aesthetics and cross-merchandising strategies
- Consulting on products across Veilance and Special Projects categories
- Delivering commercial colour assortments that meet article efficiency targets by analyzing metrics and gathering insights from business channels including sales, forecasting and product line management
- Optimizing colour design across an extensive and complex raw material matrix to ensure successful colour applications to textiles
- Managing the colour lifecycle of products to ensure that there is a balance between timelines and the creative process
- Building a network of external industry contacts specializing in colour creative development
- Establishing best practices to increase efficiency and colour quality assurance across colour development process
Here are some of the things you could be working on in the future:
- Creating and presenting the colour vision and direction for both evergreen and seasonal
- Partnering with the Design team on colour palettes, colouring styles and graphic development
- Collaborating with the Visual Merchandising and Merchandising teams to create a framework for enhanced guest experience and flow
- Working with the Supply Chain teams on logistical frameworks and process
- Sharing seasonal direction with the Brand and Commercial teams
Are you our next Senior Colour Designer – Men’s?
- You have an Apparel Design Diploma, or the equivalent experience
- You have 7+ years’ experience in the colour and fashion environment, with 2+ years’ experience leading a team
- You have a demonstrated and extraordinary sense for colour harmony
- You have extensive knowledge of colour theory
- You have a superior level of colour acuity
- You understand diverse materials and have a curiosity to learn technical capacities and limitations
- You have experience in line development
- You have a proven ability to deliver successful commercial collections
- You have an awareness of Arc’teryx products and their applications
- You have advanced capabilities in the Adobe suite
- You have excellent communication and presentation skills; able to translate your ideas visually, written and verbally
- You understanding the retail buying and line development process
- You have knowledge of manufacturing timelines
- You have the ability to adhere to critical path and established deadlines
- You are a proactive and creative problem solver
- You have strong attention to detail
- You have demonstrated leadership and influencing skills
- You have a strong awareness of global markets and cultural differences
Compensation:
Most new team members join between the start and midpoint of the range, where you can contribute right away while continuing to grow your craft, your collaborations, and your impact at Arc’teryx. This range reflects market alignment and the scope of the role. Individual pay is determined by your skills, experience, and level of responsibility.
We’re committed to fair, equitable, and competitive pay, reviewed regularly to ensure internal alignment and market relevance. Transparency is part of how we follow through on our commitments and how we honour the value you bring to our team.
In addition to base pay, Arc’teryx supports people through benefits designed to sustain both work and life:
- Health & wellbeing - Extended health, dental, and vision coverage, including mental health support, fertility benefits, gender-affirming care and a 24/7 Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Financial wellbeing - RRSP matching and eligibility for Arc'teryx Annual Incentive Plan and access to Employee Stock Purchase program (ESPP) where applicable.
- Time & Flexibility - Paid time off, wellness time, and No Wasted Day program (dedicated paid days to get outside & explore).
- Family support - Parental leave top-up and a nesting period for new parents.
- Growth, community & gear - Professional development opportunities, Arc'teryx Academies (outdoor skill-building events), Employee Belonging Councils, and access to employee discounts and Pro Deals (exclusive discounted pricing on gear).
*Eligibility for certain programs may vary by role.
Skills Required
- Apparel Design Diploma or equivalent experience
- 7+ years in colour and fashion environment
- 2+ years leading a team
- Demonstrated extraordinary sense for colour harmony
- Extensive knowledge of colour theory
- Superior level of colour acuity
- Experience in line development
- Knowledge of manufacturing timelines
- Advanced capabilities in the Adobe suite
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Proactive and creative problem solver
- Strong attention to detail
- Demonstrated leadership and influencing skills
- Strong awareness of global markets and cultural differences
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.
