Location: New York,NY, USA
Designer of branded license related separates and fashion key items to work closely with Design Director, Sales team, & Licensor to bring licensed brand down to Sam's Club, Costco and off-price retailers such as Ross.
Womens categories:
Cut & Sew Knit Tops and Bottoms, Soft Dressing: Woven tops & bottoms, Knit and Woven Dresses, Tailored Career Separates such as Blazers and Trousers.
Sweater experience is a plus.
Requirements:
Ability to shop market and identify trends, new fabrications/yarns, and key items.
Requires a keen eye for newness with ability to bring trends down market at affordable price points for accounts.
Ability to execute design, flat sketching, tech packs, cads, and trend/mood boards.
Detail Oriented with great follow-up and time management skills to ensure showroom samples, market presentations/cads, and production hand-offs are well executed in a timely manner for market appointments and deadlines.
10-12 yrs experience.
Excellent communicator with internal and external partners:
Experience with daily communication with overseas sample rooms and suppliers for sample requests and fabric/yarn research
Team player adept at cooperation with internal partners in Production, Sourcing, Product Development, Sales, and Licensing departments
Management Skills – Experience mentoring colleagues and delegating tasks to:
Level 1 and Associate Designers - flat sketching, color cards, tech packs, design room organization, cads, etc.
Artists – providing art direction
Culture Requirements:
Fast-paced – should be comfortable with switching gears from project to project.
Self-starter – someone who is willing to take initiative and has a natural attention to detail.
Technical Capabilities:
Adobe Illustrator / Photoshop/ Acrobat
Microsoft Office – Especially Excel and Power Point