diff --git a/app/javascript/application.scss b/app/javascript/application.scss
index 91aca432..4c705821 100644
--- a/app/javascript/application.scss
+++ b/app/javascript/application.scss
@@ -131,6 +131,8 @@ label.primary-button {
 
 :root {
   --tooltip-color: black;
+  --employee-color: #FFD687;
+  --manager-color: #D6E4FD;
 }
 
 .tooltip-bottom-end:before {
@@ -205,3 +207,28 @@ label.primary-button {
   outline-offset: 3px;
   outline-color: hsl(var(--bc) / 0.2);
 }
+
+/* Custom party colors */
+.bg-employee-color {
+  background-color: var(--employee-color);
+}
+
+.bg-manager-color {
+  background-color: var(--manager-color);
+}
+
+.bg-employee-bg-color {
+  background-color: var(--employee-color);
+}
+
+.bg-manager-bg-color {
+  background-color: var(--manager-color);
+}
+
+.border-employee-color {
+  border-color: var(--employee-color);
+}
+
+.border-manager-color {
+  border-color: var(--manager-color);
+}
diff --git a/app/javascript/template_builder/area.vue b/app/javascript/template_builder/area.vue
index e0a5937e..df631ef0 100644
--- a/app/javascript/template_builder/area.vue
+++ b/app/javascript/template_builder/area.vue
@@ -447,8 +447,8 @@ export default {
     },
     borderColors () {
       return [
-        'border-red-500/80',
-        'border-sky-500/80',
+        'border-employee-color',
+        'border-manager-color',
         'border-emerald-500/80',
         'border-yellow-300/80',
         'border-purple-600/80',
@@ -461,8 +461,8 @@ export default {
     },
     bgColors () {
       return [
-        'bg-red-100',
-        'bg-sky-100',
+        'bg-employee-bg-color',
+        'bg-manager-bg-color',
         'bg-emerald-100',
         'bg-yellow-100',
         'bg-purple-100',
diff --git a/app/javascript/template_builder/field_submitter.vue b/app/javascript/template_builder/field_submitter.vue
index a3151288..f344e597 100644
--- a/app/javascript/template_builder/field_submitter.vue
+++ b/app/javascript/template_builder/field_submitter.vue
@@ -287,8 +287,8 @@ export default {
   computed: {
     colors () {
       return [
-        'bg-red-500',
-        'bg-sky-500',
+        'bg-employee-color',
+        'bg-manager-color',
         'bg-emerald-500',
         'bg-yellow-300',
         'bg-purple-600',
diff --git a/app/javascript/template_builder/i18n.js b/app/javascript/template_builder/i18n.js
index 216657e0..16674fab 100644
--- a/app/javascript/template_builder/i18n.js
+++ b/app/javascript/template_builder/i18n.js
@@ -77,8 +77,8 @@ const en = {
   add_option: 'Add option',
   option: 'Option',
   condition: 'Condition',
-  first_party: 'First Party',
-  second_party: 'Second Party',
+  first_party: 'Employee',
+  second_party: 'Manager',
   third_party: 'Third Party',
   fourth_party: 'Fourth Party',
   fifth_party: 'Fifth Party',
diff --git a/app/models/template.rb b/app/models/template.rb
index a2d7fd19..315c580c 100644
--- a/app/models/template.rb
+++ b/app/models/template.rb
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 #  fk_rails_...  (folder_id => template_folders.id)
 #
 class Template < ApplicationRecord
-  DEFAULT_SUBMITTER_NAME = 'First Party'
+  DEFAULT_SUBMITTER_NAME = 'Employee'
 
   belongs_to :author, class_name: 'User'
   belongs_to :account
diff --git a/app/views/api_settings/index.html.erb b/app/views/api_settings/index.html.erb
index 7defd3c2..326b7a07 100644
--- a/app/views/api_settings/index.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/api_settings/index.html.erb
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
          "submitters": [
            {
              "name": "John Doe",
-             "role": "<%= current_account.templates.last ? current_account.templates.last.submitters.first['name'] : 'First Party' %>",
+             "role": "<%= current_account.templates.last ? current_account.templates.last.submitters.first['name'] : 'Employee' %>",
              "email": "<%= current_user.email.sub('@', '+test@') %>",
              "values": {
                "Form Text Field Name": "Default Value"
diff --git a/config/locales/i18n.yml b/config/locales/i18n.yml
index 7b5853b4..bbdfdd3e 100644
--- a/config/locales/i18n.yml
+++ b/config/locales/i18n.yml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ en: &en
   invalid_code: Invalid code
   unarchive: Unarchive
   signed: Signed
-  first_party: 'First Party'
+  first_party: 'Employee'
   remove_filter: Remove filter
   add: Add
   adding: Adding
diff --git a/spec/factories/templates.rb b/spec/factories/templates.rb
index eb0ea8ba..428500c7 100644
--- a/spec/factories/templates.rb
+++ b/spec/factories/templates.rb
@@ -18,11 +18,12 @@ FactoryBot.define do
     end
 
     after(:create) do |template, ev|
-      number_words = %w[first second third fourth fifth sixth seventh eighth ninth tenth]
+      party_names = ['Employee', 'Manager', 'Third Party', 'Fourth Party', 'Fifth Party', 'Sixth Party',
+                     'Seventh Party', 'Eighth Party', 'Ninth Party', 'Tenth Party']
 
       template.submitters = Array.new(ev.submitter_count) do |i|
         {
-          'name' => "#{number_words[i]&.capitalize} Party",
+          'name' => party_names[i],
           'uuid' => SecureRandom.uuid
         }
       end
diff --git a/spec/integration/prefill_integration_spec.rb b/spec/integration/prefill_integration_spec.rb
index 6ab95172..801396f8 100644
--- a/spec/integration/prefill_integration_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/integration/prefill_integration_spec.rb
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ RSpec.describe 'ATS Prefill Integration', type: :request do
            author: user,
            folder: template_folder,
            fields: template_fields,
-           submitters: [{ 'name' => 'First Party', 'uuid' => 'submitter-uuid-1' }])
+           submitters: [{ 'name' => 'Employee', 'uuid' => 'submitter-uuid-1' }])
   end
 
   let(:submission) do
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ RSpec.describe 'ATS Prefill Integration', type: :request do
            account: account,
            created_by_user: user,
            template_fields: template_fields,
-           template_submitters: [{ 'name' => 'First Party', 'uuid' => 'submitter-uuid-1' }])
+           template_submitters: [{ 'name' => 'Employee', 'uuid' => 'submitter-uuid-1' }])
   end
 
   let(:submitter) do
diff --git a/spec/requests/submissions_spec.rb b/spec/requests/submissions_spec.rb
index 7a362ef5..d4e7ba6b 100644
--- a/spec/requests/submissions_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/submissions_spec.rb
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ describe 'Submission API' do
       post '/api/submissions', headers: { 'x-auth-token': author.access_token.token }, params: {
         template_id: templates[0].id,
         send_email: true,
-        submitters: [{ role: 'First Party', email: 'john.doe@example.com' }]
+        submitters: [{ role: 'Employee', email: 'john.doe@example.com' }]
       }.to_json
 
       expect(response).to have_http_status(:ok)
@@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ describe 'Submission API' do
       post '/api/submissions', headers: { 'x-auth-token': author.access_token.token }, params: {
         template_id: templates[0].id,
         send_email: true,
-        submitters: [{ role: 'First Party', email: 'john.doe@example.com' }],
+        submitters: [{ role: 'Employee', email: 'john.doe@example.com' }],
         message: {}
       }.to_json
 
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ describe 'Submission API' do
     it 'creates a submission when the submitter is marked as completed' do
       post '/api/submissions', headers: { 'x-auth-token': author.access_token.token }, params: {
         template_id: templates[0].id,
-        submitters: [{ role: 'First Party', email: 'john.doe@example.com', completed: true }]
+        submitters: [{ role: 'Employee', email: 'john.doe@example.com', completed: true }]
       }.to_json
 
       expect(response).to have_http_status(:ok)
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ describe 'Submission API' do
         template_id: multiple_submitters_template.id,
         send_email: true,
         submitters: [
-          { role: 'First Party', email: 'john.doe@example.com' },
+          { role: 'Employee', email: 'john.doe@example.com' },
           { email: 'jane.doe@example.com' },
           { email: 'mike.doe@example.com' }
         ]
@@ -134,9 +134,9 @@ describe 'Submission API' do
 
       expect(response.parsed_body).to eq(JSON.parse(create_submission_body(submission).to_json))
       expect(response.parsed_body).to eq(JSON.parse(create_submission_body(submission).to_json))
-      expect(response.parsed_body[0]['role']).to eq('First Party')
+      expect(response.parsed_body[0]['role']).to eq('Employee')
       expect(response.parsed_body[0]['email']).to eq('john.doe@example.com')
-      expect(response.parsed_body[1]['role']).to eq('Second Party')
+      expect(response.parsed_body[1]['role']).to eq('Manager')
       expect(response.parsed_body[1]['email']).to eq('jane.doe@example.com')
       expect(response.parsed_body[2]['role']).to eq('Third Party')
       expect(response.parsed_body[2]['email']).to eq('mike.doe@example.com')
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ describe 'Submission API' do
         template_id: templates[0].id,
         send_email: true,
         submitters: [
-          { role: 'First Party', email: 'john@example' }
+          { role: 'Employee', email: 'john@example' }
         ]
       }.to_json
 
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ describe 'Submission API' do
       post '/api/submissions', headers: { 'x-auth-token': author.access_token.token }, params: {
         template_id: templates[0].id,
         send_email: true,
-        submitters: [{ role: 'First Party', email: 'john.doe@example.com' }]
+        submitters: [{ role: 'Employee', email: 'john.doe@example.com' }]
       }.to_json
 
       expect(response).to have_http_status(:unprocessable_entity)
@@ -174,8 +174,8 @@ describe 'Submission API' do
         template_id: multiple_submitters_template.id,
         send_email: true,
         submitters: [
-          { role: 'First Party', email: 'john.doe@example.com' },
-          { role: 'First Party', email: 'jane.doe@example.com' }
+          { role: 'Employee', email: 'john.doe@example.com' },
+          { role: 'Employee', email: 'jane.doe@example.com' }
         ]
       }.to_json
 
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ describe 'Submission API' do
         send_email: true,
         submitters: [
           { email: 'jane.doe@example.com' },
-          { role: 'First Party', email: 'john.doe@example.com' }
+          { role: 'Employee', email: 'john.doe@example.com' }
         ]
       }.to_json
 
@@ -202,7 +202,7 @@ describe 'Submission API' do
         template_id: templates[0].id,
         send_email: true,
         submitters: [
-          { role: 'First Party', email: 'john.doe@example.com' }
+          { role: 'Employee', email: 'john.doe@example.com' }
         ],
         message: {
           subject: 'Custom Email Subject'
diff --git a/spec/requests/templates_spec.rb b/spec/requests/templates_spec.rb
index 7763d8cd..a6df983e 100644
--- a/spec/requests/templates_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/requests/templates_spec.rb
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ describe 'Templates API' do
       fields: template.fields,
       submitters: [
         {
-          name: 'First Party',
+          name: 'Employee',
           uuid: template.submitters.first['uuid']
         }
       ],