CARO HOME

Job Description: Assistant Designer

Location:Stamford, CT

Connecticut based Home Textiles company looking for an organized and enthusiastic Assistant Designer with a passion for Home Product Design to join our Stamford design team.

About CARO HOME: Caro home is an industry leader in the design and distribution of Home Fashion Products. We are a progressive company and proud to be certified as “Women Owned”. Our core values are authenticity, integrity to quality and innovation. Our products range from a full line of soft and hard home products including bath towels, kitchen towels, table linens, bath rugs, adult and kids bedding, and decorative accessories.

About you:

Are Passionate about all things design and have a good design sensibility that marries back to the aesthetic of the customer request and CARO HOME brand
Love to work collaboratively in a group and strive to go above and beyond expectations
Are driven and have a “can do spirit”.
Stickler for color and details and has a keen eye for pattern color and fabric constructions.
Diligent approach to workload, maintain good, timely communication with internal and external teams
Have strong communication skills, be a team player with a positive attitude.

This Role will support Sr. Design leads in developing fresh, elevated, and high-quality textile products retailers such as Macy’s, Beall’s, TJX Group, Nordstrom's Rack, Costco and Burlington.

Duties and Responsibilities include:

Updating/Re-coloring customer presentations per sales instructions.
Help in preparation of set up of showroom for customer meetings
Assist in creating tech packs for overseas vendors and follow development from concept to completion
Adhere to seasonal time and action calendar for given accounts/categories
Organize lab dips and print submits
Participate in research and development of seasonal trends. Help curate Seasonal Trend boards for meetings
Uploading tech packs to BeProduct (Internal PLM system)
Tracking all development samples and communicating to direct reports status – including fabric samples, lab dips, strike-offs and other development materials
Work with Product Development team to build color library
Review PP and TOP samples to confirm color and construction accuracy
Knowledge and ability to CAD up print repeats as final artwork, edit and recolor and match color from seasonal palette is key.

Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree in Fine art, Illustration, Fashion Design or Textile Design- Portfolio with examples of work required.
1-3 years of industry related experience.
Candidate must live within commuting distance of Stamford. (Office is within walking distance from Stamford train station. Express commute is approx. 53 min from Grand Central Station)
Driven and self-motivated with good time management skills
Clear and proactive communication with the ability to multitask, work across functional lines and be able to pivot to shifting priorities at short notice.
Ideal candidate should be Proficient in Adobe Suite Design Programs (Illustrator and Photoshop) and have some knowledge of PLM system.