Assistant Designer - Cut And Sew Knits
Company presentation
Whether you are taking the first step toward beginning your career or are a professional looking for an exciting new opportunity, we offer a wide array of challenging and creative paths. Whether in our stores, our home offices or in our distribution or call centers, we believe a work environment like ours that promotes unity through diversity creates stronger teams and fosters an inclusive experience for all our associates and customers.
Job description
Title: Assistant Designer - Cut and Sew Knits
Reports to: Design Director
Overview: To assist with Designers in creative execution of the product.
Responsibilities
- Work closely with Design Director and Senior Designer to execute seasonal concept, select color stories and develop fabrics, trims and graphics.
- Prepare professional presentation boards with illustrations, CAD artwork, fabrications, and garment samples.
- Assist in research of seasonal trends, themes, colors, raw materials, styling, and trims.
- Create illustrator flat sketches based on seasonal concept and business needs.
- Work with Technical Design in preparing specs from initial concept to technical design cards.
- Create and update the bill of materials for all knits styles each season in Flex PLM system.
- 0-2 years Design experience
- Apparel Design degree
- Strong illustration skills
- Demonstrated creative sense and ability
- Trend/fashion awareness
- Technical sketching ability (flat and illustration)
- Working knowledge of garment construction and trim
- Garment measurement and specification experience
- Excellent color sense
- Self directed
- Team player
- Ability to multi-task
- Strong written and communication skills
- Good follow through, sense of urgency
- Demonstrated ability to do creative, focused visual presentations
- Proficiency in Illustrator, Photoshop and Flex PLM
Qualifications
We are committed to affirmatively providing equal opportunity to all associates and qualified applicants without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, sex, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, legally protected physical or mental disability or any other basis protected under applicable law.