Dress Designer - Evening
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Success Profile: The Designer will help the Head Designer to create and design a competitive dress product line that strikes a balance between relevant commercial product and brand right emotional fashion. Designer will support business growth according to the brands strategic and financial objectives for the customer. Work directly with design director and team to create line of moderate career and social dresses.

Key Responsibilities:

Design Functions:

• Work with Head Designer to build the line from conceptual research, sketches to final approved prototypes.
• Pulls swipes, identifies inspiration styles and trends to illustrate line development. Sketch and create tech packs. Must understand garment construction and be able to effectively direct our sample rooms.
• Be able to produce product in a timely manner and meet market deadlines.
• Be able to work between design, production, and sales. Attend fabric and design meetings.
• Shops for seasonal inspirational each season. Trend, fabric, and trim research. Help to source fabrics and trims for each collection. Communicates daily with overseas offices regarding the status of the product development and approvals.
• Design and develop first samples that are brand appropriate.
• Work with cutters, sewers
• Attend fittings and be able to adjust samples for showroom presentations . Ensure style lines, fit and function.
• Must be organized , strong communication skills and team player

Professional Knowledge, Qualifications & Experience

6+ years of experience in apparel design, required

Expert technical skill proficiency using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, required

Demonstrated ability to sketch fashion and technical drawings, with strong hand sketch and competent computer design skills

Must have experience with dresses

Familiarity with the development process and working with overseas factories and vendors

Fashion savvy with the critical ability to identify and interpret commercially viable trends

Accurate attention to detail, strong organizational skills and ability to take independent action to follow through on open items and issue resolution to completion

Confident, capable, highly effective cross-functional written/verbal communication, teaming and interpersonal skills

Educational Background

Bachelors or technical degree in Design or equivalent work experience

The pay range for this position is: $70-100K per year

Please note that the foregoing compensation information is a good-faith assessment associated with this position only and is provided pursuant to the New York City Salary Transparency Law.

About G-III Apparel Group, Ltd. | www.g-iii.com

G-III excels at bringing excitement and confidence to customers through the fashion we create. We are global experts in design, sourcing, manufacturing, distribution and marketing, which enables us to fuel the growth of a substantial portfolio of brands. With more than 30 licensed and owned brands, including some of the most sought-after names in global fashion, our success is driven by our teams entrepreneurial spirit and our deep relationships across the industry.

G-IIIs owned brands include DKNY, Karl Lagerfeld, Karl Lagerfeld Paris, Donna Karan, Vilebrequin, Sonia Rykiel, G.H. Bass, Bass Outdoor, Andrew Marc, Eliza J, GIII Sports and more.

G-III has fashion licenses under the Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Halston, Cole Haan, Dockers, Guess?, Kenneth Cole, Levis, Vince Camuto, Margaritaville and more. G-III also operates retail stores for the DKNY, Karl Lagerfeld Paris and Donna Karan brands