Beth Hughes

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About Beth Hughes

CMF Design and Development leader with 15+ years of experience shaping consumer experiences through color, material, and finish. I specialize in creating tactile, sustainable, and performance-driven materials that connect with users, while leading CMF strategy across global teams and suppliers. With a toolkit spanning material innovation, visualization, color systems, and sustainability integration, I bridge creativity and development to deliver products that move people physically, emotionally, and meaningfully.• Skilled in all aspects and stages of the fabric and product development process. • Ability to identify and implement improvements to streamline processes and increase efficiency and productivity.• Passionate curiosity for researching trends in color and consumer insights. • Innovation and creativity for bringing a vision to reality. • Adept at communicating with vendors, internal departments, and management to coordinate overall product efforts in order to build on the corporate goals. • Proficiency in color management, color review, and use of color measurement tools. • Excellent computer skills; skilled with Microsoft Office and Adobe Illustrator and able to learn proprietary systems/applications quickly and easily.