Senior Colour Forecaster (Fixed-Term)

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The role
A We are looking to hire a Senior Colour Forecaster to join our Content team in London on a fixed-term basis to cover the maternity leave of an existing employee.

This is a fixed-term role until January 2027.

This is an office-based role out of our London office.

Working at WGSN
Together, we create tomorrow

A career with WGSN is fast-paced, exciting and full of opportunities to grow and develop. We're a team of consumer and design trend forecasters, content creators, designers, data analysts, advisory consultants and much more, united by a common goal: to create tomorrow.

WGSN's trusted consumer and design forecasts power outstanding product design, enabling our customers to create a better future. Our services cover consumer insights, fashion, beauty, consumer tech, interiors, lifestyle, food and drink forecasting, data analytics and expert advisory. If you are an expert in your field, we want to hear from you.

Role overview

We're looking for a Senior Colour Forecaster to shape the future of global colour direction at WGSN. In this role, you'll translate cultural shifts, data and consumer insights into bold, actionable forecasts that inspire leading brands worldwide. Combining commercial vision and data analytics with creativity, you'll oversee workshops with the global team, co-create seasonal palettes and write forecasts with authority, guiding clients and setting the global standard for colour intelligence.

The team

The WGSN colour team is global, with CMF members in the US, UK, APAC and LATAM. You would work closely with these members, as well as the Fashion, Interiors, Beauty, Tech Sport and Outdoor and data experts.

Key accountabilities

• Develop and deliver WGSN's global colour forecasts, seasonal palettes, and long-term strategies
• Identify cultural, social, consumer sentiment and technological shifts influencing colour direction
• Collaborate with our data experts to develop and interpret key metrics for colour forecasts
• Collaborate with our regional experts to ensure global insights have local relevance
• Collaborate with our CMF experts to ensure palettes are informed and aligned across industries
• Collaborate with our catwalk teams to provide clear fashion catwalk directions
• Present colour strategies to clients and colour insights in media and webinars with authority and impact; represent WGSN as a global thought leader in colour forecasting
• Work with internal sales and marketing teams to align colour insights with client needs and brand goals and provide colour guidance to key accounts

This list is not exhaustive and there may be other activities you are required to deliver.

Skills, experience & qualifications required

Industry Expertise

• Proven colour experience within the fashion and textile industry, plus knowledge of interiors, beauty, sport & outdoor, consumer tech, automotive
• Ability to pinpoint colour trends that will impact multiple industries, products, and consumers
• Deep knowledge of consumer, fashion, and lifestyle product trends, from macro to micro level
• Career experience in data analysis, consumer insight, design, buying, or content creation

Analytical & Content Skills

• Proven experience in visual research, analysis, writing, and editing content with excellent written English and strong presentation skills
• The ability to interpret data, quantitative and qualitative information to identify patterns and future market-shaping trends
• Confidence in using AI to improve and speed workflow

Collaboration & Communication

• Outstanding communication and collaboration skills, with experience working in international teams
• Ability to manage personal workload, take ownership of assignments, and support team members when needed with strong relationship-building skills across content, sales, client services, and marketing teams

What we offer

Our UK benefits and wellbeing package offers flexible benefits you can tailor to your own personal needs, including:

• 25 days of holiday per year - with an option to buy/ sell up to 5 days
• Pension, Life Assurance and Income Protection
• Flexible benefits platform with options including Private Medical, Dental Insurance & Critical Illness
• Employee assistance programme, season ticket loans and cycle to work scheme
• Volunteering opportunities and charitable giving options
• Great learning and development opportunities

More about WGSN

WGSN is the global authority on consumer trend forecasting.

We help brands around the world create the right products at the right time for tomorrow's consumer.

Our values

• We Are Everywhere

The future is everything; it happens everywhere. WGSN is the world-leading forecaster because we track and analyse consumer behaviours, product innovation, design and creativity, everywhere.

• We Are Future Focused

We utilise our global resources and intelligence to research, source and analyse quantitative and qualitative data to produce our forecasts. Everything we do is focused on working with our customers to create a successful and positive tomorrow.

• We Are Rigorous

We source, review and assess quantitative and qualitative data to produce robust, actionable forecasts. To provide credible insights and design solutions for our clients, it is essential that rigour runs through everything we do.

Our culture

An inclusive culture is one of our key priorities. We want our people to truly be themselves and thrive. We love having a diverse team of people who bring new ideas, different strengths and perspectives & reflect the global audience we work with.

Inclusive workforce

We are committed to supporting the environment and sustainability, including ensuring our pension plan defaults to sustainable options and striving to be net zero by 2030.

Recognising great performance is a key part of our culture. Our Awards schemes recognise and reward the brilliant achievements of our people.

We offer a flexible working environment with a wide range of flexible, hybrid and agile working arrangements. Conversations about flexible working have always been-and will continue to be-actively encouraged here, but we do not offer full remote working.

We want to ensure everyone has the opportunity to perform their best when interviewing, so if you require any reasonable adjustments that would make you more comfortable during the process, please let us know so that we can do our best to support you.

A Note for Applicants

We use AI to help our team screen applications and identify candidates whose skills and experience match the role. This technology removes personal information to promote a fair and unbiased process. We believe this tool helps us find the best talent while maintaining transparency and fairness.

A Note for Recruiters

Thank you so much for your interest in working with us at WGSN! Our internal Talent Acquisition team takes care of all our recruitment efforts. When we need some extra help, we partner with agencies on our Preferred Supplier List (PSL) that truly understand our business, culture and ways of working together.

Since we focus on these established partnerships, we're unable to respond to unsolicited contacts or CVs from outside our PSL. But don't worry! If we decide to explore new partnerships, we'll be sure to reach out.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.